I’ve already written a few guides on building whoops (here, here, and here) so this is more a companion article to my YouTube video on the same subject. The other objective is to build a lightweight whoop.
Parts and Equipment
For this build, I used the following:
- Crazybee Frsky FC and ESC
- URUAV UR65 AIO camera (Happymodel HCF9 AIO Camera)
- Makerfire DX0603 16000KV motors (alternative Racerstar BR0603B 16000KV Motors or Happymodel SE0603 16000KV motors)
- URUAV UR65 65mm frame kit (Happymodel 65mm frame kit)
- Rakonheli clear canopy
- Rakonheli 31mm triblade propellers
- Soldering iron
- Soldering wire
- Desoldering pump
- Flux
- Wire snips
- Double-sided tape
Build Procedure
- Tin the camera wires
- Put the camera into the canopy
- Tin the battery connector pigtail
- Tin the video pads of the FC
- Tin the power pads of the FC
- Solder the battery connector pigtail to the FC
- Solder the camera wires to the FC
- Mount the motors to the frame
- Mount the props on the motors
- Mount the electronics onto the frame
- Connect the motor plugs to the motor sockets.
- Check continuity between B+ and B- with a multitester. There should be NO continuity
- Done!
