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u/nnorton00 · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

I want to start by saying I’m not affiliated with Amazon, nor are any of the links affiliate links. I’m just a guy that looks for good bargains and wants to share what I found.

Background:


I live in Austria and I’ve been flying micros, the TinyHawk, Mobula7, M80, and a custom 65mm since the beginning of the year in my apartment. Austria has super strict laws regarding UAV’s and you need an expensive license to fly anything larger than 250 grams. Under 250g’s, you’re free to fly as you please as long as you’re not flying around a populated area. I decided to go with micros for the time being to keep myself under the radar and get my flight time in before I eventually move back to the states in a couple years.

I’m generally a price conscious person and I’ll spend a lot of time looking for good deals, usually through Banggood. I’ll stuff something in my wishlist and wait for it to go on sale, the transmitter I got for 85€, goggles for 40€ etc. So, when I started looking for a backpack to become a bit more portable and fly away from my apartment, I got a bit of sticker shock when I saw the prices on “quad bags”. A buddy of mine suggested the bag he has, the Lowepro Quadguard BP X2, but at 110€ it would be the most expensive piece of my FPV equipment, additionally I needed something that would be able to hold my 15.6” laptop that I need for school, which the BP X2 does not have the space for. I looked at the other big budget backpack that is recommended around Reddit, which is the Realacc Backpack, but again, no space for a laptop.

After digging and digging, I decided the best way to go would be to get a camera bag that has a laptop sleeve. Enter the AmazonBasics DSLR and Laptop Backpack. I want to take a moment to say that there are 3 AmazonBasics bags that have the same description, only their dimensions are different, I’ll link the backpacks at the end. Fortunately, I decided on the backpack a few days before Prime Day and was able to pick it up for 27€. At the time of this writing, it is not on sale and is listed at 34€. I got it in and opened it up and immediately spent the next hour trying to arrange the padded walls to fit everything that I wanted to stuff inside. The timing was perfect because I would be going back to the US for a 3-week trip to visit family in 5 different states and I could run a nice torture test on it.

Items I brought in the bag for the 3 week trip:


15.6" Laptop, 3” Spare Props, QX7 Transmitter, EV800, Diatone R349, Mobula7, TinyHawk, Sunglasses w/ Case, Lipo bag with 16 1s batteries and 2 4s batteries, charger for EV800, 65mm Spare Props, Lipo charger, spare parts, mouse, magazine, school book, 7" tablet, charging wires for tablet and laptop plus adapters, pens, and screwdrivers.

Review:


Pros:

  • Price! 27€
  • The size was just about perfect. I say just about perfect with two caveats that are not enough to make them cons. I would have liked the top of the backpack to not taper in. The base of the bag is deeper than the top of the bag by a few centimeters. Similarly, the top of the bag also curves in on the sides a bit. Not enough to take away points, but enough that it is noticeable.
  • Zipper feel. It’s a funny item to include, but the zippers feel really good, not overly robust, but incredibly smooth.
  • Large laptop sleeve, good for up to a 17” laptop.
  • Straps felt secure, additional straps for across the chest and waist are provided to help distribute weight. I found that I didn’t need the waist strap and there is no way to remove it without cutting them out, I was usually able to fold them over themselves to keep them out of the way, but I would have preferred to not have them. I did use the chest strap, however.
  • Adjustable interior pads. These were really convenient; they gave a lot of options for configurability. I ended up not using the two longest pads though.
  • Front pocket held a surprising number of items.
  • The bag stood upright on its own with it fully loaded.
  • Fit as a carry-on underneath the seat of every plane I was on, including some small regional jets! (some planes were tighter than others)
  • Did I mention the price??

    Cons:

  • Side pockets are fixed with a Velcro cover. This may not be a con to some people, but I would have rather had a mesh pocket with elastic. That would be much more versatile for my usage, that being said, I was able to stuff my laptop charger into the two pouches. (Main cable in one, and the brick in the other. My brick is pretty small, only 80cm or so YMMV).
  • No straps on the outside of the front of the backpack to strap a larger quad. You could buy one of those adapters from ebay.
  • It does have a feeling of being a little cheap, in my travels I didn’t have any fraying, but other reviews I read have reported fraying and seams unraveling after only a few months. I was generally quite mindful of the bag and didn’t throw it around too much.

    Overall:


    You can’t beat it for the price. If you’re a budget conscious flyer like me, and lets face it if you stuck around to read all of this than you are, it’s a no brainer just go and buy it.

    Links:

    Amazon.com - AmazonBasics DSLR Camera and Laptop Backpack Bag - 13 x 9 x 18 Inches

    Amazon.de - AmazonBasics DSLR Camera and Laptop Backpack Bag - 13 x 9 x 18 Inches

    Suggested Buckle Mounts for Backpack

u/WombatControl · 4 pointsr/TinyWhoop

For being tipsy and full of turkey, you didn't do too bad on those purchases! The 65S Lite and the 800D are both good products for the price. The Beta65S Lite is also a really good flying Whoop out of the box, and can rip when you upgrade the firmware down the line.

The 65S comes with the "stock" version of Silverware. Eventually, you want to upgrade that Beta65S Lite to NFE Silverware. Do that that, you need an STLINK programming tool. Personally, if you've never flown before, I'd wait on doing the upgrade though. NFE Silverware rocks, but it's pretty aggressive. The default Silverware on the 65S Lite is better tuned for a beginner. If you want to program the board, just look at the YouTube video on flashing the 65S Lite to NFE Silverware - it goes through all the steps. The programming pads are tiny, so I ended up just stealing some leftover legs from resistors and shoving those in the pads and then into the connector to the programmer. It wasn't pretty, but it worked.

You definitely want a good radio - the QX7 is probably the better option. They're more expensive on Amazon than through another retailer. I like RaceDayQuads as the prices are good and the shipping is very fast. For the Bayang protocol, you just need a cheap multiprotocol module. The iRange is very good, but expensive. Personally, this cheap one works just fine even though it's fairly short range. BETAFPV has a slightly cheaper and much longer range one, but it can potentially bend the pins on your radio, so I don't really recommend it until that gets fixed. Figure spending about $150 for your radio gear, more if you get a better battery for your radio. (It comes with an attachment for AAs, but it will eat those batteries annoyingly quick.)

The 300mAh battery should work on the 65S Lite - although they are REALLY fast the first 30 seconds or so. I like them, but they might be a bit much for a beginner.

For a charger, there's a bunch of 1S battery chargers out there, most of which are the same design. You also need some power supply to it, but those are super cheap.

For batteries, there are plenty of options. I fly BETAFPV 260mAh for my primary battery, mainly because they come in packs of 8. The 300mAh ones give very long flight times, but they are pretty aggressive. GNB batteries are some of the best, but they are physically longer than other batteries. Crazepony 260 HV batteries are cheap and work well enough. Just remember that you need the PH2.0/PowerWhoop connector instead of the smaller JST 1.25 connector.

For the VTX, you can either keep that as a spare, or mount that to your truck. I doubt it has the right connection to plug right into your whoop batteries, but you can get a PH2.0 pigtail and solder that on to the camera power wires. That will let you connect right to your main flight batteries.

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u/KungFuRemi · 3 pointsr/TinyWhoop

Special thank you to the crew at Tiny Whoop who consistently provide excellent customer and community support even though, someone at fulfillment may be a little colorblind hehehe. Without you guys and /u/JessePFPV this sub probably wouldn't exist!

 

24K Magic

Frame - Cockroach

Canopy - Tiny Whoop Razor skin 1of1 by Ben@TW!

Flight Controller - FuriousFPV AcroWhoop v2 FrSky

Motors - NewBeeDrone BDR Gold Edition 19,700 KV

Props - Rakon Heli Tri Blade

Power - Power Whoop 2.0 JST-PH

VTx- Crazepony 700TVL AIO Camera Detachable

Support Mods - Clear rubberbands to hide motor wires, 3M VHB tape for VTx mounting, dab of hot glue for Camera mounting

 

Dry weight = 19 grams flat

 

4+ minutes of flight time with Crazepony 230mah LiHV batteries and Crazepony 260mah/short LiHV

 

P.S. My kids thank you for all the candy!

 

u/evilC_UK · 2 pointsr/TinyWhoop

The Eachine UK65/US65 is better, and about the same price

With pretty much any of these 1S brushless, a cheap improvement worth doing is to replace the stock pigtail with one that has better AWG wire and solid pins - BetaFPV do one

u/dubadub · 2 pointsr/TinyWhoop

Looks good. Qx7 is the best radio to start with, but it doesn't come with a battery. The FrSky battery sold on Amazon is good, so is this one from HobbyKing. You're gonna need a charger, I like the ISDT q6 Pro.

u/DK_Notice · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

I’ve been using these with good luck.

1s batteries

I’ve also been abusing them pretty heavily. I’ve charged them to 4.35 instead of 4.2 with the LiHV charger that comes with the tinyhawk and I’ve left them charged for a while longer than I should. They’re cheap enough that if they wear out I’ll just buy more.

On YouTube there are some battery review shootouts where they compare performance but I’ve been more concerned about availablility than tracking down the perfect battery.

Hope this helps!

u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

Tiny whoop ain't cheap. Racedayquads is my favorite source.

Budget charger I use is on Amazon and you'll need the charging cable as well. Perfectly serviceable for 1s batteries.

Charger is listed in the frequently bought together section.

Upgraded 1S LiPo LiHV Charger Board for Blade Inductrix Tiny Whoop Micro JST 1.25 and JST-PH 2.0 1S LiPo Battery with JST and Micro Losi Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CJ5ZJ1V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YCFRDbQDDQTBP

u/Soonermandan · 2 pointsr/TinyWhoop

Yeah if it came with a kit it's probably lead-free. I'd just get a pound of 63/37 or 60/40 tin/lead rosin core solder, small diameter. Kester is my go-to. Super easy to work with and a pound should last you years. This is my go-to flux. Pricey but the two in combination actually make soldering enjoyable.

u/skyvette427 · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

Thank you!

Here's what I plan on buying so far

u/bingwhip · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

TS100 is great and portable. But if you don't care about portable, The Hakko FX888D is better.

u/dannylightning · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

there actually lighter than the stock 450 mah emax packs.. around 14 grams.. i think the emax pack was like 15 grams..

i get about 2 minutes with the 450 mah packs. i can only charge to 4.20v per cell tho i dont have a HV charger..

these are what i got. https://www.amazon.com/Battery-PowerWhoop-Connector-Rechargeable-Inductrix/dp/B07CHMM252/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tinyhawk+600+mah+battery&qid=1567634624&s=gateway&sr=8-1

you can also see a few of my flights that i posted on here where i get like 2.5 or 3 min of flight time.. when i land at 3.2v and put them on the batter checker they bounce back up to about 3.7 or 3.8 v..

u/4n1m4lzrddt · 2 pointsr/TinyWhoop

If you fly with 1s batteries a balance charger might not ever be worth it. (You can't balance a 1s battery) I use the IMAX b6ac but I have 2 other quadcopters that run 4s.

It's nice being able to parallel charge 6 batteries at a time, and makes batteries last longer being able to storage charge. Which both likely do. You'd need a paraboard to do more than one Inductrix battery
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ID6U4LC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_vpKEybSJESZA6

u/JonAKATins · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

The charger claims to work with
>Any other RC 3.7V 1S LiPo battery with JST


The batteries are Micro JST 1.25, so not sure if the charger will work. I use this one to charge mine

The batteries you linked are the correct ones, yes.

Do you not want to solder or you dont know how? you can build one with an F3 board so you can add beta flight for a little more (if you have a transmitter already that is)

u/wingnut0420 · 2 pointsr/TinyWhoop

Depends entirely on what you are building.

Looks like a Fatshark Teleporter

Find it here for just the headset

Here for almost same price but more kit




u/Adogg9111 · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

Alert at 3.0. These batteries will recover back close to 3.8 after resting when I bring them in. The stock batteries did puff almost out of the gate and never were very good quality.

I replaced the battery connector with these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZVQF8J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_XgY3CbRDNFD2K

u/IT_NEWB1 · 1 pointr/TinyWhoop

/u/4lch3my Just to follow up, I decided to keep the BFPV 260's and ordered their 230 LiHV for a somewhat long term comparison test. Opinion still stands, 260 BFPV aren't worth the extra weight and price compared to their 230 LiHV.

Was about to order more BFPV 230 LiHV's until I saw this. It's a shorter version of their original 260. Ordered a set, hoping it will give the same amount of flight time as the 260's that come with the E011's but with more punch. According to the specs, is the same weight as the regular length 230's.
So pumped, so much new shit on Amazon everyday, there should be another sub related to Amazon finds.