#3.5 drone build for a budget

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lethal canopy
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I'm thinking of building a 3.5 inch on a budget, could someone help me cut down the price on these parts maybe and possibly reccommend me some parts. The current cost is £202

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upper sigil
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get a differnt vtx like the rush tank ultimate mini

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with a rush cherry antenna

lethal canopy
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its a bit too expensive

upper sigil
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its good compaer to that digshit

lethal canopy
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alr then

upper sigil
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350mw isnt really enough for 3.5'' iirc

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you want like 800mw imo

lethal canopy
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😭

upper sigil
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maybe like a geprc 45s aio

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instead of the stack

lethal canopy
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should i just kepp the stack bc the geprc may be a bit too expensive

upper sigil
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how mutch is it

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you could also make a new ali/google account

lethal canopy
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yeah your'e right

upper sigil
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for the newcomers deals

lethal canopy
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nvm then

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lethal canopy
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yeah ur righjtt

upper sigil
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id get this instead of the stacl

lethal canopy
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but what difference does it really make?

upper sigil
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its better then speedybee

lethal canopy
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hmm what connect do i use for the rush cherry antenna

upper sigil
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mmcx if youre goung with the rush vtx

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rchp ofc

lethal canopy
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?

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mmcx right?

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you mentioned both?

upper sigil
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yes

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mmcx connector with an rchp antenna

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for the rush tank ultimate mini

lethal canopy
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oh k thx

upper sigil
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no problem

lethal canopy
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also what is 48ch and 37 ch on the rush tank

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also i think it is rhcp not rchp 😅

lethal canopy
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So ig im all good now

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vagrant pilot
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why do u have the eachine and rush tank

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are they both vtx’s

lethal canopy
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Oh yeah, thank you

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What mah do you recommend for 3.5s

upper sigil
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Maybe you can get a shorter antenna

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vagrant pilot
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you're getting 4s motors so 850mAh

upper sigil
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ngb has some nice packs

gentle cipher
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wtff

upper sigil
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combo

gentle cipher
upper sigil
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and its in pounds 💀

gentle cipher
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lmaoo

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that still seems too expensive lol

upper sigil
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the frame is like 35

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motors l;ike 15 a pop

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and props idk

vagrant pilot
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yea that feels pretty reasonable

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i was looking at that exact combo and it actually saved u money in usd at least

lethal canopy
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It's looking like this now, iv changed some stuff and I just need to get the 3.5 inch flyfish frame and the lipos and charger

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upper sigil
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maybe a shorter antenna

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i would not get jhemcu

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get the geprc board

lethal canopy
upper sigil
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that will do

lethal canopy
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This one?

upper sigil
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no

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i mean the video antennna

lethal canopy
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Oh yeah right

lethal canopy
upper sigil
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and get the geprc aio

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not the current one

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and change the props to what i said

lethal canopy
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Cool then I got the 87mm MMCX J RHCP, what's wrong with my current board, do I need to change it?

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vagrant pilot
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if u have a usbc pd brick the hota t6 could be a good charger

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also on the volador 3.5 i think 1804 is nice but def nothing wrong with 1604