HBRC HB64: Brushless TinyWhoop

Introduction

Slow­ly but sure­ly, brush­less motors are start­ing to make their way into Tiny­Whoop nano drones. One of the first low-cost com­mer­cial­ly sold quadrics was the HBRC HB68, which is pop­u­lar among ama­teurs today. The HBRC HB64 quad­copter, unlike its broth­er, has become a lit­tle small­er, lighter and at the same time added speed thanks to faster motors. Oth­er­wise, HB68 and HB64 have no tech­ni­cal dif­fer­ences.

Peculiarities

• F3 flight con­troller with built-in OSD
• Com­pat­i­ble with Betaflight 3.xx OMNIBUS con­fig­u­ra­tor
• ESC 5A BLHeli_S Dshot
• Ran­dom motors D0603 16000KV (Mod­el HB68 14000KV)
• Video mod­ule 600TVL FOV: 120° + WTX 25mW 48 chan­nels
• Receiv­er FS-RX2A
• Flight time 3–4 min
• Frame 64mm
• Rotor ring pro­tec­tion
• Flight weight 30 grams

Equipment

The quadric comes in BNF con­fig­u­ra­tion with­out con­trol equip­ment:

1. Drone HB64
2. Receiv­er FS-RX2A
3. Bat­tery 1S 250/260mAh 30C
4. 4 × four-blade rotors (BL31)
5. 4 × spare three-blad­ed main rotors (KK31)
6. L‑shaped USB adapter
7. Main screw puller key

Appearance

Specification

Frame:

X‑shaped 64mm

The weight:

24 grams with­out bat­tery / 30 grams with bat­tery

Food:

1S 3.85V 260mAh/ 250mAh 30C with PH2.0–2P con­nec­tor

The weight bat­tery:

6.5–6.9 grams

Time flight:

3–4 min­utes (with 260mAh bat­tery)

Receiv­er:

FS-RX2A

Flight con­troller:

F3 (TF3-OSD) with built-in OSD

CPU:

STM32F303CCT6 (72MHZ, 256K FLASH)

Sen­sor:

SPI MPU-6000

Sup­port­ed ON:

Betaflight 3.xx OMNIBUS Con­fig­u­ra­tor

BEC:

built-in 5V/0.5A

Pro­gram­ming LED:

sup­ports

Pro­gram­ming ESC:

sup­ports

Booz­er port:

Yes

ESC:

5A BLHeli_S Dshot

ON for ESC:

BLHeli_S 16.6

Con­tin­u­ous cur­rent:

5A

Peak cur­rent:

6A(5s)

Food:

1S Lipo

Sup­port­ed pro­to­cols:

Dshot150/300/600, PWM, Oneshot125, Mul­ti­shot

Motors:

brush­less D0603 16000KV

Car­ri­ers screws:

31 mm

FPV cam­era + VTX:

600TVL FOV: 120° + 25mW 48CH VTX

Sys­tem chro­matic­i­ty:

PAL/NTSC

Price

The HBRC HB64 is already avail­able on Bang­good for $127.99. (HBRC HB68 price — $118.63)