My Chameleon beauty!

By grmbl on Sep 20, 2017

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Compact Chameleon build, reversed Matek PDB to have the XT60 coming out behind the "head",
because the Matek F405-OSD flatcable I alos had to turn the FC 180 degrees. Props are installed reversed.
Dys Aria ESC protective covers have been cut in half and only upper half is used because of ridicilous height
of these boxes. Did wrap arms unders ESC with insulation tape. Had a good maiden flight (

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but gopro footage showed some smoke when landing... Appears one ESC was acting up and burned up when connected pack at
home. This ESC acted weird in BLHeli Suite on setup so I gues it was a DOA, replaced and everything works fine now!!!
I would love to add some more orange accents so I'm getting some orange straps, orange landing pads and I might
drip paint the frame with some orange spraypaint...

Happy flying!

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Part List

Frame	Armattan Chameleon 5" FPV Racing Frame - Silver with PDB (163 builds) Hobbyrc.co.uk	See Site
Flight Controller	Matek F405-OSD BetaFlight STM32F405 Flight Controller Built-in OSD Inverter for SBUS Input (102 builds) Banggood.com	$27.99
ESCs	4 x DYS Aria BLHeli_32bit 35A Brushless ESC 3-6S Dshot1200 Ready Current Meter Sensor for RC Drone FPV Racing Banggood.com	$63.96
Motors	4 x T-Motor F40 III 2306 2400Kv MotorDefault Title (20 builds) Racedayquads.com	$79.96
Propellers	Lumenier T5050 Tri-Blade - Butter Cutter Propeller (2x CW + 2x CCW) - Clear (4 builds) Hobbyrc.co.uk	See Site
FPV Camera	RunCam Swift 2 600TVL FPV Camera PAL (Black) (Top Plug) (2 builds) Hobbyking.com	See Site
FPV Transmitter	ImmersionRC Tramp HV 5.8GHz Video Transmitter - V2 (7 builds) Nemosminiquadsupplies.com.au	$74.95
Antenna	TBS Triumph-STUB SMA (RHCP 2PCS) (143 builds) Getfpv.com	$39.99
Receiver	Turnigy iA6C PPM/SBUS 8CH 2.4G AFHDS 2A Telemetry Receiver Hobbyking.com	$9.89
Batteries	4S Tattu 1550mah 75C Lipo (20 builds) Catalystmachineworks.com	$25.99
Power Distribution	Matek FCHUB-6S Hub Power Distribution Board 5V & 10V BEC Built-in 184A Current Sensor for RC Drone (96 builds) Banggood.com	$9.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO Session Waterproof Digital Action Camera (42 builds) Amazon.com	$392.99
HD Camera	GoPro HERO Session (10 builds) Videocamerashop.nl	$229.00

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Discussion

jasonlavender Aug 30, 2018

How did you get the fc to realize that it was flipped around. I have a very similar build, and cant figure it out.

thumbtwiddler Sep 20, 2017

how do you like butter cutters compared to hq 5030 tri's? i havent used them irl so just wondering

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thumbtwiddler Sep 20, 2017

nice! i used them in liftoff and i like em because they feel drifty like the 5030x3's but still have some grip almost like a 4 blade

grmbl Sep 20, 2017

Yeah if you want more grip go for the more slanted (?) props like the cyclones and buttercutters, not sure if the buttercutters are more powerfull then the
cyclones (which felt nice but less power so yeah...) Next rip session I'll swap em and see.

thumbtwiddler Sep 20, 2017

yeah i also tried the racekraft 5051 tris and those felt pretty good, just a tad rougher

cyberfpv Sep 20, 2017

where did u get that tiny tube for the antennas?

grmbl Sep 20, 2017

These were already on my receiver antennas (TGY-ia6c)

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