Low-Profile Tiny Whoop Build II (Loki Build)

I wanted to practice acro mode flying so I did a rebuild of my Furibee F36-based low-profile tiny whoop.

Parts and Equipment

For this build, I used the following:

1. Beecore Flysky AFHDS 2A flight controller
2. Eachine VTX01 5.8GHz video transmitter
3. Generic 600TVL 100 degree field of view camera
4. Chaoli CL-615 59000rpm motors
5. Rakonheli hydrographics canopy
6. Rakonheli 31mm 3-blade clear propellers
7. Soldering iron
8. Soldering wire
9. Wire snips
10. Double-sided tape

Build Procedure

1. First, I had to remove everything from the frame. This also required unsoldering the camera. After taking note of the contact points, I unsoldered all the wires from the camera.
2. I installed the motors.
3. I test-mounted the video transmitter on the new flight controller. I tried to put the video transmitter under the flight controller. It’s a tight fit between the motor connector but it fit!
4. I mounted video transmitter to the flight controller using 3M double-sided tape. It also acts to insulate the two boards.
5. With the video transmitter firmly in place, I soldered the wires for the power (thicker red and black wires) to the VCC and GND pads of the flight controller.
6. I also soldered the wires for the micro losi pigtail direct to VCC and GND pads of the flight controller.
7. I mounted the flight controller and video transmitter assembly into the frame.
   
8. I soldered the wires from the video transmitter into their corresponding contact points on the camera. It’s just color matching: black to black, yellow to yellow, and finally red to red.
9. I used 3M double-sided tape to mount the camera.
10. I installed the canopy. It didn’t fit well. The bind button was being pushed and the micro USB port was blocking the way. I had to make cutouts on the canopy.
    
11. Finally, I installed the canopy.
    

And that’s it. I now have a low-profile, low-key (hence Loki), Tiny Whoop.