Custom Blue 4" Armattan Japalura

By Airmaxx23 on Aug 09, 2017

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I had 2 purple and 1 silver 4" Armattan Japaluras and wanted one in a different color so I sent a set of purple braces to "Pig" on RCGroups and had them stripped and then anodized in blue. I removed the motors from one of the purple builds and replaced them with blue RotorGeeks 1407-4000kv motors. I also 3D printed a blue threaded HS1177 camera cases in PLA+ to complete the full blue look. It weighs 184.7 grams without a battery and it's a rocket with the 4000kv motors, 4S 1000mAh 70c graphene pack and the HQ 4X4.3X3 V1S props. The motors barely get warm during a hard, fast flight. With DAL T4045v2 props the motors get very hot in less than a minute so I wouldn't recommend them.

I'm extremely happy with how it turned out.

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Part List

Frame	Armattan Japalura 4 (13 builds) Rccrazed.com	$77.50
Flight Controller	BetaflightF3 AIO Flight Controller (134 builds) Rccrazed.com	$42.99
ESCs	4 x Armattan 20A BLHeli_S BB2 Dshot ESC (2 builds) Rccrazed.com	$38.00
Motors	4 x Rotorgeeks 7075 Series 1407 4000kv (8 builds) Rotorgeeks.com	$84.44
Propellers	HQ 4x4.3x3 V1S (2CW+2CCW) PC Choose Color (48 builds) Pirofliprc.com	$2.99
FPV Camera	Foxeer HS1177 XAT600M CCD 600TVL 2.8mm IR Block FPV Camera (14 builds) Rccrazed.com	$39.99
FPV Transmitter	Dynam 1500mm B26 w/ Retracts - Flaps - LED \| PNP (417 builds) Graysonhobby.com	$279.99
Batteries	LemonRx DSMX Compatible Satellite Receiver (16 builds) Rccrazed.com	$11.10
Misc Parts	Threaded HS1177 Camera Case (Threads for Lens) by Airmaxx23 Thingiverse.com	See Site

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Frenchie Aug 11, 2017

I've personally seen this quad and the pictures don't do it justice.

Whiffles Aug 10, 2017

Great color coordination! How much did the anodizing cost?

Airmaxx23 Aug 10, 2017

Thank you very much. It was more or less a trade, I 3D printed a few items for him in exchange for the anodizing. I'm sending the purple braces that were on it to him to get anodized orange so I can replace the silver ones on another Japalura.

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