Snappy Jappy

By Stickyfingerz on Jul 22, 2017

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Armattan Japalura 3" frame and pdb, RF revolt running RF1 32/32/multishot , with Rotorgeeks 1407 4000kv motors and some cicada bb2 20a escs. Build was a breeze. The Japalura has a good bunch of real estate. Setup was very simple and it was in the air in no time and flies pretty nice but I learned RF isn't for me. I much prefer and am more comfortable with BF but that's just my opinion. Sweet little ride though anyway!
Update: switched the triumph for a lumenier ax11 antennae.

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Part List

Frame

Armattan Japalura (40 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$69.00

Flight Controller

RaceFlight Flight Controller (11 builds)
Raceflight.net
$41.88

ESCs

4 x Sunrise Cicada 20A BB2
Rotorgeeks.com
$31.96

Motors

4 x Rotorgeeks 7075 Series 1407 4000kv (8 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$84.44

Propellers

Racekraft 3030 Quad prop
Rotorgeeks.com
$3.99

FPV Camera

Foxeer Arrow V3 w/2.5mm lens (2 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$38.90

FPV Transmitter

TBS Unify Pro V3 video transmitter (154 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$53.93

Antenna

TBS Triumph antenna - SMA (369 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$52.73

Receiver

RC Receivers (5 builds)
Quadrocopter.com
$164.99

Batteries

True C 4S 1000mAh Lipo
Rotorgeeks.com
$22.00

Power Distribution

Mini Power Distribution Board V3 (Mini PDB V3) (26 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$7.00

Misc Parts

Matek 8 Bit WS2812B RGB 5050 Highlight LED for Naze32 CC3D Flight Controller (6 builds)
Banggood.com
$4.29

Misc Parts

Aluminum M5 flange locknuts (2 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$4.04
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johnslims   Oct 30, 2017  

I decide on CNHL 5S.These are just as good as Bonka's and Pulse race series.Really happy with performance and price.I live in Midland btw.

johnslims   Jul 24, 2017  

How are you liking the True C,and have you used any other lipo brands to compare it to?..

I have everything for 5S build minus the lipos.Seeing I am in Canada I was going to give the True C packs a try?

Thanks for any infos and really nice build btw.

Stickyfingerz   Jul 25, 2017 

Thank you! I only have the one true c 4s battery so I don't think I can answer that properly. I can say my friends ALL fly them and they ONLY fly them(i flythunder power(so I know which ones are mine!). I Used to fly tatoos but found they were way too hot when they came down. The "95c" was a bit better but still pretty hot compared to the TP adrenaline line. Since all my buddies rip the true c pretty hard I have to assume they are decent, I have a bunch of their 1s lipos for my kids quad(which I tend to torture a lot lol) and they are far better than a number of others I've tried. Where in Canada are you? I live near Toronto.

Stickyfingerz   Jul 25, 2017 

Thank you! I only have the one true c 4s battery so I don't think I can answer that properly. I can say my friends ALL fly them and they ONLY fly them(i flythunder power(so I know which ones are mine!). I Used to fly tatoos but found they were way too hot when they came down. The "95c" was a bit better but still pretty hot compared to the TP adrenaline line. Since all my buddies rip the true c pretty hard I have to assume they are decent, I have a bunch of their 1s lipos for my kids quad(which I tend to torture a lot lol) and they are far better than a number of others I've tried. Where in Canada are you? I live near Toronto.

johnslims   Jul 25, 2017 

I will definitly give a try and order a few tonight.Cant go wrong with price either.Thanks for the insight.

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