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+title: xy666
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+description: 3S LiPo, HobbyKing X666 frame
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+parent: quadcopters
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+position: 70
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+date: 2015-09-28
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+---
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+<!--% backToParent() %-->
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+After my [failed attempts](xycontrol.html) of completely making my own Quadcopter (including Software) I kinda forgot about the whole topic for a while.
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+But a couple of years later, shortly after starting my first real programming work as a student, a colleague of mine introduced me to the world of open-source racing copters.
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+So, with his help, I started to build my first real, working, quadcopter.
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+# TODO photos?
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+Here are some recordings of the FPV footage.
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+Be aware that these videos are recorded from the received signal on the ground.
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+Not only can you see lots of interference and other HF problems, the loss of quality from the video recorder and the YouTube encoding is also very noticeable.
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+In real-life, the picture doesn't look *that* bad.
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+<!--%
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+lightgallery([
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8ePJAclYo", "img/xy666_test_flight_thumb.jpg", "X666 Quadcopter Test Flight" ],
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGvCzKaWF0", "img/xy666_test_thumb.jpg", "Quadcopter Test Flight" ],
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYFZvz2POkc", "img/xy666_crash2_thumb.jpg", "Quadcopter Crash" ],
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpmQ9mOIgUo", "img/xy666_crash_thumb.jpg", "Quadcopter FPV Crash" ],
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98pcaFgXnbE", "img/xy666_crash1_thumb.jpg", "X666 Quadcopter Crash 1" ],
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+ [ "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-lgQe0WGOg", "img/xy666_crash3_thumb.jpg", "X666 Quadcopter Crash 2" ],
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+])
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+%-->
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+Initially I got the [CC3D Flight Controller](https://opwiki.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_manual/cc3d/cc3d.html), running the OpenPilot Software.
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+This worked, but I had some problems with the hardware and/or software (I don't really remember), which caused me to switch to a [Naze32](http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=38), running on the [Baseflight](https://github.com/multiwii/baseflight) / [Cleanflight](http://cleanflight.com/) / [Betaflight](https://betaflight.com/) family of firmwares.
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+Parts of the Hardware, mainly the Tx/Rx, Motors, ESCs and Battery, I reused from my previous xyCopter attempts.
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+Of course, the huge X666 frame from HobbyKing, with a 666mm span, turned out to be far too huge for my first attempts.
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+I also took spare arms from the X550 and X525 frames from HobbyKing, which were still too big.
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+So after only a short time I tore down this copter and used the parts to build a smaller [Tricopter](trifecta.html).
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+I also got carried away slightly with this build after looking at the features supported by Cleanflight.
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+So it not only had the bare necessities but also GPS, a Compass, an Altimeter and an OLED display (that I all already had), which mostly never really worked, except for the display.
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+I also mounted a Xiaomi Yi action cam to it and experimented a little bit with simple servo gimbals.
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+## Parts List
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+The prices listed below are just what I found while doing this page some years later, not the real prices I paid back then.
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+tableHelper([ "align-right", "align-last-right", "align-right monospaced"],
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+ [ "Part", "Description", "Cost" ], [
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+ [ "Frame", ("HobbyKing X666 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Frame 666mm", "https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-x666-glass-fiber-quadcopter-frame-666mm.html?___store=en_us"), "17.88€" ],
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+ [ "FC", ("Openpilot CC3D Flight Controller With Cable Set", "https://hobbyking.com/en_us/openpilot-cc3d-flight-controller-with-cable-set-fully-authorized.html"), "17.39€" ],
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+ [ "ESCs", ("", ""), "€" ],
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+ [ "Motors", ("4x Robbe Roxxy 2824-34 1100KV", "https://www.hobbydirekt.de/Neuheiten-2016/Manufacturer/Robbe2/Robbe/Elektromotoren/ROXXY-BL-OUTRUNNER-2824-34-Robbe-1-477834-477834::78190.html"), "113.60€" ],
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+ [ "Props", ("", ""), "€" ],
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+ [ "Cam", ("Sony 700TVL PAL FPV Camera", "https://amzn.to/3i0cUh8"), "15.00€" ],
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+ [ "VTx", ("Boscam 5.8Ghz 200mW FPV Transmitter", "https://hobbyking.com/de_de/boscam-5-8ghz-200mw-fpv-transmitter.html"), "22.79€" ],
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+ [ "OSD", ("Minim OSD v1.1", "https://hobbyking.com/en_us/minim-osd-v1-1.html"), "19.79€" ],
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+ [ "Rx", ("FrSky D8R-XP 2.4Ghz Receiver (w/telemetry & CPPM)", "https://hobbyking.com/en_us/frsky-d8r-xp-2-4ghz-receiver-w-telemetry-cppm.html"), "25.66€" ],
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+ [ "Battery", ("Turnigy 4000mAh 3S 30C Lipo Pack w/XT-60", "https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-4000mah-3s-30c-lipo-pack-xt-60.html?queryID=&objectID=69420"), "26.09€" ],
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