My Chameleon Flagship

By indus49 on Oct 09, 2017

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My first Chameleon build, and for that matter first freestyle build. Thanks to a generous friend at Armattan, I got a sweet deal and built this pretty damn close to stock. It flies like a dream.

Part List

Frame

Chameleon (164 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$90.00

Flight Controller

CL Racing F4 Flight Controller (33 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$22.00

ESCs

Armattan DShot 30 amps BLHeli_S ESC/BB2 (4 pieces) (13 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$57.00

Motors

4 x Armattan Oomph Velvet Edition 2206/2300 KV Motor (29 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$84.00

Propellers

2 Pair DALPROP T5045C Cyclone 5 Inch 3 Blade Propeller Clover Prop Black Red Orange Green (216 builds)
Banggood.com
$3.37

FPV Camera

RunCam Swift 2 Full Size 600TVL CCD FPV Camera w/ OSD (2.1, 2.3 or 2.5mm) - Choose Color & Lens (412 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$34.99

FPV Transmitter

RDQ Mach 1 Video Transmitter 25-600mW VTX - U.FL or MMCX (17 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$17.99

Antenna

2 PCS Emax Pagoda 2 5.8G 50mm/80mm 5cm/8cm LHCP/RHCP White/Red FPV Antenna SMA For RC Drone (19 builds)
Banggood.com
$14.99

Receiver

Flysky X6B 2.4G 6CH i-BUS PPM PWM Receiver for AFHDS i10 i6s i6 i6x i4x Transmitter (180 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.06

Batteries

Tattu 1300mAh 75C 4S1P lipo battery pack (103 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$28.99

Radio

RadioMaster Zorro ExpressLRS (ELRS) Protocol Radio Controller (25 builds)
Newbeedrone.com
$119.99

Goggles

Skyzone SKY04X V2 OLED 5.8GHz 48CH SteadyView Receiver FPV Goggles with DVR (7 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$529.00

Video Receiver

HDZero VRX Digital HD Receiver Module (7 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$219.00

Battery Charger

ISDT Q8 500W 20A 1-8S DC Smart Charger (14 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$59.99

Soldering Iron

Hakko FX888D-23BY, 599B-02 Soldering Station with 599B Tip Cleaner, Blue/Gold (25 builds)
Amazon.ca
See Site

Tools

Mini All-In-One Hex Driver Tool (3 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$13.99

Backpack

RDQ FPV Backpack - Choose Your Version (8 builds)
Racedayquads.com
$62.29

Accessories

VIFLY ShortSaver V2 Smart Smoke Stopper Electronic Fuse to Detect and Prevent Short-Circuit and Overload, Power Switch for Recei (13 builds)
Amazon.com
$12.99

Misc Supplies

Kester 24-6337-8800 50 Activated Rosin Cored Wire Solder Roll, 245 No-Clean, 63/37 Alloy, 0.031" Diameter (7 builds)
Amazon.com
$35.87
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