Armattan Tadpole 2.5-inch FPV Freestyle Quad Frame
Armattan have been asked many times to design something smaller for 65mm props, but 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 16x16 stacks that can run such small models well. The second reason is that they are not a fan of minimalistic frames with a POD style 3D printed or plastic canopies. And also 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 Armattan certainly prefer a top mounted LiPo. This year, though, they pulled out their pencils and my stencils and decided to draw something up. Their goal was to make something light, strong, and it had to have a top m