Make your Fly Egg 100 / 130 Runcam swift compatible for Less than $10

The Fly Egg 100 and 130 are 2 popular micro quads although like many other micros they have only have a cheap CMOS camera for FPV. The Swift and Arrow micros have been simply fantastic as an upgrade for micros like the leader 120 and I've covered that upgrade recently for that model.

It's much harder with the fly egg series though because there is only 15mm between the sideplates of the frame where the camera sits which is too narrow for the width of 19mm micro cameras. Modding is near impossible because the frame cannot be drilled for a wider mount and it is too far for the side plates to stretch to accomodate.

Now there is a new solution. King Kong have just released the FPV Egg 136 which is 4mm wider to allow for the micro swift. Although the complete frame is available for $23, I believe you can just get away with purchasing the new 136mm bottom plate only for $8.63 (less than $8 if you use the code "toysho"). This way you can recycle most of the parts from your fly egg 130 or 100. There are some caveats however.

1. You'll need some longer standoffs or suitable spacers and longer screws
2. You'll need to find a solution to fix the camera to the side plates as the new plates have a slightly different system for allowing for the micro swift see pics below for comparison

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Fly Egg 130 side plate

New Fly Egg 136 side plate designed specifically for the runcam swift

Considering how compex the previous solutions were though, this will be a breeze or you could just take the path of getting the new frame with all the correct hardware. The good news is that since the fly egg comes with a good variable power VTX that is not piggy-backed to the CMOS, it will easy to re-use with the new camera. Also good is that the Micro Swift 2 and Foxeer Arrow 2 have a basic VBAT OSD and this will be a huge improvement to the OSD-less fly egg 100/130.

I have a new 136mm bottom plate on order and will update here when I've mounted the micro swift 2.

Here are the parts I've discussed in the article, click on the image to take you to the product:

King Kong FPV Egg 136 full kit

King Kong FPV Egg 136 bottom plate only

King Kong FPV Egg 136 frame kit

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Foxeer Arrow Micro 2

Runcam Swift Micro 2