This is an Armattan Japalura 3" inch. It's my second 3 inch quad. My goal was to build it light. This is a heavy frame when compared to other more minimalist 3 inch frames. In order to keep it light I was careful with my parts selection. All in all, I was able to get the weight without battery to be 190g. That's 290g AUW with a 799mah Piro Graphene pack. Ideally, a 3 inch quad should be around 160 to 165g without a battery, but like I said, this is a bit of a heavy frame. That said, I've seen plenty of Japaluras in the 215g to 220g range, so I think I did pretty well.
It flies amazingly well. Even though it's so small it does have that have that "KISS" feel and I love it. The KISS CC AIO was the right choice for it. It feels slightly underpowered when compared to my 4 inch or 5 inch builds, but not enough to be a hindrance. It does make up for it in fun factor.
Frame |
Japalura
(40 builds)
Armattanquads.com
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$67.00 |
Flight Controller |
KISS CompactCTRL CC All-in-One
(42 builds)
Flyduino.net
|
See Site |
Motors |
4 x ARMATTAN OOMPH 1407/3850 KV MOTOR *Discontinued
(14 builds)
Armattanquads.com
|
$40.00 |
Propellers |
4 x 3" Triple Blade Propeller 3076
(9 builds)
Racekraft.com
|
$13.96 |
FPV Camera |
RunCam Swift 2
(202 builds)
Shop.runcam.com
|
$44.99 |
FPV Transmitter |
TBS Unify Pro 5G8 V3 (RP-SMA)
(103 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
|
$39.95 |
Antenna |
Pyro-Drone 5G8 Linear Antenna With U.fl Connector
(23 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
|
$3.99 |
Receiver |
XM PLUS (Mini SBUS Non-telemetry Full Range)
(1149 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
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$12.99 |
Batteries |
Pyro-Drone Graphene 799mAh 4S 14.8V 95C BY TATTU
(3 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
|
$17.99 |
Radio |
FrSky Taranis Limited Black Special Editions
(62 builds)
Alofthobbies.com
|
$258.40 |
Goggles |
HDO FPV Drone Racing Goggles - FSV1122 | Fat Shark
Fatshark.com
|
See Site |
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