The Mini Mamba mini quadcopter has been updated and this is version 2 which has many improvements over the original.
Although I did angle the Mobius camera platform, clearly, without the props also tilted, this machine could do with even more angle on the cameras.
Just like the original, this mini quadcopter handles very nicely and has a good turn of speed, given its somewhat larger size than most other 250 class miniquads such as the Blackout Mini H, ZMR250, QAV250 and MXP230.
Although perhaps not as nimble as the smaller miniquads, it will hold its own in racing and, as you’ll see in part 2 of this review, its very tough. In part 2 I’ll also include footage shot with the props angled at 10 degrees so you can compare the difference.
The review frame was provided for review by Quadrysteria:
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Good thing that cyclone passed you guys by.
Can you do a comparison of increasing motor mountaing angle and effects on
top-speed and hoverability. Is there a maximum recommended angle before
escs start getting confused? Looking forward to part 2
Mini Mamba V2 mini quadcopter review (part 1):
My Bolt250 comes in at 362 before battery 🙂
It looks like it flys well Bruce
It’s pav! Your bolt 250 is a beast! So light and quick, and pretty much
took a tree down 🙂 (Ben)
+EpicRC Lol Ben sshhh we don’t want everyone getting a hold of one .
Hahhaha, did you even apologize to that tree? Lol ahaha
You are so cute with your white Santa beard 😉 :-)
Bruce, There’s a strange sucking noise on the flight video, do you think
that’s an aerodynamic effect of the open carbon tube arms?
Camera set perfectly. Pilot just flying too close to the ground. Get
altitude and you will see eventually the camera can not even see the
ground. So de elevate the camera angle and elevate the quad. Nice to see
the sport pushing the limits.
i gotta get me one these
Have you had any luck with the CAA or the airport as far as letting you fly
in the future? Anything?
+amtpdb1 No… CAA appear to be sock-puppets to MFNZ and MFNZ aren’t going
to change their tune so no light at the end of that tunnel.
Silly question Bruce, but how do YOU wire up your Sony 600tvl board cam?
I use a little 5v cam straight from the Immersion Tx which in turn is
hooked up to a power filter. But how would I power the 12v 600tvl (which
handles the light change far better) without getting interference because
it isn’t powered through a filter?
I guessing there is an easy answer, but its not clear to me!
If it’s the same cam that I use, it will happily run on the same supply.
They are rated from 5v to 22v so I assume they have a built in reg.
I will plug one in and see what happens? I just thought they were 12v only.
Looks smooth Bruce =]
Very nice bruce, Nice flying quad. Your flying has improved quite a bit
too! Keep it up brother.
-Bill
… nice Mini Mamba gets complexity but is far away from the original mini
quad idea, small-light-fast, isn’t it?
Bruce! That’s it! That’s it! That’s the scale that Ive been trying to
figure out the brand of. Can you please tell me what brand of scale that
is? Please please please!
Hi Bruce, noticed you were using 2 antennas on your skyzones. Do you always
have to attach 2 or can you run just one? Thanks, matt
+7322matthewc You can fly with one but using two gives you the benefit of
diversity.
Nice review Bruce. Interesting quad frame.
More tilt on the Mobius. You are getting too good.
Any chance you could review the Tarrot 250?? I would love too know if it’s
as rubbish as everything else they make. Actually to be fair it looks like
a nice clean frame just with worryingly thin Carbon arms.
first day of spring here in the USA Bruce
Quads are great except that when you throttle up/forward motion you loose
the horizon and cant see ahead of it.
Love your angled Mobius platform! nice idea.
Hey Bruce, great flight! I wonder how long it will take til your bloody
Council kicks you out of Dunham Park since it is a direct extension of the
Tokoroa Airfield runway.
This situation of yours is so sad and frustrating. I hope your council
comes to sense anytime soon!
is there any frame model that natively allows setting different motor
angles? can anyone more knowledgeable than me point me any option?
I wonder how hard it would be to set up a servo operated tilt on those
arms. 🙂
You could put on a switch and mix it with the throttle so more throttle
means more tilt when the switch is on.
Be pretty freaky to fly. :)
Why do you have to use two cameras on the front? Why cant you just record
off of the fpv signal? And which camera is the fpv camera?
Why do you have to use two cameras on the front? Why cant you just record
off of the fpv signal? And which camera is the fpv camera?
Is it just me or has anyone else commented about your uncanny resemblance
to American actor Brian Cranston (AKA “Heisenberg”) of Breaking Bad? You
need a Fedora hat and some glasses and you could fool a bunch of folks!
Nice flying, and smooth build :)
El DOC XD
love your Chanel, you did one on who called the “COPS” would like to chat
about that project. working on something, and would hate to do alot of work
that someone else has done if you wish to share
lol
How long is flight time per battery???
30 mins??? One hour???
Very nice workaround the positioning camera.
I wonder if anyone came up with idea of simple 1-dimensional gimbal which
would keep your FPV camera on horizon level regardless of quad forward
tilt.
Love your reviews from USA !! (New Hampshire) …
It looks to me like the flat arms are just not as nice as they could be…
Has anyone given any thought to aerodynamic fairing on the quad arms that
are in the wash ??
I am thinking that this “could” increase effeciency quite a bit overall
…. Your thoughts ??
Thanks..
I see you are using the Flyzone goggles with the front facing camera.
Watched your review on it from a short while ago. Still like it? I am
thinking about getting one.