Want to learn to build drones, but don’t want the hassle of picking the best bang-for-your-buck parts, making sure they’re compatible, and finding the stock? Look no further! Introducing a new range of DIY Kits, designed to help you get your parts together and get in the air with minimal research effort. Research is time consuming and really can get in the way of getting your foot in the door to the hobby, so we’ve done that part for you, so that you can do the fun part – put it together and bask in the reward of flying (and, let’s be honest, crashing) your own hand-built FPV Drone!

What you get

This is our 5-inch, analogue + ELRS kit. The parts list is as follows:

• Frame: Source One (5 Inch)
• Flight Stack (Flight Controller + ESC): SpeedyBee F405 V3 BLS 60A
• Motors: Emax Eco 2207 1700kV
• Propellers: HQ Prop V2S
• Receiver: Happymodel EP1 RX
• FPV Camera: RunCam Phoenix II Special Edition
• Video Transmitter: TheFPV Chaos VTX 25-1200mW
• Video Antenna: TheFPV Pagoda 5.8Ghz

You can also use this parts list a guide if you want to tweak this kit for your own liking, such as swapping the frame for another 5″ quadcopter frame that we sell.

Extra Parts

If you don’t already have the rest, we recommend the following to get started:

• Battery: TheFPV 1100mAh 6S OR CNHL 1100mAh 6S
• Charger: SkyRC e680 1-6S Charger (Single Channel) OR SkyRC D100 Neo 2-6S Charger (Dual Channel)
• Radio: Radiomaster Pocket (ELRS, NOT CC2500) OR Radiomaster Zorro (ELRS, NOT 4-in-1)
• Goggles: EV800D OR Emax Transporter II OR BetaFPV VR03

Suggested Tools

If you don’t have any tools, this is what we suggest

• Sequre SQ-001 65W Portable Soldering Iron Kit
• DroneBuildr Zip Tie / Cable Tie (Pack Of 20)
• DroneBuildr Wire Mesh Paracord Cable Sleeve (for your motor wires)
• Vifly ShortSaver 2 Smart Smoke Stopper
• TheFPV 18pc Drone Tool Kit
• DroneBuildr 100pcs 10cm Heat Shrink Tube Kit