Now we begin a new chapter in
crashing. This time really fast with the arrival of Class 300 sport quads to
the blog.
I have no idea as to how I got
onto this band wagon but most likely I was inspired by Professor Scratcher’s
adventure in DIY building a couple of quads up there in Whidbey World, WA.
However it happened, after clicking through maybe 145 different websites, I
have entered Rod Serling’s Zone.
Like the good Professor, I too
will join the DIY fray with two quads. The first is a Blackout 330 frame
produced down under. http://www.minihquad.com.
These guys seem to be building an incredible airframe with very appealing build
features such as a power distribution board to help keep the wiring clutter to
a minimum. (Yeah, I know others do this as well.) There is also lots of YouTube
help for assembling and tweaking the little beast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCsS3sXxsLc
I
came across my second craft as I was looking for technical support for my
NAZE32 Mullet control board intended for the Blackout. I connected with Chris from Armattan Quads
and found they make ARF quads with excellent specs, unbelievable personal
support and at prices below scratch building. I expect that my Blackout 330
will cost close to $500 by the time I am ready to fly it into a tree at 65 MPH.
Armattan’s top of the line gear is less than $300 sans Rx, battery and FPV. http://www.armattanquads.com/
The Blackout 330 Specs: Cobra 2208/2000 motors
with Cobra 20A ESCs, NAZE 32 Mullet and PZ0420 2.8 camera feeding an Immersion
600VTX. On land I use a Spektrum DX8 TX and Fatshark Attitude gogs.
As for the Armattan CNC 355, I’ll let Chris at Armattan describe it
in this YouTube vid that he prepared for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvc-nrp2zZc&feature=youtu.be
As I said, incredible customer service!
To wrap up this post, I’ll
direct you to our local Game of Drones group. To my complete shock, there are 400
folks here in the Bay Area in this group of flying nuts.
