Chameleon Upgrade

By FitzFPV on Dec 05, 2017

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Of the two Chameleon frames I've owned, this is the first one I bought, the most abused and the only one remaining. The second one met an untimely end in a creek on its maiden flight. Ol' faithful deserved an upgrade and I also wanted to put it on a diet to try to get closer to 600g of AUW. Thanks to some modern bits and pieces, achievement unlocked. She clocks in at a svelt 604g compared to the original 650g or so. This is largely thanks to the awesome new MB Primo motors and moving from individual ESCs to a 4in1.

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Part List

Frame

Chameleon (164 builds)
Armattanquads.com
$90.00

Flight Controller

CL Racing F4S Flight Controller PDB OSD AIO (144 builds)
Diablohobbies.com
$34.95

ESCs

Typhoon32 4in1 ESC 4x35A v1.1 (13 builds)
Store.myairbot.com
$44.99

Motors

4 x MB Primo 2207-2450kv (9 builds)
Multicopterbuilders.com
$75.96

Propellers

HQ Durable Prop 5X4.3X3V1S (2CW+2CCW)-Poly Carbonate (354 builds)
Diablohobbies.com
$3.59

FPV Camera

Runcam Swift 2 Orange (9 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$39.99

FPV Transmitter

TBS UNIFY PRO 5G8 HV (SMA) (2 builds)
Diablohobbies.com
$49.95

Antenna

TBS Triumph LHCP Stub Antenna - SMA (Set of 2)
Racedayquads.com
$34.99

Receiver

FrSky R-XSR S.Bus/CPPM 8/16 Channel Micro Receiver (937 builds)
Pirofliprc.com
$19.99

Batteries

Tattu R-Line 4S 1300 mAh 95C Lipo Battery (92 builds)
Fpvheadquarters.com
$27.19

Radio

Jumper T16 Pro Hall Gimbal Open Source Built-in Module Multi-protocol Radio Transmitter with Carbon Fiber Protective Shell & Roc (15 builds)
Xt-xinte.com
$160.55

Goggles

FATSHARK HDO FPV GOGGLES (136 builds)
Pyrodrone.com
$399.00

HD Camera

GoPro HERO7 Black Action Camera (102 builds)
Getfpv.com
$399.99

Video Receiver

ImmersionRC rapidFIRE w/ Analog PLUS Goggle Receiver Module (178 builds)
Getfpv.com
$159.99

Radio Module

TBS Crossfire TX LITE - Long Range R/C Transmitter (33 builds)
Team-blacksheep.com
$149.95

Battery Charger

ISDT D2 200W 24A AC Dual Channel Output Smart Battery Balance Charger (18 builds)
Banggood.com
$139.00
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Discussion

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Eddi_Maevski   Apr 09, 2018  

Nice build, thinking about those motors, debating on the Kv - 2450 or 2550 - any thoughts ?
What is dry weight of the build ?

Oeliboeb   Dec 05, 2017  

It hurts to hear your quad went swimming on its maiden... rip

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