The Eachine Twig is an interesting 3″ FPV drone. It is a bit larger than a standard toothpick drone and is part of the growing “Twig” class. Think of the twig class as a slightly larger toothpick on steroids. Most toothpick quads are less than 50 grams and fly on 1S or 2S batteries.
A twig will typically be heavier than 50 grams and can fly on a 2S-4S battery. This twig is different than most because you can get one with an HD camera.
The Twig is a blatant copy of the Speed Racer Twig from Racer X FPV. It is fairly common for drone manufacturers in China to borrow design cues from successful drones and replicate that with their own version. The Eachine Twig even took its name from the Speed Racer Twig. While the Speed Racer Twig was just a frame, it was the original frame for the twig class.
Eachine is capitalizing on both the design and the name here.
The Twig has a 115 mm wheelbase and can fly on 2-3S batteries. The flight controller is the AIO Crazybee F4 v3.o and comes with a built-in SPI receiver. There are two camera versions, the HD Caddx Baby Turtle or the standard Runcam Nano 2. The HD version tips the scales at 72 grams where as the Runcam version is only 64 grams.
The Eachine Twig runs on 1105 5200 KV brushless motors. They have plenty of power to drive the Gemfan 3025 3-inch propellers. This drone is no toothpick. It is a bigger more powerful machine.
The video transmitter is switchable from 25 to 200 mw and can be controlled via smart audio. On 200 mw you’ll lose radio signal before you lose video. The biggest drawback to the Twig is the SPI receiver is actually quite poor. I’d say you will get 100 meters max without any obstructions. If you are flying near trees or other obstacles you might only get half of that before you lose radio signal.
Caddx Turtle or Runcam Nano2?
If you are looking for the best flight characteristics I’d recommend the Runcam Nano 2 version of the Eachine Twig. The 8-gram difference may not seem like a lot but on something this small it absolutely makes a difference.
You’ll have to decide for yourself which version you want. Which is a higher priority for you, HD video or nimble flight characteristics
Features:
New Crazybee F4 PRO V3.0 AIO Flight controller 2-4s Lipo Compatible
Powerful and smoothly
Betaflight OSD support ,easy to get RSSI, Voltage ,current from your goggles
Camera Angle adjustable
VTX power switchable 25mw~200mw
Smartaudio ready , change VTX bands, powers, channels via OSD
Built-in SPI Frsky D8 receiver
Compatible both for 2s-3s Lipo/LIHV
Runcam Nano2 version or Caddx Baby Turtle HD version
Support to add external SBUS receiver (Frsky XM+ , RXSR) to get better range by reserved receiver wire.
Where to buy
Buy the Eachine Twig now at Banggood starting at $85.00
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