First build. My parts list?

[finalist]

Hi All,
I have some novice experience flying and a lot of experience with RC offroad buggies (lip charging, soldering). I'd like to build a race/freestyle quadcopter and have begun sorting through all the products. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the products I've compiled (good, bad, etc). I also really need motor and prop recommendations for the setup.
Thank YOU!

Frame: Diatone 2018 GT-m5 (the size I want and seems durable)
Boards: Emax magnum F4 AIO flight controller stack (seems like a good buy for first time builder because it has most of the electronic components and things all fit together well)
Camera: Runcam Micro sparrow CMOS FPV (Frame above requires micro camera)
Antenna: Team Blacksheep TBS/VAS 5.8 Triumph set 2 SMA
Tx: FrSky Taranoos Q X7s Radio
Goggles: TBD

 

[mozquito1]

Good good good.

 

[mozquito1]

You missed a vtx. If it's not in that stack, you should get a tramp hv or TBS with smart audio. Matek do a hv now but not many reviews. & it fits on the stack screws.

 

[RENOV8R]

The Emax stack is awesome and has a vtx & a FRSky rx. I'd just be a little concerned if it will fit the frame. You might want to email Diatone and ask.

 

[finalist]

Now I’m thinking the Emax Magnum is not the way to go. Drone mesh gives it a poor review and it looks like it doesn’t fit well in the Diatone.

Maybe I’ll go with the Hobbyking stack, but now I’ll need to find a Vtx. The HobbyWing Vtx looks big.

 

[RENOV8R]

Smallest and most popular would be the Tramp
https://www.getfpv.com/fpv/video-transmitters/immersionrc-tramp-hv-5-8ghz-video-tx-us-version.html

 

[finalist]

So now I’m thinking I’ll stick with the Emax Magnum AIO stack. It looks so clean and simple for a first build. I just need to confirm it will fit in the correct orientation with the lipo leads coming out the rear.

 

[RENOV8R]

The Diatone is only a 200mm frame, even if the Magnum stack fits, it'll be quite a challenge for an inexperienced builder. What would I do? I'd go with the Matek F405 AIO Flight Controller and the XRacer Quadrant BLHeli_32 AIO ESC. This way you only have a 2 board stack with lots of options for placing your receiver and vtx.

 

[finalist]

The Diatone is only a 200mm frame, even if the Magnum stack fits, it'll be quite a challenge for an inexperienced builder. What would I do? I'd go with the Matek F405 AIO Flight Controller and the XRacer Quadrant BLHeli_32 AIO ESC. This way you only have a 2 board stack with lots of options for placing your receiver and vtx.

Thanks,
Would you mind suggesting a full parts list - Vtx, Rx, etc? I plan on running a FrSky radio.
One thing that confuses me is some of the YouTube builds I watch the person adds a capacitor while most don’t. I’d rather not, but I don’t know which boards require a capacitor.

 

[finalist]

The Diatone is only a 200mm frame, even if the Magnum stack fits, it'll be quite a challenge for an inexperienced builder. What would I do? I'd go with the Matek F405 AIO Flight Controller and the XRacer Quadrant BLHeli_32 AIO ESC. This way you only have a 2 board stack with lots of options for placing your receiver and vtx.

Why would the Magnum be a challenge? I ask because it looks (I could easily be wrong) like the easiest FC/ESC electronics to build of all that I’ve seen on the internet. Lots of plug and play with very little soldering wires to small sections of a board that I don’t yet fully understand.

The XRacer Quadrant BLHeli looks like it might hit the Diatone canopy and soldering four ESC together?

 

[RENOV8R]

After a little research it appears the Magnum stack will fit just fine. It comes with the XM+ receiver which doesn't have SPort telemetry but IMO that's not a deal-breaker. Go for it.