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2-inch Racing Drone Writing about how I got started into drone racing. Parts list to build my first drone, first test flight coming soon! `2019-12-12` Preface About one year ago, I got interested in racing drones. YouTubers such as UAVfutures, Joshua Bardwell, Mr Steele, Rotor Riot and many more make videos about this kind of drones, and I got hooked into it. They are very powerful machines that can go faster than `200 km/h`... and so I wondered, Why wouldn't I make one myself? And this is where everything began. Demo Here's a demo video on my youtube channel that shows how much power a 2-inch racing drone can have: youtube And here's a picture of it (even if one motor is missing): It actually flew, but one motor was defective, and so the inner windings melted together. This rendered it useless, so I am currently waiting on a spare. However, because of `COVID-19`, the shipping was delayed. How it was built In order to build such a machine, soldering and problem-solving skills are a must. Since I had already tinkered with electronics before, building this quadcopter was not too hard to do. However, if you have never soldered or programmed before, I do not recommend try to build such a drone. Moreover, Ready-to-Fly (or RTF) drones are now widely available, meaning that you do not have to build them from scratch. Here is a parts list of the components used: Avan 2" Propellers — `6 pairs` GepRC Hummingbird frame, 110mm Eachine 7500kv 1104 brushless motors — `4x` Aniversary Special Eachine Minicube Flytower — which includes a Flight Controller, a Receiver and a `4-in-1` ESC Gaoneng 750mAh 2S Lipo Battery In the next post, we will make it fly for the first time on camera. See you there!
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2-inch Racing Drone

Writing about how I got started into drone racing. Parts list to build my first drone, first test flight coming soon! 2019-12-12

Preface

About one year ago, I got interested in racing drones. YouTubers such as UAVfutures, Joshua Bardwell, Mr Steele, Rotor Riot and many more make videos about this kind of drones, and I got hooked into it. They are very powerful machines that can go faster than 200 km/h... and so I wondered,

Why wouldn't I make one myself?

And this is where everything began.

Demo

Here's a demo video on my youtube channel that shows how much power a 2-inch racing drone can have:

youtube

And here's a picture of it (even if one motor is missing):

2-inch drone with a missing motor

It actually flew, but one motor was defective, and so the inner windings melted together. This rendered it useless, so I am currently waiting on a spare. However, because of COVID-19, the shipping was delayed.

How it was built

In order to build such a machine, soldering and problem-solving skills are a must. Since I had already tinkered with electronics before, building this quadcopter was not too hard to do. However, if you have never soldered or programmed before, I do not recommend try to build such a drone. Moreover, Ready-to-Fly (or RTF) drones are now widely available, meaning that you do not have to build them from scratch.

Here is a parts list of the components used:

Avan 2" Propellers — 6 pairs
GepRC Hummingbird frame, 110mm
Eachine 7500kv 1104 brushless motors — 4x
Aniversary Special Eachine Minicube Flytower — which includes a Flight Controller, a Receiver and a 4-in-1 ESC
Gaoneng 750mAh 2S Lipo Battery

In the next post, we will make it fly for the first time on camera. See you there!