Quadcopter Build

Overview

There are lots of designs and parts for building your own custom quadcopter on the internet. After looking into it and researching parts, I built a beginner quadcopter complete with a programmable flight controller and video camera feeds back to the controller or to an FPV headset.

Parts

• SP Racing F3 Flight Controller
• Matek 2-4S Power Distribution Board
• DX2205 2300KV Brushless Motors
• LittleBee 20 Amp Brushless Motor Speed Controllers
• LHI Full Carbon Fiber 220mm Frame
• 3S Lithium Polymer Battery
• Eachine Video Transmitter
• Eachine TV Video Display
• 700TVL FPV Camera
• Flysky X6B Receiver
• Flysky FS i6X Transmitter

Details

I got many of these parts in a bundle from Amazon for much cheaper. Building a Quadcopter this size requires some planning, wire management, and fine soldering work. Once I had the motors, power distribution board, motor controllers, and flight controller set up, I was able to plug it into my computer and start programming the flight controller. After that, I was able to hook up my transmitter and receiver and take it for a test fly. I discovered that flying a quad like this takes a lot of time to learn. I can control every axis independently and I can even do flips, if I program it to use the correct auto-leveling mode. My next upgrade was adding the video camera system. This consists of a small security-style camera with extremely low latency, a high power transmitter, and a screen with the receiver built-in. I wired up the camera and transmitter on my quad, and 3D printed a mounting bracket to secure the screen to the top of my controller, so that as I fly, I can see the live video feed from the drone on the screen.