Armattan is a bit late to the party but a 4" MLR is coming out soon with official release this week I believe.

Some teaser pics.

It might look a bit like the Diatone Roma 4 with the camera cage.


   


   

It's officially released.



Bobcat Specs

Frame Weight 57 grams
Motor to Motor 182mm (Compressed X)
 200mm (True X)
Frame Shape True X or Compressed X *Modular
Main Plate Thickness 2.5mm
Arm Thickness 3mm
Motor Mount Pattern 12x12 or 9x9mm
Stack Mounting Dual M3 20x20mm & M2 16x16mm
FPV Camera Mount 20mm(DJI) or 19mm Micro cam
Max Stack Height 20mm
Warrantied Parts All CF and alumi parts except the arms
Recommended Components
Motor Size 1404/2750kv
ESCs 25amp 4in1 (M3 20x20)
Prop Size 4inch (low pitch bi-blade)
Battery LiPo 4S between 850 & 1300mAh
 Li-ion 4S 3000mAh (Sony VTC6)

https://armattanquads.com/bobcat/

I've been following the teasers over at RCG.  I wish they did away with the warranty on this one so they could have made it lighter.  At 57 grams, its got 10g on the Diatone Roma and over 20g on the Airblade Transformer Mini which i think at 33g is the lightest so far.   Flywoo's at 41g and the Katana at 37g.

With that said it checks off my boxes namely proper camera cage and custom cut lipo pad so I'll get it LOL.  


[edit] Gahhhh no standoffs. I should have known that is an Armattan trademark design. But it makes for an epic pain in the ass designing antenna mounts.

that huge cam mount xD

57g is a joke, lightweight longrange cant be done with armattans usual frame strategy. it doesnt need to be durable in terms of crashes for longrange.

seems more like a spacy 4inch freestyle frame to me

But ... custom cut lipo pads!!    

You brought up a good point though hug ... this could be a could, quiet and discrete 4 inch freestyler.  I may go that route with this one.  That also fixes the antenna mount issue since I won't need ginormous antennas for that.

It is a sexy frame. I'm not a big fan of the H style frames though. I feel like the arms could possibly break easier. JMO

I do like the carbon fiber in the camera cage though. Definitely different and looks cool with the color contrast.

The weight is similar to the IFlight Chimera 4"  true X frame with 4mm bottom plate. It's the porkiest of the while lot I think.
I fly the Chimera 4" as a park cruising light freestyle quad which is pretty fun.

I wonder how robust Bobcat will be with those skinny 3mm arms. 
Arm swap looks easy enough.

@ronin,
Looking forward to your build thread and flight.

Yeah, Ronin,

I, too, am looking forward to your next build. 

Hi Jasper,

It is a good looking frame.    ...and a nice camera mount    

On the other hand, it is a little heavy for my liking. 

It might make a nice arco or even long range craft, 
but it will likely not be under 250 grams AUW with a long range battery attached.

(14-Jan-2021, 06:38 AM)wllmlutz Wrote: It is a sexy frame. I'm not a big fan of the H style frames though. I feel like the arms could possibly break easier. JMO

I do like the carbon fiber in the camera cage though. Definitely different and looks cool with the color contrast.

i didnt broke any h-style micro frame, the length is important, i guess the shorter arms are more rigid. there comes some "additional" weight from the main long body and mounting, they arent ultralight. H-style follow more the route tanky to me.

(13-Jan-2021, 11:24 PM)hugnosed_bat Wrote: that huge cam mount xD

57g is a joke, lightweight longrange cant be done with armattans usual frame strategy. it doesnt need to be durable in terms of crashes for longrange.

seems more like a spacy 4inch freestyle frame to me

Huggy is 100% on point.  

Also, I'm not a fan of Armattan as they boned me so given there are lots of other frames out there in this size category and do the LR job better, lighter, and sexier, I would go with them.

I was looking at the Cougar and I don’t think it’ll make the sub 250 weight class unless using a small LiPo.
I have the itch to build something but what I don’t know.Something under 250 but not necessarily LR but 1 mile any direction at low altitude would be nice.
Here’s a extremely light 3” frame and with a Caddx Vista the weight before LiPo is under 100 grams.
It’s a unibody and has a weak area but if updated could be a nice frame.

So evidently there was a pricing error lol.



It's $39.99 not $59.99.  

(14-Jan-2021, 08:16 PM)the.ronin Wrote: So evidently there was a pricing error lol.



It's $39.99 not $59.99.  

$39.9!!!....... I'm going to get one from a local retailer later for an analog Fpv build.

It sucks they didn't just cut out whoop holes. I'd def use the Tadpole whoop adapter for this. I'd lose 1 or maybe even 2 of those arm screws if the gyro scaled shows it's cool. If I go more freestyle build then I'm thinking those TBS 1505 motors for their pod racer but still with 4 inch biblades.