Has any tried or been successful at converting this drone to a brushless configuration. I have been googling and did a furom search here, to not much avail. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all, can’t wait to get involved in the community.
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I’ve taken the flight controller out, removed the FETs that run the brushed motors and put it in a 3” race quad.
Two tips: be careful removing the FETs, and either stick with the 1S power arrangement, or provide a 3.3V power supply to the board (which is what I did). To convert the actual SkyViper to brushless motors would be tricky, as there isn’t really a good place to put esc’s, but would be possible.
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@james_pattison except for the sole purpose of a technical feasibility demonstration, I guess there is no real advantage to transform a 150$ mini quad into a ‘‘barebone’’ FC that we can get for less than 1/3 the price ?
True. The one I used was actually a pre-production prototype FC 
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Thanks for the responses. My real goal here is to maintain some of the perks and features of this drone. I like the fact that it has GPS and it’s running ardupilot firmware. I just really want something comparable to the v2450 GPS, but with a brushless configuration. Is there any brushless flight controllers that fit the bill? Having a brushless FC that could run the SV’s custom firmware would be a dream. But I’m sure it’s out of the question.