Ddm5
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All pictures were taken on my 7 year old Sony Ericsson flip phone
So I thought I'd post my current build, mostly to annoy the people who dislike the Naza. Heh.
Initially I thought I'd go with the actual Team BlackSheep Discovery frame as my current 450 Quad is a work in progress, more or less. But as I noticed that the Diatone Discovery clone was coming soon I thought I'd opt for that instead and give it a try, the price versus the actual Discovery makes it a nice viable for people on a budget who want a frame that's along the lines of the Discovery for FPV on this size without having to look at the other options out there, some good, some bad. I ordered the frame from Banggood at a very respectable price of around £26, comparing that to the Discoveries £56 for just the top plate, bottom plate, spacers and a few accessories, this is without the arms. I bought the genuine DJI Flamewheel arms (Black) which came to £16, bearing in mind that I used these for my previous build if you can call it a previous one here:
The frame itself came nicely packaged in this simple but stylish black box with a clean company branding on the front. It came nicely wrapped in a good few layers of soft foam which protected it on it's journey from China.
The contents of the box were nicely packaged apart from some large scratches on some of the plastic bags but all seemed well atleast. One thing I did notice is that the clone arms seem to getting A LOT better in quality and are rivalling the genuine DJI arms that I own. The only problem with going with a clone frame or something from Diatone in general is that you may not receive some parts, and some I did not receive such as he Mobius dampening balls and that fact that the 12V and 5V PCB accessory board did not include anything which was disappointing, but for the price I can't really complain all too much.
A comparison shot between the Q450 frame and the Whitesheep, both from Diatone. I have been very happy with the Q450 and for the price I bought it (£12) I wasn't complaining at all.
Mandatory PCB tinning picture.
Having to dismantle this spaghetti.
Soldering the ESC's to the PCB, if you notice a VERY WEIRD thing about this frame is that 2 of the ESC's are flipped, but on the Q450's frame all the ESC's are the right way up.. I had to test the ESC's one by one on this frame as I was concerned that it would short and kill my Naza, GPS, ESC's themselves, motors, etc. But everything seemed fine, my only regret with this frame is that battery connector, by god. It's in the worst spot ever if you're using a Naza so I had to desolder it and then resolder it VERTICALLY.
Attaching the Naza to the frame, this frame is not Naza friendly in anyway shape or form and I am tempted to pick up a cheap Naze32 for £20 and play around with it.
I got carried away and forgot to take pictures, nearly everything installed except for the GPS and the Led strips I have for orientation.
A few completed pictures, this is temporary for the most part as I need to add my Led strips to the front and back arms like the second picture, the gains really need fixing and I have a bad motor at the moment so it isn't sounding very good. I was very tempted to move the Naza to the top plate and put the battery in center as it is very "Ass heavy" in flight which I already knew it would be, but at this current moment in time I don't own any cameras to weigh the front down. Also, I am fully aware that the ESC wires need shortening, I am waiting on my 240 piece set of black heatshrink to arrive so I can finally get around to it. I also need to order 2 large battery straps as my current ones are far too short.
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Final Specs for the curious:
Frame: Diatone WhiteSheep 480 Size with Genuine DJI arms.
Motors: SunnySky 980KV.
Props: 10.45 Carbon Graupner style.
ESC's: EMAX 30A Simon Series
FC: Naza Lite + GPS
Battery: Turnigy Nano-tech 2200 3S
Transmitter + Receiver: Flysky TH9X (Turnigy 9X OEM)
So I thought I'd post my current build, mostly to annoy the people who dislike the Naza. Heh.
Initially I thought I'd go with the actual Team BlackSheep Discovery frame as my current 450 Quad is a work in progress, more or less. But as I noticed that the Diatone Discovery clone was coming soon I thought I'd opt for that instead and give it a try, the price versus the actual Discovery makes it a nice viable for people on a budget who want a frame that's along the lines of the Discovery for FPV on this size without having to look at the other options out there, some good, some bad. I ordered the frame from Banggood at a very respectable price of around £26, comparing that to the Discoveries £56 for just the top plate, bottom plate, spacers and a few accessories, this is without the arms. I bought the genuine DJI Flamewheel arms (Black) which came to £16, bearing in mind that I used these for my previous build if you can call it a previous one here:
The frame itself came nicely packaged in this simple but stylish black box with a clean company branding on the front. It came nicely wrapped in a good few layers of soft foam which protected it on it's journey from China.
The contents of the box were nicely packaged apart from some large scratches on some of the plastic bags but all seemed well atleast. One thing I did notice is that the clone arms seem to getting A LOT better in quality and are rivalling the genuine DJI arms that I own. The only problem with going with a clone frame or something from Diatone in general is that you may not receive some parts, and some I did not receive such as he Mobius dampening balls and that fact that the 12V and 5V PCB accessory board did not include anything which was disappointing, but for the price I can't really complain all too much.
A comparison shot between the Q450 frame and the Whitesheep, both from Diatone. I have been very happy with the Q450 and for the price I bought it (£12) I wasn't complaining at all.
Mandatory PCB tinning picture.
Having to dismantle this spaghetti.
Soldering the ESC's to the PCB, if you notice a VERY WEIRD thing about this frame is that 2 of the ESC's are flipped, but on the Q450's frame all the ESC's are the right way up.. I had to test the ESC's one by one on this frame as I was concerned that it would short and kill my Naza, GPS, ESC's themselves, motors, etc. But everything seemed fine, my only regret with this frame is that battery connector, by god. It's in the worst spot ever if you're using a Naza so I had to desolder it and then resolder it VERTICALLY.
Attaching the Naza to the frame, this frame is not Naza friendly in anyway shape or form and I am tempted to pick up a cheap Naze32 for £20 and play around with it.
I got carried away and forgot to take pictures, nearly everything installed except for the GPS and the Led strips I have for orientation.
A few completed pictures, this is temporary for the most part as I need to add my Led strips to the front and back arms like the second picture, the gains really need fixing and I have a bad motor at the moment so it isn't sounding very good. I was very tempted to move the Naza to the top plate and put the battery in center as it is very "Ass heavy" in flight which I already knew it would be, but at this current moment in time I don't own any cameras to weigh the front down. Also, I am fully aware that the ESC wires need shortening, I am waiting on my 240 piece set of black heatshrink to arrive so I can finally get around to it. I also need to order 2 large battery straps as my current ones are far too short.
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Final Specs for the curious:
Frame: Diatone WhiteSheep 480 Size with Genuine DJI arms.
Motors: SunnySky 980KV.
Props: 10.45 Carbon Graupner style.
ESC's: EMAX 30A Simon Series
FC: Naza Lite + GPS
Battery: Turnigy Nano-tech 2200 3S
Transmitter + Receiver: Flysky TH9X (Turnigy 9X OEM)