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- ะะฟัะฑะปัะบะพะฒะฐะฝะพ 8 ะถะพะฒ 2024
- My 7th custom 5" build (6s configuration) - Seii-FPV
FPV components used in this build:
Frame: ImpulseRC Apex EVO 5"
Receiver: Radiomaster RP4TD Diversity TCXO ExpressLRS 2.4GHz Receiver
Video System: Walksnail Avatar HD v2
Motors: T-Motor Velox V3 2306 1750KV Motor (6s)
FC/ESC: Flywoo GOKU F722 PRO V2 50A BLS 30X30 Stack (MPU6000)
Buzzer: GEPRC Super Buzzer
LED: COB Light Strip, RED - 6S
Propellers: HQ J37 Juicy Prop
Regarding the questions about the COB light strips I use in all of my builds... I buy them from the best Canadian online FPV shop, Rotor Village โช@rotorvillageโฌ These are the ones I explusively use: rotorvillage.c... - note they are 6s version, so connected directly to the XT60 leads on my 6s quad configuration. I just make connectors so it's easy to unplug/plug them if needed.
Maiden flight with my 7th custom built quad featured in this video:
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Apex EVO 5" frame assembly video:
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My TPU designs for Apex EVO 5" frame:
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3D models (STL files) are available below at the following links (I'll be adding new ones as I complete them):
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Sรซii-FPV
All I can say is oh my gosh that is really looking nice an I like the aspect of the bull horns great job thank you for sharing it with me
Thank you very much!
Nice clean build. The tpu parts give it a nice flair. You're relatively new to building but clearly you take time and care to do it properly. Keep it up, the more you do the more you'll impress yourself. You'll learn over time, what works and what doesn't, and what you should have done differently.
Oh, and fantastic editing. And I like your accent lol.
Thanks ๐
Man! I didn't know that it was going to be a build documentary๐ฅ No wonder it took you so long to edit, that's some real work.
You sure got a lot of love in the thumbs department so far, so I'm guessing people enjoyed it as much as I did. Great work Seii!
I've had to install my FC seemingly every direction possible lol. always a battle, and I'm always impressed when a whoop frame is designed with building in mind. Like my bee35, not my favorite whoop, but the frame was designed with every part in mind.
looking at all that room on the 5" though, doesn't seem to be quite as confined as the tiny whoops. I love the El Toro tpu, it's like a texas low rider ;)
So much attention to detail, that is what I absolutely love about your builds. Excellent solder balls as well! I love black and red, the leds look awesome! Looks like Cookie likes it too๐
Thank you my friend. All that work and effort is very worthwhile when I see there are some people who enjoy and appreciate the video. Thank you!
@@Seii-FPV It's amazing how satisfying sharing can be. You're very welcome Seii, always a pleasure๐
That really does look like a sick build, well done
Thank you so much Sean, greatly appreciated. I enjoy it just by looking at it. Just finished setting everything up (Avatar sky unit, updatd FC, configured BlueJay on ESCs and updated my true diversity receiver. I have never had such a smooth process with any of my previous custom builds, and the truth is, it was going pretty smooth even with those... This one is special I guess :)
I am not concentrate on your video because you voice is amazing. In a word totally masterpiece voice๐๐
Haha! Thank you for watching, and I hope you found my video interesting.
@@Seii-FPV yesss my friend
Great video, but hotter soldering iron needed, solders looked dry as, aka not a nice shiny flowed bubble. I had same problem before. Especially for power of ESC.
Your motor wire solders were better, so get hotter iron for bigger wires is the trick.
Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately that's not the case here. 400 degrees is more than hot, I usually do everything at max 350. The problem is my old flux, and I am in process of replacing it. All connections are solid now, I did a reflow afterwards. It's not easy to record some process that lasted over two days total, and keep all the footage. Video is already too long even like this. I have never had a single problem with any of my previous 6 builds and I always used the same technique. It's clean, and the most important thing is, there is no residue left, no solder blobs around, no flux spilled. I would never take any of my custom builds for a maiden in case I have not checked all the connections and did a stress test on the same. Again, iron was super hot, my flux paste is probably 3 or 4 years old now. That's the problem.
@@Seii-FPV When I do XT60 etc, i'm around 450 and maxing out my Iron to get a good flow
That is a great advice! To tell you the truth, I was always kind of afraid to go above 400... always had it at the back of my head that I'd damage ESC if I hold that soldering tip too long on the pads. And sometimes it seems like it's stubborn and does not want to melt anything. Flux is the answer, but unfortunately I am stuck with this old one for now (ordered new one though). I'll tty 450 next time, thanks!
A beauty and a beast indeed 5:06
Yes, literally! I enjoy it so much, just watching it... let alone when I start flying this build. Unfortunately I have not had enough spare time to setup/update firmwares on this build yet, ad go out and fly it... but I am planning to do some setup today.
Whow, he is so beautifull, and i miss this vidรฉo since 3 week ๐ญ I really like the begining, nice introduction ๐ And i understand why you waiting with impatience the FC and the ESC, it's a beautifull stack, it look like really sexy ๐ณ. The music is also a good nice choice, calm and peace for a prรฉcision work. I am curious about the Walksnail Avatar HD v2, for me it's not compatible with the dji goggle V2, you change your google ? Well done for this beautifull build, your soldering look like very clean and as i see, he fly perfectly ๐ Hope see soon new vidรฉo ;)
Thank you! Yes, I fly with Dji goggles v2 and Walksnail Avatar Fat Shark Dominator HD v1 since the beginning basically (when I started some year ago). Half of my quads is on Dji, and the other half on Walsknail Avatar. I switch from one to another when needed, and I love both systems equally. When set up correctly, I practically can't see the difference between the two. I enjoy them equally. In this video I will post a link, you can see the comparison between the Dji and Avatar HD Pro... somewhere around the mid-video, you will be able to see comparison between the two cameras during the night flying... big, big difference. Avatar HD Pro has incredible camera. My daughter was flying our old Oddity XI250Pro 2.5" cinewhoop: ua-cam.com/video/pE-_KI4xupQ/v-deo.html
Beautiful build!
Might consider this frame besides my LoFlo MikeX and Supafly Syncmode!
And: happy boss, happy dog. He was really sharing the good vibes!
This frame is amazing ineed! It is pricey and that's the truth we can't run away from... but it's worth it, every single penny.
For the price it's awesome.
Mine would get the ultra V2 fcfc and new ultra ESC.
Do you have those prints online somewhere?
Those slip on feet are great!
I will publish them as soon as I'm done setting up this build and maiden it. The thing is, all of them are branded with my nick-name, and in order to release them to public, I'll have to redesign couple of little things first. Not sure anyone would like thair quads to have my name all over their TPU parts. I will have to make generic versions of each one. Once I am done with that, I will post links inside the video description, just as I did with my Tango 2 /Boxer / Zorro sound packs for FreedomTx and EdgeTX.
* me flying a quad held together by zip ties *
all i can say love your builds and dont have to break the bank in parts
Thank you so much! And thank you for spending your precious time to watch my video, greatly appreciated. Yes indeed... I am always trying to find some good components that are not damaging our wallets too much. Well, FPV is one of the most expensive hobbies, if not the most expensive one, out there. And it's not that easy to find affordable, good parts. But I'm in love with SpeedyBee v3 and v4 and they have never failed me. Installed BlueJay on all of them so I can enable bidirectional DShot, and none of them (F405) flies any worse than any of my F722. This time I took my chances with Flywoo GOKU F722. Really inexpensive stack, and it looks amazing.
Awesome man good job
Glad you enjoyed it
Been eyeing that goku f7.
Man, I've been doing the same for some time. I simply trust my SpeedyBee F405 v3 and even more the v4 for quite some time... but this F722 had too good price to pass by. I can't say anything about it unfortunately, still haven''t had time to do a proper setup for this new build, but I am planning to do that today, and take it for a maiden one of the upcoming couple of days.
Hey, thanks for the video! how would you compare the apex evo against the mark 5 frame?
GepRC Mark 5 is an amazing frame. That quad (my 3rd custom build) is still one of my best flying quads. I have not had enough time to go through the setup of my last, 7th build (planning to do that today), so I did not go out and fly it yet... but Apex frame... truth is, it's quite expensive (considering you can get amazing frames such TBS Source One v5 is, for as low as $29), but the way carbon was cut, precision in which screw holes were punched, it's incredible and I can see where that pricing is coming from. This frame is one of the best out there, no questions about it. I am not saying other ones are not good (I have not tried them all), but out of all frames I've purchased, this is by far the best, at least a mile above all the others. The only one that comes even close to Apex is my QAV-S JohnnyFPV Special Edition frame (my very first custom build, all build videos are up on my channel).
it's beautiful
Thank you so much! Glad you like it.
Great video, what about front side lightning ? does it disturbing camera view?
It's explained in some other of my custom build videos... Absolutely no light pollution, and you can see more than few hundreds of my flight videos, every single one of my custom quads has COB lights installed, and you won't see LED light coming through into the camera, not even into FPV camera which is a lot closer to COB strips than my action cams that sit on the top of the frame. I mean, it's quite easy to judge from my flight footage uploads.
Nice build, did you choose to run the xt60 cable over the esc like shown in the video ?
I almost always run all kinds of cables in between my ESC and FC. Every single custom build (7 so far), flies like a UFO, absolutely no problems. I have maiden flights for all of them up on my channel. Can't wait for ugly weather to clean up in my area, so I can do a proper maiden with this last build.
@@Seii-FPV cool, I never knew that you can run the xt60 between the esc and fc without it causing noise of some sort. Cheers!
Nope, as long as your wires are properly insulated, there is absolutely nothing that would interfere in any way. I mean what's inside those wires, is already on the pads that are on that same ESC. I was originally going to install them under the ESC, between the ESC and the bottom of the frame... but I was too lazy to replace the XT60 lead. This one is long, but not long enough if I wanted to run it under the ESC (only because of the way I would have to solder the ends to the pads). This way, it fits perfectly. Ideally, I always love when FC orientation is as it should be, 0 degrees... but in this case that was not an option and I had to install my FC 180 degrees.
You could save a bit of space by not using nylock nuts on the stack. Regular nuts will work fine (just dont use nylon)
Good to know. You mean because nylock ones are little taller? I just wanted to use all the parts that came inside the package (frame), but in the future I might get rid of most of the TPUs and of course thingies like the one you've mentioned. Thanks for your precious time watching it, greatly appreciated!
โ@@Seii-FPV yes, exactly. I've done over 100 builds and I've found out that when it comes to clearance for straps, wires, etc, every millimeter you save really helps. Just remember, when using metal nuts on the stack screws, crank em down as tight as you can, they'll be fine. Use nylock nuts on the top of the stack screws, on top of the stack.
And you see... because of people like yourself, who are ready to unselfishly help with nice advices, or even with constructive criticism which eventually, sooner or later makes us all who understand it, much better in these things we love to do. Thank you for your input, it's always more than welcome! That's how one learns, and that is a prime example of how good experienced pilots help newbies. I follow FPV and I am in love with it since 2018, but I started building my first custom quads just a year and a half ago. About a year ago, I finally got courage to start flying, and now I constantly feel like I'm totally addicted. For me, this is not something temporarily, something that will ever fade away, I don't even look at it as a hobby... I see it as a way of living. FPV allowed us to see this world from completely different perspective and while doing it, be as creative as we possibly could be. Not even the sky is the limit, literally.
โ@@Seii-FPV I agree. Fpv is my ticket out of the house. Most time I'm stuck inside because I take care of my two kids with special needs.
Amazing, just another thing that proves what an amazing character you are. Yes, I agree 100%, that "ticket" is more like a pressure valve, and it helps in more ways than we can count fingers on both of our hands. All the love your way guys!! And of course, never stop flying!
Great build! Your stack cover is custom? Would you mind sharing stl file? ๐
ua-cam.com/video/fzc0c_rBrGg/v-deo.html - As with all my designs, I am going through testing phase, and if everything is OK and I have no changes to files, then I will release them to be public. I don't like releasing something if it's not fully tested. Unfortunatelly I didn't have any time to setup this quad completely, so I were not able to fly and test everything as I always do with every single build and STL files. Once I see they are OK to be release, only then I publish them to one of the STL hosting sites. I usually go through couple of revisions, until I am 100% sure everything is as it should be.
@@Seii-FPV superb! Cant wait for it ๐
Flown it yet, or test hover ? I know only a day old video.
As I mentioned in one of my other replies, I did not have enough spare time to do a proper setup, like I did on all my other custom builds, I even recorded the whole process. You can check my 6th build setup video. I don't want to rush it, and I always want to make sure I've covered every single point. Updating ELRS receiver, updating FC firmware, installing BlueJay on ESC, and in this case I have even more work to do... I have to setup up my FC orientation at 180 degrees in BF, and then reorder motor resources. I also have to update Avatar firmware. Only when all that is done, I will take it for a maiden, and probably do some prompt recording. Hope I will be able to do it over the next couple of days.
Maiden with this custom build is available here now: ua-cam.com/video/7kyjJ1ud-qA/v-deo.html
Hi Seii. Thx for sharing this great job. Can you share 3d files especially fc esc guard?
Once I finish all the testing and polish all the TPU designs, I will publish them to some 3D modeling site. They all have my logo imprinted on them, and I am sure not all would like to have it on their quads. I might leave a "Design by Seii-FPV" somewhere though.
I'm good with your logo, as long as I can have the print stls
@@craigchin5306 - it could be a security issue as well. I can't provide them with my logo. In case someone crashes into a crown, God forbid damage the property or even worse hurt someone, drone plastered with my logos would be on the scene. Not a good picture IMHO :( I need to change them into something else, that's definitely what's going to happen. Unfortunaely, I can't get enough free time to work on that at the moment. Once it's done, I will upload them to one of my 3D printing sites accounts.
@@Seii-FPV Hi amazing build! Have you released the files yet? Thanks
@@unleashedgisi5511 - links for files are available inside this video's description.
Hi Seii, can you please reply with the link to the COB LED strip you used on this build?
These are the ones I explusively use: rotorvillage.ca/led-cob-strip-6s-1m - note they are 6s version, so connected directly to the XT60 leads. I just make connectors so it's easy to unplug them if needed.
@@Seii-FPVwhat size connectors did you use for the cob lights. I think itโs a great idea that I want to add to my next build.
@@MaconDrones - HI! I used many different ones in the past. These are good: GNB A30 Connector (they come 5 in a pack, but you have to get two packs, since one is female connectors, and the other one is male connectors). $3.49 CAD per bag, so super affordable. I also used BetaFPV BT2.0 Power Connectors. Inside the bag, you get 5 pairs, and it costed me $10.99 CAD. You can se them here: rotorvillage.ca/betafpv-bt2-0-power-connector-5-pairs
Can I ask how you attached the elrs receiver under the frame?
Double-sided gel tape. That alone holds it without any possibility for receiver to move, plus all the wires are tucked inside the frame limiting the movement as well. At the end, I used small TPU strip to add another layer of protection, and it screws exactly to where those two screws are around the receiver. It's like little safety belt holding the receiver tied to those two screws. Totally unnecessary, double-sided gel tape is more than enough. Every single quad I've built so far has it like that, and I have never had a single case of receiver detaching or even slightly moving around.
...also, you can have a look at my 6th custom build video, and exactly at 27 minutes and 21 seconds into that video, you can actually see I did the same (that little cyan TPU bar securing the receiver) on my 6th custom 5" build. This link should take you directly to the exact point in video (if not, it's at 27 minutes and 21 seconds into the video): ua-cam.com/video/TtUKIeZua7Y/v-deo.html
Because he is so close to 1k subscribe and get him their
I didn't mean to put the because
Thank you, you are very kind. Greatly appreciated, but the thing is... my goal is actually not to get more subscribers (I never liked the idea of "leaders" and "followers", generally with anything in life). I simply keep this channel alive, only as my personal online video archive, so I can track my FPV progress (flying, building, 3D modeling, etc.) and hopefully help others who have questions that are answered in one of my videos. That's really my only goal. Financially, I don't need any revenue from this, my wife and I work hard to make this life easier, and it's been like that since forever. Not even a single video on my channel is monetized, and I plan to keep it that way (and there is a lot, literally a tons of videos up there). Again, thank you for your kind words, greatly appreciated!
Can i get your dog? :> im asking for a friend! :=) Awsome build!
I love my Cookie with my whole being. She is such a baby, and nothing she does can make me angry :)