How to build a 5″ HD freestyle quad with MEPS components
Here’s a run-through of building my latest 5″ quad. I chose MEPS motors, ESC and FC mounted on an Armattan Marmotte frame with Caddx Walksnail digital VTX
Category: Building
Refitting an Armattan Marmotte frame with Walksnail Avatar
My experience of converting an Armattan Marmotte analog VTX to Walksnail Avatar digital VTX system
Solving GPS issues with Walksnail Avatar
When switching my Armattan Marmotte drone to using the Walksnail Avatar HD the GPS doesn’t work reliably
VTX Wiring Diagram for Walksnail Avatar
How to wire up a Walksnail Avatar VTX to a flight controller
Walksnail Avatar Micro to Mini Camera Adapter for the Armattan Marmotte
Fit a Walksnail Avatar micro-format camera to an Armattan Marmotte mini-format frame with a couple of 3D shims.
Flywoo Goku F745 PRO to TBS Tracer wiring
Wiring and configuring a Flywoo Goku F745 to TBS Tracer
3″ Hornet drone ready to fly!
After a month of construction my Hornet drone is now completed, and ready to fly! It comes in at 165 grams without battery, or about 270 grams with a battery.
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.
Wiring a Matek F722-MiniSE to Runcam Split 4, Matek VTX-Mini and Holybro Tekko32 F3 Mini ESC
Here’s a wiring diagram for interconnecting a Matek F722-MiniSE to a Runcam Split 4, Matek VTX-HV, Holybro Tekko32 F3 Metal 4-in1 ESC, FrSky R-XSR, GPS and buzzer
It’s 3″ time
Time for a new drone build … enter the Hornet build, based upon the Armattan Gecko 3″ frame. Capable of running on 4S LIPOs but supporting a RunCam Split 4 4K instead of a GoPro.