Tadpole

By muchzill4 on Jan 25, 2020

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First micro build.

Things to watch out for:

  • Mamba F411 does not have on board memory, something I did not consider. Blackbox logging will require using openlog or an alternative :|
  • XM+ is not the easiest to fit. I had to route antennas through the middle of heatshrink

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Part List

Frame

Tadpole - Armattan Quads (7 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$34.00

Flight Controller

MAMBA STACK F411 /134 Dshot600 4S NANO (17 builds)
Diatone.us
$39.99

Motors

4 x XING NANO X1103 FPV NextGen Motor
Iflight-rc.com
$55.96

Propellers

HQ Prop Micro Prop 65mm Bi-Blade 2.5" Prop 10 Pack (1.5mm Shaft) - Choose Your ColorRed (18 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$2.99

FPV Camera

RunCam Racer Nano 2 V2 (2 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
$35.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro32 Nano 5G8 V1.1 VTx Video Transmitter (400 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$29.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph Pro 5.8GHz FPV Antenna RHCP (U.FL) (12 builds)
Getfpv.com
$19.99

Receiver

FrSky XM Micro SBUS Receiver (5 builds)
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
See Site

Batteries

GNB 450mAh 3S 80C LiHV Battery (XT30) (11 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site
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DoubleJackOnTap   Jan 25, 2020  

Very nice.  I'm curious how much yours weighs?  Its simpler and cleaner than mine.

muchzill4   Jan 26, 2020 
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Thanks!
FWIW, I swapped xm+ for an r-xsr (telemetry via fport is king!) and put hq 2.5x2.5x3 on it.
AUW of this setup with 450mah 3s GNB is 108g, craft itself is 65g.

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