#How's my shopping list looking?

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orchid mortar
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I still need props and I'm debating whether I should buy an ELRS ceramic chip antenna receiver or just go with the T antenna one. What's your opinion on my shopping list? Any prop recommendation? Anything else you would add to the list? I want to make 100% sure I didn't do a major fuck up before pulling the trigger, it's a fair amount of money to me!

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sick summit
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not 4s

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get at least the V3 of the source one, ideally v5

orchid mortar
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the v5 frame costs twice as much, is it that much better?

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about 6s, what should I change? Motors to 1900kv, batteries to 1300 6s and that's all?

sick summit
orchid mortar
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thank you I'll see what can I find

serene aurora
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I've had bad experience with Readytosky, using a 3" + 6" + 7" quad. Not gonna buy from them again. It could have been the design, idk. If you insist on them, check at least that every little detail, every little screw, is exactly as in the TBS source one. My 6" and @radiant pebble's 7" "Mark 4" have terrible vibration performance, and their 3", after its first real flight (not just hover test) has to be tuned to fly without noticeable vibrations, which (as far as I'm concerned) is pretty sad for a quad as small as 3".

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And I can recommend the JHEMCU stuff. They have pretty decent stuff for little money. E.g. F722 up to 6S for less than 35€, 55A 6S 4in1 ESC for less than 30€. 1.6W VTX for 17€. First tests of their hardware have proven successful. Speedybee is a bit more "proven" though, if you don't want to experiment with lesser known manufacturers.

And yes, going 6S nowadays is better.

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Usually larger cams have better performance, I'd suggest one with 19mm, if there's no specific for this one. And for me personally, I prefer a dedicated DC charger with a random PC power supply over the 608AC. Once you grow a larger fleet, those 80W (I guess) start limiting your charging speed. I like the ISDT Q6 nano. If that's too expensive, maybe you can find some used. Usually the larger Q8 go for 40-50€ used here in Germany

sick summit
serene aurora
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Do you mean defective or bad design?
Cause all my stuff has worked so far

errant whale
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I wouldn't recommend Jhemcu. I've had 3 AIO, and while I got lucky, they all work, they all have issues. The one that is suppose to have a black box never would record. the power I get from the 9v and 5v pads is so dirty I can't run an Analog VTX or GPS on them, and the boards themself put out enough RF noise to mess with other nearby devices. But they all fly amazing, so they were worth the $9 each sale price I got them for.

errant whale
# orchid mortar I still need props and I'm debating whether I should buy an ELRS ceramic chip an...

I suspect you may want a different camera. While it might be possible that someone invented an all new optical chip that can get 2000TVL, I doubt they would be selling it for $17. That's as unlikely as X-Ray vision glasses. Also not a real HDR and a Starlight at that price.
Pick a good camera from one of the 3 major brands that have been pouring money into research for these camera for the last decade or so, and you'll likely get a much better image.
Foxeer. T-rex, Predator, Cat 3, Toothles, Razor
Caddx. (They make the real Ratel, 1200tvl), Ant
Runcam. Phoenix 2 JB edition, Racer 3

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orchid mortar
orchid mortar
radiant pebble
serene aurora
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@radiant pebble oh, so that's what we call procrastination "writing the master thesis"

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🤣

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Attention span as short as mine

serene aurora
# errant whale I wouldn't recommend Jhemcu. I've had 3 AIO, and while I got lucky, they all wor...

This is weird, I'm driving my 800mW VTX with no problem from my (less than 20€) F4 (10V rail), + a Runcam split 4 nano (4k sd recording) from the 5V rail.
No problem with that yet. And before I went ExpressLRS on that quad, I also ran a Flysky receiver off the 3.3V rail at the same time (it had a broken regulator, so I needed direct 3.3V). Now with ExpressLRS on the same 5V rail as the split, still not problem

serene aurora
pliant hull
orchid mortar
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How's it looking now?

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It's well above my budget but I still think I'll pull the trigger and fuck off

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As long as everything looks to you of course. I'm no expert.

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I decided to leave the camera because I've seen some comparisons and it seems to be good enough even if it's false advertising, I also changed the ERLS module because the old one was not good for my radio (it was small sized, my slot is standard)

serene aurora
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it's well above my budget
Have you thought about buying used? Surely you have some platforms for that, even if it is Facebook marketplace

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Here in Germany, similar quads can usually be found for around 100-150€, which is somewhere between a free vtx + cam and a free vtx + cam + stack. And those deals mostly include many props and usually also batteries and/or a charger (personally, for only the quad, without props and accessories, I wouldn't pay 150 used, but with all this, I would definitely consider it)

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E.g. for 200€ I recently got a 5" drone, analog, with onboard DVR, some props, 3 batteries, a 2 channel charger, an external monitor, a TBS Tango 1 (+ XF Micro TX V1), some additional antennas, spare motors, partially damaged spare ESC, spare cam (untested, but I assume it works)

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And for the stuff I don't need (Crossfire + tango), I can just sell it