Hobbyking ™ Totem Q330 Quadcopter Kit

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May 16, 2016

Well, I really like this one. With a 2200mAh 3 cell and 2206's it's a pretty quick platform. Space is a bit tight if you're going down the full onboard DVR route. In the end I put the battery, Bec and VTX inside and the FC, RX and micro SD DVR on top. Despite being significantly bigger than my 250's this thing's still quite an agile little monster.
The specs say that you can go up to 7" props, I think that would only work if you had motors with quite long cans. With my 2206's the blade tips would just be clipping the front arms. I've already had this quad pin wheeling along the ground on short grass and all that broke were props (I managed to brake all of them that time !!!! :) ). For it's size (And the lack of any carbon fiber) it's a surprisingly light frame. the bare frame tipped my scales at 154g. The only change I personally would make to it's design would be adding an optional third plate to the top to make finding room for all the electronics easier, But as I'm using a 10 channel RX and everything else is in hard cases, It's probably just as correct to say that it's down to me wasting what limited space is available. If you're after something a bit bigger than the usual 250's or 210's, but you want something that can take a tumble, Then you could do a lot worse than going for one of these.

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Aug 30, 2015

I have flown this frame with T-motor's Air gear 200 package with the KK2.1.5 FC. I must say I love the frame and the quality of the PDB and the upper deck is first class. The arms are stiff and seem robust. It is not the same as the DJI450 or its clones' material. It will break if there is a hard impact as it is brittle, but that is not an indication of poor quality, just the composition of the plastic.
One thing to keep in mind: the arms drop down and the front ones are short so if you use a flat can motor as the ones come from T-motor, the 6.5" prop will not clear, I bought nylon stand offs from Ace Hardware and jacked up the frond motors by 4mm, problem solved. This is not an issue if the motor is taller than 20mm.
Use thread locker on the screws that attach the arms to the decksa must.
The stock settings on the KK2.1.5 worked perfectly on this frame, not a hind of oscillation!
I was initially worried about the shorter front arms and what will they do to the over all control as I know the issues with the Dead Cat 450 Frame. But this wasn't the case, I am happy to report.