MRM Machete High Speed AP Rig

By RotorQuad Squad on Jun 08, 2018

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Part List

Frame	MRM MACHETE 430mm Carbon FPV Frame – MultiRotorMania Multirotormania.com	$99.99
Flight Controller	MATEK F722-STD FLIGHT CONTROLLER W/ F7, 32K GYRO, BFOSD, BAROMETER Oashobby.com	$38.99
ESCs	4 x Spedix GS35A 2-6S 32BIT Dshot 1200 ESC Oashobby.com	$54.24
Motors	4 x SunnySky X2212-13 980kv II Getfpv.com	$79.96
Propellers	10x4.5MR-B4 \| APC Propellers Apcprop.com	$9.38
FPV Camera	FOXEER ARROW MICRO PRO 600TVL 2.1MM FPV CAMERA WITH OSD (241 builds) Oashobby.com	$19.90
FPV Transmitter	TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV - RACE (SMA) (44 builds) Oashobby.com	$22.24
Antenna	VAS ION ANTENNA 5.8GHZ (RHCP) (2 builds) Oashobby.com	$15.29
Receiver	Lemon Rx DSMP (DSMX Compatible) Diversity Satellite (13 builds) Lemon-rx.com	See Site
Batteries	Turnigy 5000mAh 4S1P 14.8V 20C Hardcase Pack (3 builds) Hobbyking.com	$32.81
Power Distribution	MATEK FCHUB-6S PDB - 184A CURRENT SENSOR, 5V & 10V BEC (3 builds) Oashobby.com	$9.56
HD Camera	GoPro HERO3: Black Edition (4 builds) Amazon.com	$555.96
HD Camera	GoPro HERO3: Silver Edition (2 builds) Amazon.com	$319.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO3: White Edition Ebay.com	$128.00

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mariniam Jan 18, 2019

Fantastic build! You've made it look very stealthy.

Also noticed you got rid of one layer of the frame.

RotorQuad Squad Jan 18, 2019

Yes I did! I recently had an accident with it but MKII is currently in design and is almost ready for assembly!

mariniam Jan 18, 2019

Ouch I hope you werent too far out!
Have you gotten flight times longer than 20 mins?

RotorQuad Squad Jan 18, 2019

Current flight time is about 22 minutes

Portland_Pilot_88 Jun 08, 2018

Cool build! What kind of flight times are you getting and do you have any footage from the gopro??

RotorQuad Squad Jun 08, 2018

Thanks!

Longest flight was just south of 20 minutes. I havent gotten adequate GoPro footage yet as I was having balance issues with the Gimbal.

matop Jun 18, 2018

Nice, how much it weighs ?

RotorQuad Squad Jun 18, 2018

Its around 1350 grams. It varies a bit as I fiddle

delta_fpv Jun 09, 2018

mind showing us some hd footage? looks p0retty tight my dude/

RotorQuad Squad Jun 10, 2018

It will come I promise. Right now the only video I have is from testing and I was having troubles with the gimbal wandering and binding. I just need to get out and beat the heat and do some more work. Ive actually redesigned the gimbal to be a touch lighter and Im looking at the possiblity of smaller/lighter motors to reduce the moving mass.

TeamWolfFPV Jun 09, 2018

Fascinating build! Does the position of the GoPro allow you to shoot video at any angle without the props getting into view? (GoPro superview too?)

RotorQuad Squad Jun 10, 2018

Using 1080p and wide angle you get a touch of props at full tilt but my usual medium setting with a slight downward tilt keeps them out of view most of the time. I havent quite gotten the gimbal 100% where/how I like it but It does function.

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