Glad you liked the jap 4. I had a lot of fun designing that one. I thought the 5" would be my favorite, but the 4" definitely takes the win for me. I built 2 and I don't really fly anything else now.
Great work! When I first saw that there was a 4" version I just had to build it. I liked the 3", but that size wasn't compelling enough to me. Did you also design the Chameleon?
Same here. I built the 3, but I've only logged like 5 min on it. Not for me. I did design the chameleon as well. That was more of a group effort tho. Chris's concept, my interpretation, and a lot of really great input. This was kind of my baby. I designed it as an aluminum hybrid version of my old Kaeru frame. It was intended to be 5" as well, but then I saw what catalyst was doing with the 3.5" prop on 1407 motors and wanted to give 4" a try. They ended up beating me to the punch with their superlite. Kinda nice that they did all the research tho. Then Chris said he wanted a 3" as well, so i scaled it back. Surprisingly, I'm the only one on the team to ever build the 4".
Well congrats on the successful designs! The Chameleon really has taken the scene by storm. I don't think a day or two goes by without a new Chameleon post here. Whose idea was it to go with the reptile theme?
The Japalura really looks like it was meant to be 4". The Chameleon has 5" covered and the Jap is a little heavy for 3", so 4" really hits that sweet spot.
Glad you liked the jap 4. I had a lot of fun designing that one. I thought the 5" would be my favorite, but the 4" definitely takes the win for me. I built 2 and I don't really fly anything else now.
Great work! When I first saw that there was a 4" version I just had to build it. I liked the 3", but that size wasn't compelling enough to me. Did you also design the Chameleon?
Same here. I built the 3, but I've only logged like 5 min on it. Not for me. I did design the chameleon as well. That was more of a group effort tho. Chris's concept, my interpretation, and a lot of really great input. This was kind of my baby. I designed it as an aluminum hybrid version of my old Kaeru frame. It was intended to be 5" as well, but then I saw what catalyst was doing with the 3.5" prop on 1407 motors and wanted to give 4" a try. They ended up beating me to the punch with their superlite. Kinda nice that they did all the research tho. Then Chris said he wanted a 3" as well, so i scaled it back. Surprisingly, I'm the only one on the team to ever build the 4".
Well congrats on the successful designs! The Chameleon really has taken the scene by storm. I don't think a day or two goes by without a new Chameleon post here. Whose idea was it to go with the reptile theme?
The Japalura really looks like it was meant to be 4". The Chameleon has 5" covered and the Jap is a little heavy for 3", so 4" really hits that sweet spot.
Reptile theme was Chris's idea. We wanted to name the Japalura the gecko, but it was already taken.
I like it. It taught me the name of a new reptile. Always good to keep learning!