Building a "NEW" from kit Strix Nano Goblin. It can EASILY fly sub 250g and achieve close to an hour of flite time on a 2S LiIon battery.
I have been a BIG fan of the Strix Nano goblin ever since it was released in 2017. I bought one of the original PNP birds when they became first available and flew it probably into the thousands of miles over the last seven years, Mostly FPV, till it's demise just before combat last year at Flite Fest. The original PNP versions were glued together at the factory, and whatever glue was used had begun to fail in various places. The final straw was when the control horns came loose and uneffective in a full speed dive.... No pulling out. Straight into a small rock, smashing the glass lens on the Runcam FPV camera, and obliterating the chassis. Having INAV, GPS, and Radio telemetry allowed me to punch the GPS coordinates in my phone, and walk back out to the point where it impacted to retrieve the electronics that I had missed when picking up the EZ 2 Find white pieces. i've actually flown the GPS and Flight controller in a ZOHD Drift since then.
I originally bought a ZOHD Drift to replace it, but soon found out that it is no substitute for the Nano Goblin. So here I am going down the building my Third NG so I have two flying. Going with ArduPilot and Walksnail which will be an upgrade from INAV and Analog FPV. The one surviving part from the OG is the motor which escaped unharmed. I still have the top hatch which I glued back together as a spare. I may hack that up if I decide to cut it and mount the FPV VTX in it. Here is the Full kit as it comes out of the box: (Servos and Motor NOT INCLUDED in the basic kit, but can be ordered with the kit.)
I will be using Foam-Tac to glue it all together. I prefer it over E6000 for it's strength, pliability, lightness, and ease of use. I'll use a 20A ESC, two EMAX ES9051 digital Servos, and the FC/FPV gear to be determined after getting the basic bird into PNP status.
Cheers!
LitterBug
I have been a BIG fan of the Strix Nano goblin ever since it was released in 2017. I bought one of the original PNP birds when they became first available and flew it probably into the thousands of miles over the last seven years, Mostly FPV, till it's demise just before combat last year at Flite Fest. The original PNP versions were glued together at the factory, and whatever glue was used had begun to fail in various places. The final straw was when the control horns came loose and uneffective in a full speed dive.... No pulling out. Straight into a small rock, smashing the glass lens on the Runcam FPV camera, and obliterating the chassis. Having INAV, GPS, and Radio telemetry allowed me to punch the GPS coordinates in my phone, and walk back out to the point where it impacted to retrieve the electronics that I had missed when picking up the EZ 2 Find white pieces. i've actually flown the GPS and Flight controller in a ZOHD Drift since then.
I originally bought a ZOHD Drift to replace it, but soon found out that it is no substitute for the Nano Goblin. So here I am going down the building my Third NG so I have two flying. Going with ArduPilot and Walksnail which will be an upgrade from INAV and Analog FPV. The one surviving part from the OG is the motor which escaped unharmed. I still have the top hatch which I glued back together as a spare. I may hack that up if I decide to cut it and mount the FPV VTX in it. Here is the Full kit as it comes out of the box: (Servos and Motor NOT INCLUDED in the basic kit, but can be ordered with the kit.)
I will be using Foam-Tac to glue it all together. I prefer it over E6000 for it's strength, pliability, lightness, and ease of use. I'll use a 20A ESC, two EMAX ES9051 digital Servos, and the FC/FPV gear to be determined after getting the basic bird into PNP status.
Cheers!
LitterBug
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