Orange Fury - 4" Armattan Japalura

By Airmaxx23 on Aug 18, 2017

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The 4" Armattan Japalura is currently my favorite quad so I have a few of them now, this is actually my 3rd one. I again sent some braces to "Pig" on RCGroups and he did a wonderful job stripping them and anodizing them orange. I used an orange paint pen to highlight the edges of the frame and then an Xacto knife to clean any paint that was on the top or bottom of the frame. You can contact him here. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=115621

The 4-in-1 ESCs are becoming very popular but I personally would rather have separate ESCs in case one of them needs replacing. I'm using the Armattan 20a ESCs because they are fairly small/light and are running D-Shot 600.

The flight controller is a BetaFlight F3, some people don't like it because the ESC power pads are on the bottom of the board but I actually like it that way since it makes for a cleaner looking build.

The rest of the electronics consist of RotorGeeks 1407-4000kv motors with HQ 4x4.3x3 V1S props and RMRC orange prop nuts, an Eachine VTX03, LemonRX DSMX satellite and a Foxeer HS1177 camera with the 2.5mm lens.

The weight without a battery is 182.7 grams.

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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	Eachine VTX03 Super Mini 5.8G 72CH 0mW /25mW /50mw /200mW (417 builds) Rccrazed.com	$13.99
Receiver	LemonRx DSMX Compatible Satellite Receiver (16 builds) Rccrazed.com	$11.10
Batteries	G+PLUS 1000mAh 14.8V 4S 70C Li-Po Battery - CNHL RC LI-Po Battery. Your one-stop battery store. Chinahobbyline.us	See Site
Misc Parts	Foxeer 2.5mm FPV Camera Lens IR Block Rccrazed.com	$6.99
Misc Parts	M5 CW Aluminum Flange Lock Nut - Orange (4pc) Readymaderc.com	$2.59

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OmDrone Oct 11, 2017

Love your build, where did you get the orange metal from?

Airmaxx23 Oct 11, 2017

Thank you very much. I sent them to Pig on RCGroups, he stripped them and them anodized them for me. He did the same thing for me with my Blue Japalura build and Tiger Chameleon build. You can contact him through RCGroups here. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/private.php?do=newpm&u=115621

naomarius Aug 28, 2017

Question I'm looking to do a 4" build using this frame as well. Could I use the emax 2306 2750kv motors or should I simply stick to 3000kv+? Love the build just looking for advice before I start to buy up parts.

Airmaxx23 Aug 28, 2017

This frame is intended for 1407 motors, larger motors won't fit. I've tried 1407 3200kv, 3600kv and 4000kv motors and the 4000kv motors are the best when using the HQ 4x4.3x3V1S props. It literally feels weightless when flying it because of the amount of power/speed it has.

naomarius Aug 29, 2017

What sized battery are you using typically? I've been using 1350 on a 4" DMR that's sporting Cobra motors running at 2600kv. Just wondering if I can get away with even a 860 4S. Thanks for your input, it's nice to know before I start this build.

Airmaxx23 Aug 29, 2017

A 850mAh 4s is the recommended battery size but I always go one size bigger so I'm using 1000mAh 4s packs. A 1300mAh packs works but it feels a bit heavy to me.

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