You know what, I never really appreciated this frame until now, but building it for a good friend showed me that not all frames look good until you build them right.
As always, here are some parts and opinions!
Acrobrat: I love it, buy it. Well designed, funds a smallish creator, easy* to build in and quite a looker. Sharkbyte took some hacking to get in there, and larger 20x20 escs require some sanding, but all in all I really just want one for myself now!
Mamba f405 mini mk1: A taste of the past I would say... everything now is just smaller, has more ports, has better reliability etc... but it's a nice taste of the past at that, seeing some real innovation from Diatone's "childhood".
Sharkbyte: I love it. Do you have any idea how much work it takes to get DJI working properly? Argh it drove me nuts recently but this is the polar opposite: 4 wires, connected like a GPS module, and bam you're done.
Mamba 1408 motors: Love these... they get squeeky when old but also take you back to a couple of years ago when the insane gtr349 came out and UAVfutures was raving about it in the field etc - if you've been in the hobby a few years you'll practically hear "G'day it's Stu..." as you assemble some of this stuff (not sure why hahaha)
Apart from that weird last bit I thoroughly enjoyed this and my advice is: Buy an acrobrat!
Frame |
The Acrobrat Duo 3″ Frame by Ummagawd
(3 builds)
Unmannedtechshop.co.uk
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$39.95 |
Flight Controller |
Diatone Mamba F405 Mini Mk2 F30 Mini 2-5S 20x20 Stack/Combo (F4 FC / 30A ESC)
(22 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$68.00 |
Motors |
4 x MAMBA 1408 4000KV 3-4S Brushless Motor For Diatone GT R349 FPV Racing RC Drone
(24 builds)
Banggood.com
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$59.96 |
Propellers |
GemFan Flash 3052-3 (2CCW-2CCW) Choose Color
(13 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
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$2.99 |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Shark Byte Nano Digital FPV Camera
(13 builds)
Getfpv.com
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$50.00 |
FPV Transmitter |
FatShark TX5S.1 Digital HD VTX for Shark Byte SystemDefault Title
(14 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$50.00 |
Antenna |
HGLRC 6.5cm 65mm 5.8G 2dBi U.FL IPEX IPX Omni Directional Linear Brass FPV Antenna RG178 For RC Drone
(10 builds)
Banggood.com
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$2.52 |
Receiver |
FrSky XM+ 2.4GHz Micro ReceiverDefault Title
(1158 builds)
Racedayquads.com
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$15.99 |
Looks like this is the banggood clone. Nice looking build regardless!
Yeah agreed- think it is a clone, but didn't have a good link :D