The Other Cheek | 5" Marmotte

By McMa_Returns on Apr 25, 2019

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The joy of my last build didn't last long: it only took 2 packs for it to plummet 10m due to a failsafe and I discovered why the frame was on sale to begin with. Sitting there with a brand new broken frame I considered just giving up 5" altogether (3" are waaay more durable), but then I asked myself WWJD (what would Joshua do)? Of course I had to turn the other cheek and get a frame that's guaranteed to take a beating and keep on flying; I thought I'd give Armattan's reputation a try!

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Part List

Frame	Marmotte (93 builds) Armattanquads.com	$114.00
Flight Controller	OMNIBUS Fireworks v2 (4 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$49.99
ESCs	4 x Furling32 - 32bit BLHELI ESC (3 builds) Store.myairbot.com	$59.96
Motors	AMAXinno 2305 2350/2550KV 2-6S CW Thread Brushless Motor for RC Drone FPV Racing (3 builds) Banggood.com	$21.99
Propellers	DAL Cyclone T5040C Pro Tri-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack - Choose Your Color (26 builds) Racedayquads.com	$2.09
FPV Camera	Runcam Micro Swift 3 4:3 600TVL CCD Mini FPV Camera 2.1mm/2.3mm PAL/NTSC OSD Configuration (25 builds) Banggood.com	$35.99
FPV Transmitter	AKK X2P VTX (3 builds) Akktek.com	$17.99
Antenna	ODiNE 5.8 \| (3 builds) Truerc.ca	$13.99
Receiver	Frsky XM+ Micro D16 SBUS Full Range Mini Receiver Up to 16CH for RC FPV Racing Drone Banggood.com	$13.69
Batteries	Tattu Funfly Series 1550mAh 14.8V 100C 4S1P Lipo Battery Pack with XT-60 Plug (8 builds) Gensace.de	See Site
Misc Parts	HellGate FPV Buzzer - HellGate FPV Buzzer (18 builds) Buzzer.hellgatefpv.com	See Site

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Discussion

SpikeDiesel May 08, 2019

Hey man, don't get disheartened when this thing breaks, their new carbon is stiffer and more fragile, seen a few break easy already, bardwell talks about it a lot lately.

But fyi to all armattan is now offering either choice of carbon types for purchase AND replaceable arms options.

and check this build and read the sub comment about fragility from Ryan aka quadmcfly, aka miniquadtestbench.com https://rotorbuilds.com/build/17536

McMa_Returns May 09, 2019

Oh wow! I didn't knew they had replaceable arms out. The quad has been holding on fine until now, but I'll check the other carbon types when this one breaks. Thanks for the heads up!

SpikeDiesel May 09, 2019

no prob bro happy flyin

Randol_8o8 Apr 25, 2019

I'd suggest strain relief on that xt60 pigtail. Would suck to pull the vbatt pads off the FC in a crash. Really clean build man. Keep it up!

McMa_Returns Apr 26, 2019

Thank you! Any suggestions on how to build the strain relief?

eduenlamer Apr 30, 2019

Just ziptie the leads to either the front or back standoffs. Easypeasy

McMa_Returns May 03, 2019

Ohhh... I get it now! thanks for the suggestion, I will do so.

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