Hands on: Reptile X4R 220 quadcopter frame
Last week, first parts for my new racing quadcopter started to arrive. One of them, was carbon fiber frame: Reptile X4R 220. Why this one? Like I stated many times: I'm cheap. Plus, I did not wanted to go with another ZMR250 build. This frame was easily available, within budget and good looking. So, few weeks later, here we are...
Specification:
- 220mm motor-to-motor
- Weight: 120g
- 4mm carbon fiber arms
- 2mm carbon fiber bottom plate
- 1.5mm top plate
- 35mm aluminium standoffs
- adjustable camera mount (fits HS1117 and RunCam Swift)
- integrated power distribution board (PDB) with 5V BEC
After 2 evenings with this frame, I'm almost finished with a build.
Pros:
- overall quality is good
- everything fits, no need to ream holes, sand or cut anything
- more nuts and bolts than required
Cons:
- top plate are rather thin. I would prefer 2mm top plate or maybe 2.5mm bottom plate too
- power distribution board is an structural element of whole frame. If you want to use different PDB (I wanted to use Matek PDB-XT60) you might have a problem. Some improvisation will be required
- In theory, each arm is kept in place by 3 M3 bolts. In theory... In practice, one of those bolts enters nylon standoff. Not metal nut, but nylon. So, instead of 3 bolts per arm, it is only 2.5 bolts or even less... too bad... Still, whole build is rigid enough...
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