"M I D M O U N T" Marmotte build

By Cozmics on Apr 14, 2020

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This was my first build and i tried to focus on keeping the weight down as much as possible and making it fly great, i've messed around with battery mounting top bottom and now middle from my own testing something about the mid mount felt cleaner and more locked its not the most elegant looking but hey it works, overall i feel i did a decent job but i would definitely change a few thing if i were to start over

The Frame: this frame has been through a BEATING and still the worst damage it has is a few chips on the carbon and scratches on the titanium, armattan has done a excellent job with this frame and its kinda of mind bogling how strong it really is, im sure i could break it if i really wanted to but unless you're flying at a pole at 80 mph i doubt you will be able to break this frame from normal freesytle, the one gripe i do have with the frame is motor protection, i feel like the arms could extend just a little more to offer more protection (i know there are 3d printed part that offer this but thats another 15-20 grams more and im picky about weight lol)

Things i would change: if were to start over i would change the motors, its not that theyre bad motors they fly great and are very smooth its just the weight each motor is around 36 grams without the wire and i feel this very heavy considering HyperLite motors weigh in at the 26-28 gram mark

Weight 597g with GoPro session and battery

And for those wondering how i did the mid mount i was actually pretty easy all i did was squeeze the battery straps through to 2 holes on the top plate as seen in the picture below

d / m / y
14/05/2020 went flying at split a magnet in the motor after flying into a goal post and mach fucking 5 lol

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Part List

Frame

Armattan Marmotte 5" Frame (92 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$109.00

Flight Controller

Diatone Mamba F722 APP, F50PRO 3-6S ESC Stack
Getfpv.com
$79.99

Motors

4 x iFlight XING Camo X2207 Motor (18 builds)
Getfpv.com
$95.96

Propellers

DAL Cyclone T5040C Pro Tri-Blade 5" Prop 4 Pack - Choose Your Color (26 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$2.09

FPV Camera

Foxeer Predator V4 1.8 mm (6 builds)
Fpvquads.com.au
$63.95

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (SMA) (197 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site

Antenna

TBS TRIUMPH PRO (SMA) (14 builds)
Quadcopters.co.uk
See Site

Receiver

TBS Crossfire Nano Rx - FPV LONG RANGE DRONE RECEIVER (1499 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$24.95

Batteries

TATTU R-Line 1050mAh 6s 95C Lipo Battery (50 builds)
Getfpv.com
$35.99

Radio

Jumper T16 Pro V2 Hall Gimbal Radio Transmitter (Internal Multiprotocol TX) (15 builds)
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
See Site

Goggles

Fat Shark HDO 2 OLED FPV Goggles (71 builds)
Hobbyrc.co.uk
See Site

3D Printed

Armattan Marmotte & Badger Session Mounts (3 builds)
Brain3d.co
$15.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO7 Black Action Camera (102 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

HD Camera

GoPro Hero5 Session Waterproof 4K Video Camera (303 builds)
Phaserfpv.com.au
$192.63

Video Receiver

ImmersionRC rapidFIRE w/ Analog PLUS Goggle Receiver Module (178 builds)
Getfpv.com
$159.99

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire Micro TX V2 (43 builds)
Getfpv.com
See Site
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