Armattan Tadpole 2.5" Quadcopter Frame Kit

The Armattan Tadpole 2.5inch Toothpick style FPV Drone Frame .

Using there Fully protected cage style design and Armattan warranty this frame is going to be a hit with fpv pilots wanting a miniature size freestyle frame.
We’ve been asked many time to design something smaller for 65mm props. I have been reluctant for two reasons.

The first reason is that there were not many options for small motors and even props for quite some time. By now the popularity of such weight class has brought about many more options in terms of motors, but also good options for 16 x 16 stacks that can run such small models well.

The second reason is that I am not a fan of minimalistic frames with a POD style 3D printed or plastic canopies. And I am not a fan of bottom mounted lipo for frames made for freestyle and fun flying. Seems most freestyle frames today do not bottom mount the lipo. The word is that a top mounted lipo offers better flying characteristics. This is all debatable, but I certainly prefer a top mounted lipo.

I did not think we could make right on weight because having a top mounted lipo means more carbon parts and more hardware adding up to too much weight. So I procrastinated.

I eventually pulled out my pencils and my stencils and decided to draw something up. My goal was to make something light, strong, and it had to have a top mounted lipo. For example, looking at some 5 inch models that have a top mounted lipo, it seemed obvious that the rear end of the model needed not to have the same stack height and needed not to be so wide… These two things alone allowed for shedding enough weight that we stood a chance to make weight.

With Jason Hay’s help, we came up with a number of solutions to keep weight down while meeting our design goals.

Introducing the Armattan Tadpole.

• 65mm props
• top mounted lipo as it makes more sense for a small fun flyer/ freestyle frame. 
• custom alumi front cage fully protecting a nano cam
• custom shorter rear aluminium posts
• new rubber moulded vtx antenna mount that is modular with the custom alumi rear posts. No bolts needed.
• slightly slanted aerodynamic top lipo plate. (This is the result of shedding weight from the rear end.)
• dry frame weight (fully assembled): 17.5 grams.
  
  Running 1103s/8000kv on mine and it is silly fast. Feels like 5 inch with more agility.
  
  

  Tadpole Specs
  Frame Weight	17.5 grams
  Motor to Motor	119.5mm
  Frame Shape	Compressed X
  Main Plate Thickness	2mm
  Hardware	M2
  Motor Mount Pattern	9mm
  FC Stack Mount	16×16 or optional whoop AIO bracket
  FPV Camera Mount	Nano (14mm)
  FPV Antenna Mounts	Customer rubber holder (1.8mm)
  Max Stack Height	16mm
  Warrantied Parts	Bumper to bumper

  
  
  
  

• Recommended Components
  Motor Size	1103/8000kv
  Cams	Runcam Nano 2
  ESCs	12amp 4in1
  Prop Size	65mm or 2.5 inch
  LiPo	3S 450mAh