March Micro Madness part 1 - The Sparrow
As you probably know, Transport Canada drank the safety kool-aid and, in the interest of protecting the privacy and the children of our Great White North, has decreed that anything over 250 grams is illegal to fly anywhere but a MAAC sanctioned field, or on private property - if that property falls within about 15 pages of rules. (If you think that sentence was long, try reading the regulations
) I knew it was coming last year, so I built a 2" Airblade UAV Creampuff, but that thing was nothing more than a continuous string of headaches. I have nearly completed the transplant to a new frame, but that will be part 2 
Right around my birthday in Jan. I started seeing reviews of the GepRC Sparrow. Everyone got the BnF version, which had a few flaws - F3 with no OSD being the main one. Other than that, everyone gushed about the power and toughness. All the components are available individually, so I got a purple frame (BnF's are all titanium) and the upgraded F4 FC with OSD that fit's in the same sweet little stack. I finally found some motivation and started on it last weekend. I still have a couple finishing touches (shorten battery lead, zip tie 5.8 antenna) but here it is, in all it's glory:
Technically over 250g but the shortened battery lead will drop it at least a gram or 2. Probably going to have to carry a scale with me
The stuff:
GepRC Sparrow GEP-MX3 139mm frame kit
HGLRC XJB F428 Micro F4 Flight controller
HGLRC 28A 4 In 1 ESC
XJB TX20 Mini 5.8G VTx
FrSky R-XSR
RunCam Micro Swift 2
GepRC SpeedX GR1408 3500KV motors
3042 3 blade props
4S 850mah Tattu batteries
I hovered it in my living room and it seems rock solid, I can't wait to get out and see what it can do. But it's snowing yet again, so the real maiden will have to wait.
As you probably know, Transport Canada drank the safety kool-aid and, in the interest of protecting the privacy and the children of our Great White North, has decreed that anything over 250 grams is illegal to fly anywhere but a MAAC sanctioned field, or on private property - if that property falls within about 15 pages of rules. (If you think that sentence was long, try reading the regulations
Right around my birthday in Jan. I started seeing reviews of the GepRC Sparrow. Everyone got the BnF version, which had a few flaws - F3 with no OSD being the main one. Other than that, everyone gushed about the power and toughness. All the components are available individually, so I got a purple frame (BnF's are all titanium) and the upgraded F4 FC with OSD that fit's in the same sweet little stack. I finally found some motivation and started on it last weekend. I still have a couple finishing touches (shorten battery lead, zip tie 5.8 antenna) but here it is, in all it's glory:

Technically over 250g but the shortened battery lead will drop it at least a gram or 2. Probably going to have to carry a scale with me


The stuff:
GepRC Sparrow GEP-MX3 139mm frame kit
HGLRC XJB F428 Micro F4 Flight controller
HGLRC 28A 4 In 1 ESC
XJB TX20 Mini 5.8G VTx
FrSky R-XSR
RunCam Micro Swift 2
GepRC SpeedX GR1408 3500KV motors
3042 3 blade props
4S 850mah Tattu batteries
I hovered it in my living room and it seems rock solid, I can't wait to get out and see what it can do. But it's snowing yet again, so the real maiden will have to wait.