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Mamba Mk5 F435 Stack - Anyone running one?
#1
So I am still searching for a 30x30 stack for a 6S build and for the price, definitely considering one of these (£50 in the UK).  So since I can find very little info or reviews on YT, I wondered if anyone on here has one.

It will be used on a 3.5-4" 6S 1408 build and the motors are not going to produce even half of the rated output of the ESC's.

Mostly my interest is in the fact it uses connectors and plug for all major connections to the FC, which cuts back on the amount of soldering I need to do.

Thanks to anyone who can give me any insight into potential issues or anything else helpful.
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#2
Hi, I'm pretty new to FPV and was looking to get this, it does seem to have a lot of features.

I'm planning to use it for a 5" quad with 2207 motors, but the only thing I was unsure about was the ESC, I couldn't find much info on the F55 BLHeli_S ESC that's in this stack.

I'm still learning about all the different ESC options, but am I right in saying something like a 'NeutronRC 20/30 Hold Mini 45A AM32 4in1 ESC' has a more modern CPU on it and will support more features?

However for £50 is seems like a good deal, and it's tough to find other stacks with all the features for the price.

The iFlight Blitz ATF435 Flight Stack is worth looking at also, it looks to be pretty similar.
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#3
I actually don't know for the ESC, but would prefer BLHeli for the ESC. As to quality, it's a Mamba and they tend to be ok for quality. I am actually going to use mine most likely not with a 4-in-1, so it's almost moot. For now I have bought one the NeutronRC F435 FC's to have a play with and once I get a handle on the firmware side of things, then i will take it from there. But initially I am looking at using it in combination with 4x 30A Single/Individual ESC's, probably the UMT Chaos 30A ESC's on my forthcoming 5-6S 1408 build.
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#4
I have bought 1 recently and FC came faulty, so can't really tell you much about this stack. Looks solid. Had different mamba previously, can't really complaint.
If soldering is your problem and you are looking for JST plug FC you can check  GEPRC Taker F405 BLS 50A Stack  or Axisflying Argus 60A Stack F405 Flight.

To be honest all you need is TBS soldering wire and small soldering iron. You will still need to solder motors, receiver and possibly Vista (unless you are on DJI o3).


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#5
Damn, I was interested in it using the AT32/F435 chipset. Hopefully yours was a one off. I still intend to try it or maybe just get a NeutronRC and play with the single ESC's I have. I might just buy the FC to play with. They sell for about £20 over here. The 4in1 is less useful and I already have a 30x30 4in1 that would work with it.

The soldering side is a saga in itself, but I tried running the iron from my left hand and it might be more workable than running it in my right hand. Going to try soldering something up later this week and see. Also I wasn't using decent flux and now have a bunch of the Amtech flux (in a syringe) that loads of people recommend on YT, so will see if that makes a difference. The main problem though is my hands shake like I have Parkinsons, which makes precision an absolute nightmare. So any FC with connectors makes life at least 50% easier. If I kill an ELRS module or VTX, then it's bad, but it's not a £40-60 part. Smile
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#6
Ok, got it working. Needed to toggle in Betaflight Option tab "Show all serial devices (for development only)", then it connected.
I couldn't get it into DFU mode in case you want to reflash it with a new firmware. It flies alright, couldn't complain to be honest. 
I am just slapping my quad around so I don't need all these fine tunings etc. Hope it helps
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#7
I don't think you can change the firmware as easily anyway. From reading the whole ArteryTek / NeutronRC thread it seems they have a convoluted way of doing development and have a habit of releasing firmware that kills boards, so if the firmware it comes with is stable and works, I wouldn't touch it unless you are happy to accept the possibilities of it dying.
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#8
Hi guys, just gonna post this here so if there is anyone looking for a solution to run newer Betaflight versions they might see this.

I first considered building Betaflight 4.5rc4 firmware locally as there is no target for this FC, but then I checked out the contents of the firmware and config for DARWINF435 and came to the conclusion that they are similar and has the needed drivers included, but of course all the config is wrong. When flashing the Mamba F435 with the Darwin target pretty much nothing works, but so far I've gotten gyro, accelerometer, barometer, adc and flash working. And DSHOT etc ofc. Not entirely sure about the UART mapping (because I haven't tested it yet) but thats easy to change.

So what you want to do is flash with the cloud build for DARWINF435 and then apply this config via CLI, save and reboot:

Code:
# resources

resource BEEPER 1 B11
resource MOTOR 1 C09
resource MOTOR 2 C08
resource MOTOR 3 C07
resource MOTOR 4 C06
resource MOTOR 5 A00
resource MOTOR 6 A01
resource MOTOR 7 A02
resource MOTOR 8 A03
resource LED_STRIP 1 A06
resource SERIAL_TX 1 B06
resource SERIAL_TX 2 A08
resource SERIAL_TX 3 C04
resource SERIAL_TX 4 C10
resource SERIAL_TX 5 C12
resource SERIAL_TX 6 A04
resource SERIAL_RX 1 B07
resource SERIAL_RX 3 C05
resource SERIAL_RX 4 C11
resource SERIAL_RX 5 D02
resource SERIAL_RX 6 A05
resource I2C_SCL 1 B08
resource I2C_SDA 1 B09
resource LED 1 C14
resource LED 2 C15
resource SPI_SCK 1 B03
resource SPI_SDI 1 B04
resource SPI_SDO 1 B05
resource ADC_BATT 1 C01
resource ADC_CURR 1 C02
resource PINIO 1 C03
resource PINIO 2 A07
resource FLASH_CS 1 B10
resource GYRO_CS 1 C13

# timer
timer A00 AF1
# pin A00: TIM2 CH1 (AF1)
timer A01 AF1
# pin A01: TIM2 CH2 (AF1)
timer A02 AF1
# pin A02: TIM2 CH3 (AF1)
timer C06 AF2
# pin C06: TIM3 CH1 (AF2)
timer C07 AF2
# pin C07: TIM3 CH2 (AF2)
timer C08 AF2
# pin C08: TIM3 CH3 (AF2)
timer C09 AF3
# pin C09: TIM8 CH4 (AF3)
timer A09 AF1
# pin A09: TIM1 CH2 (AF1)
timer A10 AF1
# pin A10: TIM1 CH3 (AF1)
timer A06 AF2
# pin A06: TIM3 CH1 (AF2)

# dma
dma pin A03 11
# pin A03: DMA2 Channel 5 Request 59
dma pin B01 13
# pin B01: DMA2 Channel 7 Request 64
dma pin A00 10
# pin A00: DMA2 Channel 4 Request 56
dma pin A01 8
# pin A01: DMA2 Channel 2 Request 57
dma pin A02 9
# pin A02: DMA2 Channel 3 Request 58
dma pin C06 0
# pin C06: DMA1 Channel 1 Request 61
dma pin C07 2
# pin C07: DMA1 Channel 3 Request 62
dma pin C08 1
# pin C08: DMA1 Channel 2 Request 63
dma pin C09 3
# pin C09: DMA1 Channel 4 Request 52
dma pin A09 12
# pin A09: DMA2 Channel 6 Request 43
dma pin A10 7
# pin A10: DMA2 Channel 1 Request 44
dma pin A06 6
# pin A06: DMA1 Channel 7 Request 61

# feature
feature TELEMETRY
feature LED_STRIP
feature OSD

# serial
serial 1 64 115200 57600 0 115200

# master
set acc_calibration = -7,-7,36,1
set baro_i2c_device = 1
set adc_device = 3
set blackbox_disable_bat = ON
set blackbox_disable_alt = ON
set blackbox_disable_acc = ON
set ibata_scale = 100
set debug_mode = GYRO_SCALED
set gyro_1_sensor_align = CW270
set gyro_1_align_yaw = 2700

profile 0

profile 1

profile 2

profile 3

# restore original profile selection
profile 0

rateprofile 0

rateprofile 1

rateprofile 2

rateprofile 3

# restore original rateprofile selection
rateprofile 0

# save configuration
save

Not sure but these might also be needed:

Code:
resource SPI_SDI 2 B14
resource SPI_SDO 2 B15

Cheers!
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