Adding a Runcam Split S 4 to an Armattan Gecko frame

The Armattan Gecko 3″ frame has a 20 x 20 mm mounting pattern, and the Runcam Split S 4 has a 25.5 x 25.5 mm mounting pattern, so by default they don’t fit.

Here are two possible options:

  1. Drill a 25.5 x 25.5 mm pattern in the carbon fibre frame – the downside being carbon fibre dust is dangerous to the lungs and blunts your drill bits
  2. Create a base plate and mount it on the drone

I opted for creating a mounting frame – you can find my Armattan Geck Runcam 4 mount is published on Thingiverse.

In reality:

The Runcam snaps into place as follows:

And the end result is as such, using 4 stand-offs to raise it from the frame:

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