Armattan Badger 5"

By cinefpv on Oct 18, 2019

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Hello world,

Some additional specs:
AUW 540grams
Gopro session 5
ND Filter
AHTECH Infinity 1500mah 14.8V

CASE STUDY

Can the everyday professional and freelancer videographer jump onboard the FPV wagon?

Being avid DJI-base drone users, the jump can be both nerve wrecking in exciting. This being said, the immersive experience with an FPV goggle can be a steep challenge to some.
Will the flight characteristic be the same as to what we are use too? NOPE.
Will the expensive builds be able to fund for themselves over the next couple of gigs? MAYBE.
How can I unleash the creativity of style that I yearn from after being stuck with drowsy slowmo cinematic aerial clips? WELCOME TO FLOW.
So many questions. Too many ideas.

CRITERIA OF BUILD

Every build should have three critical criteria:

1 Abide by regulations set by authorities.
Every country has it's own drone laws. Under a certain altitude, above a certain weight and size and not to mention the permits.
As drone laws differ from country to country let's try not to touch on things that we cannot control but on aspects of each build that will fall within the country's regulations and laws. Regulations such as weigh classes, frequency bands etc etc.


2 Safety, Safety, Safety.
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  • avoiding failsafe
  • telemetry and which telemetry is crucial
  • audio
  • GPS
  • propguards

3 Creativity. Flow.
The build should help with flow and not work against it. The correct choice of motors, propellers, PIDS, Gopro settings and dual cameras, 4k or 2.7k? Will 1080 be sufficient?

BUILD VIDEO

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FLIGHT VIDEOS

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PIDS

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BUILD UPGRADES

UX anthennas to TBS TRIUMPH.

CONCLUSION & LIMITATIONS

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Photos

Part List

Frame

Badger (24 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$114.00

Flight Controller

FuriousFPV - RACEPIT OSD Blackbox Flight Controller (2 builds)
Drone-fpv-racer.com
See Site

ESCs

Hobbywing XRotor Micro 60A 6S 4-in-1 BLHeli_32 ESC (83 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
$84.99

Motors

4 x T-motor F60 Pro II 2207 2350KV 2500KV 2700KV 3-4S Brushless Motor for RC Multirotor FPV Racing Drone (6 builds)
Banggood.com
$102.60

Propellers

HQProp DP 5x4.3x3 PC V1S Light Green Propeller - 3 Blade (2CW+2CCW/Bag) (354 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

FPV Camera

Caddx Ratel 1/1.8'' Starlight HDR OSD 1200TVL NTSC/PAL 16:9/4:3 Switchable 1.66mm/2.1mm Lens FPV camera For RC Drone
Banggood.com
$28.48

FPV Transmitter

Rush Tank Racing Edition 5.8GHz VTX w/ SmartAudio (17 builds)
Getfpv.com
$26.99

Antenna

TBS Triumph SMA (RHCP 2pcs) (369 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$39.95

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR/RXSR Ultra SBUS/CPPM Switchable D16 16CH Mini Redundancy Receiver RX 1.5g for RC Transmitter TX Drone Models Drone (23 builds)
Aliexpress.com
$21.60

Batteries

AHTECH Infinity 1500mah 14.8V 90C 4S1P Race Spec Lipo Battery for RC Drone (24 builds)
Banggood.com
$28.18

Radio

FrSky Taranis QX7S 2.4GHz RC Transmitter - Carbon or Blue (50 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$184.99

Goggles

FatShark Dominator HDO 4:3 OLED Display FPV Video Goggles 960x720 for RC Drone (136 builds)
Banggood.com
$499.99

HD Camera

GoPro Session (62 builds)
Getfpv.com
$149.99

Soldering Iron

MINI TS100 Digital OLED Programable Interface DC5525 Soldering Iron Station Built-in STM32 Chip Sapphire Version (9 builds)
Banggood.com
$42.22
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Discussion

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catSupremacy   Oct 22, 2019  
1

get the AXII its the real version of the knock off uxii. best rf performance and very durable

Ely   Oct 18, 2019  
1

really nice photos. uxii not recommened.

cinefpv   Oct 18, 2019 

Thanks! Will try it out and do an upgrade. Quality and make differs and should be part of the build journey. Do recommend base on your experience?

The limitation of this kwad build will be open space and flown not more than 50-100m radius.

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