Crux 3 // 42 Gram // 2s Ultra Light Micro Drone 

what a fantastic review. No fluff, quick cuts. I like everything about this format.

I've got one thanks to Nick's rewiew but mine is with R-XSR. It's amazing, it's quite and powerful in the same time. And the range... oh my God the range is extraordinary. I recommend this quad as well. I love it 😎

Love the Vids also! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passing it on to all of us. That’s a sharp Looking and performing machine!

Hi Nick Great video and review of the Crux 3. I could really get into a little guy like that, I have flown 2in to 5in and I have found that the 3in is one of the most fun little ones you can find. If I wasn't building my own I would jump on this one. Thanks again for the video and information

little monster of a quad

Man this footage of insta360 is awesome! Also amazing motogp cornering skills

Great review. Looks interesting, but I would have liked a version for 1S more in line with the Babytooth in weight and KV. Might pick this frame up if sells as spare parts later on.

Great review, thanks! I was looking for something 1s and this vid tell me to keep looking 🤣

Great Review brother!!!!! I can't wait to have one like this!!!

Great review! I actually like flying better this time of year winter mainly. No leaves, no humidity, In Northern N.J. the summers are too humid and effect electronic gear. I am leaning towards one of these I sold all my larger quads as a backyard flyer I need to be able to keep it on my property and with some real fast quads it is hard too. You do a great job keeping them over your property !

The flight looks fantastic!

I use rubber bands to stop the insta from sliding out of the mount, 1 each side👍

Damn that thing is smooth

Thanks again

I live in Oklahoma. Our winters can get pretty harsh but mostly mild so I still get to fly. If it's real cold I'll fly from inside the house or car.

With parts for a proper babytooth being back ordered, and parts for other popular toothpick config s being sparse, this is probably going to be a popular pickup over the next few months. Currently I’m on probably 3 wait lists for toothpick parts, but I may just pick this up to have as a base to start with - cool thing is you could always swap motors to make it a 1s primary.

The simplicity of this quad is what is alluring to me. Having a truly all-in-one board makes this setup unique, not to mention ultra light weight. And I think using 2S will drop the amps enough to make this board reliable where the Mobula 6 AIO board would be more prone to failure on higher kv 1S BabyTooth setups.

Great review - might pick up one for my Insta 360 GO

I'm in Utah and while it tends to get cold in winter that hasn't stopped me before, that's what conformal coating and transmitter gloves are for.

I build my own version of this formula a few months back. Love it. mine is ~12 grams heavier due to baby ratel camera, diamond vtx and separate rx. typical flights are 5 1/2 minutes on a rdq 450 2s. other components are FPVcycle babytooth 2mm frame, rcinpower 1202.5 6000kv motors, jhemcu 20a aio, GF 3016 props, larvax canopy.

Great review, just ordered this as my first real 2s . Currently flying the tinyhawk 2 and the mobula 6 indoors mostly . Just waiting for delivery and then some good weather . Better get back on the sim , Can't wait 😁

Great review and flight Nick... as always !!! I totaly agreed with you on the fact that 1 and 2S quad aren't a viable idea... And thanks for the reminder about D8 receiver... Even if I always prefer flysky RX on these AIO FC. PS: flex happen where your thumb are cause that where your thumb are... and from my experience this guys is pretty durable... and don't break at this point... Keep the good work Nick !

I see you know how to properly install the rubber bands. @16:06 - Most people just loop over the two screws.

I hope they will bring out an elrs version to

love the vids!!!

Just getting into micro quads crux3 looks like a winner. Nice review.

Hii Can it work on 1s 18650? (cruising) Can we install an ELRS receiver? Thanks for review.

I think this thing is really well executed! 40g with 1102 motors is pretty decent

Great video as always nick! Are you gonna review the newbeedrone 1s version of their new 3"? looks super promising!

Love ur vids...from India 🇮🇳

fyi the motorsdo actually have screws, they are just kinda hard to see, so you can screw props on if you wanted to

I'd love to see a mobula6 HD camera get put on one of these. I may end up doing it. No need for the Insta360 go and weight added is minimal. I've been pretty happy with the FPV view from the mobula6 HD as well.

I already received mine! But It comes with 4 small rubbers to attach the battery. In your video you have a single big rubber, was it the stock one? If not, which is the diameter in metric system? I would like to purchase them :p

Great review, entertaining! The other day I showed my wife one of your videos, an told here, is a really nice what this guy is doing he is having fun flying and creating video memories for the future pretty cool 😎 I bet your kids are going to enjoy your videos so munch, if they don’t do it already! My son will be trill if I were a youtuber! 😂

Been a while since we've seen a "happy" model. :D

Nick your rewiews are simply the bast. I already ordered this quad from your link. PS you could sell everything to anyone 😜 thanks for your good work. Konrad S

+1👍 💪 is it the exact same FC when you use SPI vs external RX? or is the target .hex a different make? i presume no blackbox?

Nice video..I watch your every video .... please compare 25mw and 200mw vtx Power as you did once for mobula6 throughout the neighborhood and bushes....

This is a hoot to fly I keep the camera angle stock and rip it indoors on 1s never taken it out the spi frsky is a let down and tiny pads to put an elrs makes me leave it stock. Could I move the gutts to an85mm whoop frame and run e max 4 blade props basically make it a 85mm whoop

Possible reasons for 1s: Safety, low noise level, good for cruising around, which is what I do anyway :D Great review

I live in PA and its full tilt fall i just got done mulching leafs today and them ripped my 5inch dji just looks amazing in the fall

should be cool.to see you fly with your spot covered in snow.. we don't have snow here it just seem so fascinating..

Thank's i've bought One After seeing your review, have you tried 3 Blade props? Maybe too much amp drain?

Got the TBS version of Crux3 but I can’t change vtx output power... Band and Channel no problem but only 25mW??

great great review again! I've just got this crux3 couples ago and really enjoy the flight in my backyard. Really admire your cornering skill, can you tell me how to do that :P

Pretty cool that u tried 1s just to see how it would do. I wonder if the nbd savage 8450 combo will do any better on 1s since it’s lighter and higher kv, granted it’s meant for 2s

Hi nick been repeatly seeing your crux3 review for few time already Currently flying mobula 6 as the first quad (as you suggested) Very happy with it and get over 500 flight on it (and broke alot of parts 🤣) Now looking for something that have more fun outdoor/can do more freestyle acro things but i thing i still not yet ready for bigger more expensive 5inch quad so i am looking for something without prop guard / more power Currently have list on few and looking for your recommendation 1）Crux 3（with 3inch prop and your flight footage i think it will fly very well） 2）uz85 （it come 25% cheaper then crux3 and maybe i can turn it into tsk 3d printed frame） 3）uz80 （but i think it wont perform much difference compare to mobula6 75mm mod that i have currently） 4）larva x（ it can do the on board recording but have heard about the durability issue） Which one you recommend？ or any other suggestions

I live in Indiana and it seems like 5/7 days in the last week and the previous week have had winds gusting up to 35 mph. Finding it difficult to do the outdoor whoop tricks for IGOW2. I might get the new Newbeedrone FC to ressurect my toothpick so I can fly outside on 1S if the weather allows.

Just been looking to buy this on banggood. Great review . I was thinking about putting the Split 3 cam hd board.

Man you can fly 🛸

In Florida we fly 12months a year !!

Hey Nick! I currently have the Mobula 6 and I'm looking to upgrade to something with a bit more power and better outdoor performance. Do you think the Crux 3 would be a good option or would you recommend something else? Thanks :)

Just moved to AZ!! Winters average in the 70's so I'll be flying all winter!!

7:13 I was changin over a bunch of 1s to xt30s...wasn't paying attention/thinking and I cut both at the same time lol, only small sparks, but one of my batts was either bad from arrival (URUAV) or I did damage one cell.

I just ordered my crux3 yesterday and was wondering if you think it would be a good candidate for a runcam split 3 lite mod? Thanks for all the great reviews Nick.

Great review as always. Can we have some flights that is not in your back yard?

Thanks for the great review Nick! Do you remember if this drone runs hot by any chance? I had this guy just sitting on my bench and it was reaching 57 deg C. Even on USB! Wondering if I received a dud.

Besides a great review you’re a great pilot!! Mind if I ask what your rates are??

love my Mobula 6 for outdoor ripping in small spaces ...but ...that thing cannot handle a wind stronger than two snails farting at the same time. Is this better for general ripping in a little more wind? Reasonably quiet? Recommended? Maybe time to do a round-up of what you like in each of the micro classes; so many choices now. Like the camera on this one, and it seems decent all around with now glaring weaknesses.

how well do the props stay on? I just ordered one along with the neon yellow props. Just makes it easier to find!

nice

Been flying the mob 6hd indoor. I don’t know about tearing it up, but Figure I’m close to 100 packs thru. Feeling this would be a good place to begin outdoor? Will stick to 2S! Have flown quite a bit outside, but it’s been photo drones…. Flying the mob6 has really upped my game as a drone pilot in general. Worries about a yaw when I shoulda rolled are mostly gone…mostly!

Thank you. Is there a difference of flight time between 1s 600mah and 2s 300mah for smooth cruising? efficiency is better in 2S non?

I am jealous! I want that setup, I will get this for the FC. V2.2 fix some issues I had the crazybee X V1.0 . I might try some 65mm props. BUT I am in Canada, snow is coming! so this will be a tinywhoop FC for now. A other tip, scale the insta360 to 4K to get better result on YT. So when you create your video, make it 4K and scale everything up. So you take 1080 and scale to 4K and export to 4K.

Its funny with batteries in Australia aswell. A 2S 300mah pack will be around $18 at a hobbie shop and 3S 450mah packs sell for around $15 or less... Weird but you also rarely see any 2S packs over 300mah unless its a big ol 2500mah or something.

Very nice looking little quad I like that on 2s and 1s you would think they would of went with a bit higher kv like 8000 8500 would of really helped with 1s flights

Your a great reviewer...... 😀😄😃

Awesome flying, Nick!!! 😃 Seems like a great little quad! I liked it! 😃 (Although I didn't like the VTX... 😬) Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

i only have tons of 300mah 3s batteries and dont know what to fly them on😒

Do you think this motor size/KV would cope if I was to add 16g to it with a naked Vista ? (Obviously remove the stock camera/VTX) ?? And a tbs Nano receiver Wanting a stealthy toothpick style quad.

i watched your mobula 6 hd video and I've been wanting one since it's release. does anyone have a comment on how well their mob 6 hd has held up? Don't want to spend $130 and have it break tooo soon.. Separate from that, Great video as always Nick. appreciate you showing us new quads, your videos are always so informative :)

Great video Thanks you, I actually bought this quad because of your review! This is my first sub 250g quad. A very silly/noob question please. How do you remove/replace the props? Cant believe how well they are fitted but because of how small this is, I'm nervous of breaking it ;) Annoyingly, I can't seem to find any youtube help either. Any advice please? Cheers

That caddx Ant camera is growing on me for the price it does not look too bad

for 1s with this quad, it might be viable for smaller spaces, our yard is medium sized but my happymodel larva x on 3s is way too powerful for the space, this cruz on 1s might make flying easier in such a space

I live smack dab in the middle of Illinois. I fly from inside my house or car all winter lol

I live in KS and I fly all year around. It’s cold and flights are short... but I still fly.

I am trying to figure out how to adjust my VTX on my new Crux3 FrSky SPI. I have flashed it up to the latest Firmware (CRAZYBEEF4FR 4.2.10) in Betaflight Configurator 10.7.1. I am trying to figure out what channel this VTX is on (and be able to adjust it) and turn up the output to 200MW. I can't seem to find a strong enough channel on my goggles "Search" function to fly the damn thing past arms reach without complete static snow-out. I can't get the VTX table to pop up in the "Video Transmitter" tab for some reason. when i click on that tab it says "Your VTX is not configured or not supported. So you can't modify the VTX values from here. This will onlyu be possible if the flight controller is attached tot the VTX using some protocol like Tramp or SmartAudio and is correctly configured in the Ports tab if needed." In the "Ports" Tab There is a UART1 and a UART 2 but I have no idea which one controls the Smart Audio on this thing. But when i try to turn on Tramp or SmartAudio on one of these UARTS, I get a message that says "The VTX table has not been set up correctly and without it VTX control will not be possible. Please set up the VTX table in the Video Transmitter tab." Not much help on the Happy Model website. Also can't seem to find any videos on RU-vid to help out. I have been trying to figure this out for hours so any help at all is GREATLY appreciated.

Just received mine and was wondering if you are flying the stock tune here? The tune on mine on Profile 1 was really, really bad - oscillations from the get go. I switched to Profile 2 which was a bit better. I then checked in the configurator and saw that it comes flashed with BF 3.5.7 - going to re-flash that to a more up to date version for some RPM filtering :-D

not many people are going to get lower run times than you,nick.lol. have you ever entered a race? great review as usual.

Since I first watched this run on 1s I have been kicking around the idea. So today I dug out a JJRC 1800mah 3.7v 30c 1s and gave it a try. 12+ minute flights depending on how you fly. I flew it in a normal manner. You can feel the weight for sure. At 9min your pretty much running 78 to 95ish throttle. Interesting test. No freestyleing with this battery though, but you can still fly it fairly fast just not 2s fast 😄.

Western New York gets a little bit of snow from time to time.

😝lol that 360 footage is still nice looking tho

There is absolutely NO reason to interrupt the fibers in the central part. The carbon orientation is correct and even a thin "cross" in the middle would have made the frame WAY stiffer. I can't stress how much it impacts the tune and flight feeling. That's a pity for an otherwise excellent product and I'm really happy to see a real AIO board with 2s capability, it opens up so many possibilities.

Hii I almost finished the 2s toothpick and don't have place for capacitor. I saw your rewiew on crux 3 and don't see any cap. Can it work without capacitor? Thank you

As you said, you can put Insta360 GO on almost anything these days. I have a little recommendation for that. Have you tried iFlights Turbobee 136RS with Insta360 GO? I made a custom canopy for mine and with 4s 500mah, it is a blast. It behaves a lot like a larger freestyle quad and is very quiet and yet, still quick. I won't spam my video but if it sounds interesting, let me know ;)

Nick, How much louder is the 2s vs 1s baby tooth? Baby tooth is almost silent, is this much louder? Just a little? Thanks buddy

I know this is a year old video, but got a question. Bought mine in feb this year. In the specs it recommends betaflight 3.5.7 and factory esc firmware version is 16.7. This crux came with betaflight 4.2.2 and esc version 16.8, AND had bidirectional d shot enabled and is using rpm filtering. Blheli_s firmware only goes to 16.71 so my question is, If i have to replace a motor and need to change motor direction for some reason, am I to use blheli_m configurator? They never give enough info in descriptions.. lol If you know the answer, it will be appreciated. :)

Really love your nice review! Right now I got a problem for the receiver options here.I wanna pick up the tbs cross nano RX, might be able to get better Signal comparing to other receivers such us dsm2 /flysky/fry sky d8 etc.... but I just don’t like tbs’weight, the T shape antenna may make this little bird a bit bulky given this size of little toothpick. so which receiver you were flying by in this video and how was the signal?I do have the TBS tango2 controller and the radiomaster t16S with the cross fire TX . (many options for me....) So really don’t know which receiver I am about to choose. Just wanna fly it the same way at my house around the building and trees like what you did. Thx!

I'm looking for a 2S 3 inch that is durable and worth the money. Do you think this is the best option or is there another one you would recommend.

Where does this stand in comparison to the Savage bee 2s? I'm looking for a toothpick which will give me a ose feeling to my 5inch what do you guy suggest? I'm from the UK

I’m trying to wire tracer to this quad and cant figure it out I have the crazybeex 2.2 I worked to the txt/tx 2 pads bound the receiver to my transmitter via agent m but not getting anything in beta flight it’s on crossfire and set to serial rx

Will the frame and canopy be good for tp3? or would it be too weak for 1303 motor and 3s?

Hello i was wondering if this one is the overall best 2s? or the avont or spartin? thanks

Can you change the vtx antenna without soldering for a circular polarized one?

Would you recommend this with the 360 go over a Betafpv 115 HD?

Great flite. Do you like this quad better then the wasp?

I pre orderd mine 2 weeks ago

What is the best lava x or crux3?

Does the insta360 go make sounds when you turn it on, start or stop recording? If it does, you can connect to it through wifi and start and stop video to hear the beep if it gets ejected during a crash. I figured this out with my hero 6 after it and the tpu ripped off my quad during a hard crash.

Very good pilot. I wait mine crux3 for Christmas 😁. I have a perfect wife! 😍