Ni-go Armattan Rooster 5"

By irmanhilmi on Feb 24, 2018

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After the unfortunate death of my first build https://rotorbuilds.com/build/9953 I've decided that I had no luck with micros (4 unfortunate incidents in a row) I decided to build my first mini.

Rig weighs in at 369.9g without batteries, and I get around 12mins of hovering with the 1500mAh 4S battery.

My first build using the Matek F405 STD FC, pretty easy build, but having issues with the barometer. Twitches when I activate altitude hold on BF, will sort that out. Testing out the Quelima SQ12 action cam. Can't go wrong at that price before I go full on GoPro.

Here's to hoping my streak of bad quad luck ends with this Rooster!

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Part List

Frame

Rooster (140 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$99.75

Flight Controller

Matek F405-STD BetaFlight STM32F405 Flight Controller Built-in OSD Inverter for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (102 builds)
Banggood.com
$30.88

ESCs

iPeaka 35A 4 IN 1 DSHOT 600 BLHELI_S ESC w/Built-in 5V 12V BEC (2 builds)
Iflight-rc.com
$40.99

Motors

4X EMAX LS2206 Lite Spec 2206 2550KV 3-5S CW Thread Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (4 builds)
Banggood.com
$71.96

Propellers

2 Pairs Gemfan Flash 5152 5.1x5.2x3 3 Blade CW CCW PC Propeller for 180 250 280 for RC Drone (31 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.92

FPV Camera

Page Not Found - Banggood.com (78 builds)
Banggood.com
$67.91

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 HV (SMA) (596 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$49.95

Antenna

Realacc UXII 5.8G 1.6dBi RHCP/LHCP TX/RX FPV Antenna SMA/RP-SMA Male (19 builds)
Banggood.com
$6.99

Receiver

Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone
Banggood.com
$13.69

Batteries

KD LIPO - 1500mah 4S 100C Gold Edition
Hrc-lipo.com
See Site

Radio

FrSky ACCST Taranis Q X7 2.4GHz 16CH Mode 2 Transmitter Blue Orange for RC FPV Racing Drone (263 builds)
Banggood.com
$139.99

Goggles

Fat Shark Dominator V3 FPV Goggles (63 builds)
Getfpv.com
$299.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO7 Black Action Camera (102 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

HD Camera

GoPro HERO5 Session (303 builds)
Getfpv.com
$199.99

Video Receiver

FuriousFPV True-D V3.8 Diversity Receiver System - Clarity Redefined (17 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$55.99

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire Micro TX V2 (154 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$69.95

Battery Charger

ISDT Q6 Plus 300W 14A MINI Pocket Battery Balance Charger (62 builds)
Banggood.com
$59.99

Soldering Iron

Temperature Controlled Soldering Station Analog
Proskit.com
See Site

Backpack

Lowepro QuadGuard BP X1 Black/Grey (7 builds)
Amazon.com
$110.00
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Discussion

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Flyssange   Feb 27, 2018  

Nice build mate! Seems your baro problem is just a problem of tuning. Did you try to tune the barometer PID in Betaflight? I think the variable names are ALT, VelP and VelD. It is the same kind of tuning as for the motors. I personally only use the baro to monitor altitude through the OSD as it is not really useful on a racer but I tried the altitude hold for fun and it was not so bad after tuning. I had twitches as well before changing the PID values. You can check this for more info : https://github.com/betaflight/betaflight/issues/1003

irmanhilmi   Feb 27, 2018 

Thanks for the tip. Yeah I just wanted to try the altitude hold for fun, might be useful if i want to take pictures of it in flight haha.

SIGHKOTIK   Feb 25, 2018  

Sorry to hear about the last quad :( This one is looking good tho. Just preordered my Chameleon TI and am excited. 12 minutes hover seems crazy long but I've never really just done a hover test though. Good luck with it!

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