HD 220mm 5' Light-tank Soldier

By raidenfox on May 24, 2018

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The purpose of this build was to make a 5' Freestyle budget Tank that had a top mount battery with a strong protective camera cage that is as light & efficient as possible with no Gopro on it to reduce the extra weight and could still record in Full HD 60 fps thanks to the runcam split v2.

First maiden i did was very positive, it flew very stable and efficient on just the default PID's from betaflight.

  • Was able to fly over 5 min on a 3S 1800mah battery (Just cruising around no acro)
  • Was able to Go full Hardcore Acro on a 4S 1500mah Graphene with no problem running for about 3:40 min.

Still need to do/fix:

  • Smart port telemetry not working because of the F4 I need to do the Solder Hack on the FRsky XRS receiver.
  • Adjust the Camera (drill new holes in frame to remove the side bars out of the HD video from the split)
  • Find the time to properly get a solid tune for this build.
  • Install LED's for a finishing touch? :)

Conclusion:
I’m very happy with the result of this build without breaking my bank account and I would recommend this to anyone.. starter or pro for their first build/ Very easy to build with the AIO F4 Racerstar FC. It was only a little bit challenging to get everything in their cause of the low back plate (max 2 stacks). But overall I’m very happy with the results and it looks very clean!

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Part List

Frame

PUDA X220 5 Inch 220mm Wheelbase 4mm Arm Carbon Fiber Racing Frame Kit for RC Drone (5 builds)
Banggood.com
$39.48

Flight Controller

Racerstar StarF4S 30A Blheli_S Dshot 4 in 1 ESC AIO F4 OSD Flight Controller w/ BEC Current Sensor (19 builds)
Banggood.com
$56.99

Motors

4 x BrotherHobby Returner R2 2205 2300KV 2600KV 2800KV 3-4S Racing Edition Brushless Motor for RC FPV Racing Drone (10 builds)
Banggood.com
$58.92

Propellers

Dalprop "Cyclone" T5045C 3-Blade Props CW/CCW Set Crystal Orange (2 pairs) (216 builds)
Hobbyking.com
See Site

FPV Camera

Banggood.com (80 builds)
Banggood.com
See Site

FPV Transmitter

DYS MI200MW Pigtail VTX25mW/200mW Switchable 5.8G 40CH AV FPV Transmitter SMA For FPV RC Drone (11 builds)
Banggood.com
$15.86

Antenna

Aomway 5.8GHz FPV 4 Leaf Clover AV Transmission RHCP Antenna 1 Pair Blue Red w/Canopy For RC Drone (114 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.99

Receiver

FrSky XSR 2.4GHz 16CH ACCST Receiver w/ S-Bus & CPPM (480 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Batteries

Turnigy Graphene 1500mAh 4S 65C LiPo Pack w/ XT60 (19 builds)
Hobbyking.com
$30.91

Misc Parts

Soloop 328pcs 2:1 Polyolefin Halogen-Free Heat Shrink Tube Sleeving 5 Color 8 Size (13 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.65

Misc Parts

5 PCS Super Loud 5V Active Alarm Buzzer Beeper Tracker 9*5.5mm for RC MultiRotor FPV Racing Drone (33 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.17

Misc Parts

KINGKONG/LDARC Universal Motor Cover Protection for 22 Series Motors M3*8 for RC Drone FPV Racing (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$2.71

Misc Parts

10pcs 35V 1000uF Electrolytic Capacitor Low ESR 13 x 20mm (8 builds)
Banggood.com
$2.34

Misc Parts

XT60 Male Plug 12AWG 10cm With Wire (22 builds)
Banggood.com
$1.99

Misc Parts

1M 8mm Braided Expandable Wire Gland Sleeving High Density Sheathing (3 builds)
Banggood.com
$1.88
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Airmaxx23   May 25, 2018  

That's an exact clone of the Armattan Chameleon.

raidenfox   May 25, 2018 

The Puda x220 as we know is pretty close clone to the chameleon V1 frame if your looking for something simular like that.

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