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
🇨🇭 Freestyle FPV drone flying in Switzerland
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
My experience of converting an Armattan Marmotte analog VTX to Walksnail Avatar digital VTX system
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.
Operational: November 2020 – May 2022 I lost my Cragon 5″ drone in the mountains, so I wanted my new 5″ drone to be reliable for operation. No jello for… Read more »
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.
Operational: October 2020 – active The design brief for this drone is a drone that is reasonably light-weight, quiet and fun for practising with, yet still supporting the XT60 4S… Read more »
Operational: September 2018 – September 2020 (death by loss in the mountains) There were two iterations of the Cragon. Cloud … Dragon … Cragon .. well, that was the reason… Read more »
Operational: August 2018 – August 2018 (death by drowning in a river) Cloud … Dragon … Cragon .. well, that was the reason for the name. Check out the Cragon… Read more »
Operational: April 2019 – active GoldPaw … named due to the gold bling motors. I wanted to build a new drone to improve upon some aesthetic and functional design issues… Read more »
Winter months … time to enhance parts of the drone. I’ve integrated a MMCX holder and GPS holder into one, making the rear of the drone a little more attractive…. Read more »