The worlds strongest creature is the Scarab beetle, thought by the Egyptians to have rolled the sun across the sky. We are commercial photographers / FPVpilots ourselves and we live to make our airframes efficient and stable for photography. We live for soft sunlight and beautiful video images.   The V2.2 Delrin SCARAB Carbon Tricopter is the best Tricopter money can buy for AP Ops. This is an ARF kit -  with full rotating tailboom and GoProHeroHD2 gimbal mount -  Full Carbon Electronica version -  it requires assembly  - INCLUDES electronics, gimbal, servos and engines and controller.  Has the properties of a strong CENTRAL carbon CORE - with three decks - PARIS v4r6 is mounted on a TOP-DECK - slender booms & light weight mounts have been designed to reduce airflow drag and tested to improve stability and give LONG flight times.  Central to the design is the idea that it has to be strong but light weight ; aerodynamically clean and efficient with low drag under the propeller wash zone ; Use of the common 12mm helicopter tailboom parts to provide a cheap replaceable crumple zone in the event of a crash ; that part being quickly replaced at the flying site (or simply replaced with a spare boom-pod without needing a full rebuild or a soldering iron at the flying site).  Everything is plug-in - No Soldering required :).  The front booms can be rotated/offset by small increments to provide positive-offset-thrust lines rather than the poor yaw control associated with rectangular boom frames.  This is critical for Aerial photography where multicopter have good stability but slow yaw corrections.

FlyPixUK making movies flying his TriiKopta FPV Scarab - TriiKoptas are faster and more stable than quads

FilmMaker CrazyJ - California USA - Maiden flight of his Scarab TRiiKopta (above) in strong winds - Paris Sirius 600 CPU/IMU 2.0 Code -

This pilot has advanced RC skills - If you are a beginner please dont think you can do this - CrazyJ has RC experience and pilot skill = confidence = control.  

It is a good demonstation of the ability of the TriiKopta to deliver yamazing results and even do aerobatics with a GoProHeroHDv on board

TriiKopta flown by filmMaker FlyPixUK - using a ScarabTriiKopta with Scarab Roll gimbal active (above)

TriiKopta with Scarab roll axis gimbal

(above) v2 Triikopta flight test of the prototype with PARIS Sirius IMU 

 SCARAB TriiKopta V2 Features

1. Strong central core - 2mm 3K twill 90° weave FULL carbon - 3 layer decks (included)
2. 3 Slender removable tubular booms (2 x sets are included - CF and Aluminium sets)
3. NEW rotating tailboom with embedded metal gear servo
4. New V2 engine locks
5. New v2 boom holders with grub screw locks
6. New super tough SCARAB GoProHeroHD2 ROLL gimbal with metal gear servo - keeps your GoPro video level while you bank left or right in turns
7. Pre-determined crumple zones - the cheapest part - the common helicopter 12mm Carbon booms.  Keeps the engines and the core from absorbing the impact forces - should that ever be necessary.
8. Trii landing gear stable on any surface - full reflex - insect syling - carbon 3K weave (included)
9. Designed to use  CarbonBird 775kv motors
10. Positive yaw control.  The Tail rotor provides a special feel that no other multicopter can provide - mainly because yaw control is not mixed with attitude control like all other multicopters
11. Our custom made CarbonBird motors have factory extented wires - Wires are installed internally
12. Long flight times due to low weight and streamlined slender carbon booms - 10-15mins (depending on density altitude/temp and flying style)
13. Simple strong and light weight CF Carbon Fiber engine mounts and new v2 metal locks (included)
14. PARIS Sirius™ v4 r6 USB - Auto LEVEL - Auto HDG hold compass MAG - Full roll gimbal control - High altitude BARO control - Works with Futaba;JR;Spektrum;HiTec;Airtronics Sanwa;FrSky; Turnigy 9x; Robbe; Gruapner - infact works with any 6Ch RC radio/Rx with PPM.
15. Stable in wind - Can be flown indoors or outdoors in high wind
16. PC and Mac compatible tuning - Radio Tx and PARIS tuning via USB - requires PC skills to load drivers and JAVA
17. Flight simulator available this website - NOT included

• v2.2 Version now features Delrin™ boom holders and rotating boom holders !
• Optimised for AP/FPV Tricopter (designed to be fitted with a GoPro® Hero HD camera - pre-installed mount on the front - see photo - GoPro camera is NOT included)
• Standard 620mm diameter between opposite engine centres (booms can be cut shorter if required for stunt filming)
• Carbon Landing Gear is pre-drilled.  
• Weight - Carbon Triikopta v2.2 Delrin SCARAB 12 typical weight with engines and all electronics; with 2 metal gear servos ; with Gimbal  in 760grams (with CarbonBird® engines) or 965grams with GoProHeroHD2 in underwater housing -  
• Recommended 4SLiPo battery weight is 195-280g on top of that 4S2250.  Adding a bigger LiPo is not smart! - rather buy several of the correct sized - return & land - change LiPo - fly again - Use Quannum Telemetry ALWAYS for individual cell monitoring.  A light weight Tricopter is a gift from heaven - a heavy tricopter is dog - so We strongly recommend you understand this issue of weight of silly sized LiPos!
• Included props are 4S 9050 Triples available on this site.  These super light high RPM props are so safe because they are soft plastic and represent a NON-lethal alternative to dangerous TREX style aerial camera solutions.
• RoHS lead free
• Fully tested by experienced independant RC MultiwiiCopter pilots - SCARAB is already flying worldwide in the hands of hundreds of Aerial Photograpers - now even better in V2 - see videos page
• Designed and manufactured by us after real work flight tests - here in AUSTRALIA at MulticopterPilot.com.  Not available on any other website.

Includes

• 1 x PARIS Sirius™ v4r6 USB - Tricopter pre-programmed - pre calibrated - Plug and Play (requires Transmitter calibration first - (full instructions included) - Works with ANY 6Ch Tx/Rx - see recommend list at bottom of this page
• 3 x 12mm Carbon booms 260mm
• 3 x 12mm Aluminium booms 260mm (trainer colours)
• 3 x 2mm Full Carbon 3K 90° weave decks (2 large 150mm and one small 100mm) - this real Carbon - not fake venner like other helicopters
• 2 x v2 adjustable boom holders with grub screw (front booms)
• 1 x v2 rotating boom mount in Delrin™ (tail rotor)
• 1 x v2 rotating roll gimbal mount in Delrin™ (GoProHeroHD2 mount)
• 3 x v2 engine locks - red anodised CNC
• 4 x Custom SCARAB Carbon landing gear Insect style legs curved
• 6 x Props 9050 CW (x3) and CCW(x3) suitable for 4s Ops  ( Actually very easy to balance using supplied holographic blade tape)
• 3 x CarbonBird® Motors wound for 4S - 775kva - with German ZEN bearings and long silicon wires
• 4 x 20mm nylon stand-offs for lower mezzanine deck
• 4 x 6mm nylon stand offs for PARIS board
• M2 stainless steel bolts, nylon bolts and nuts - see photo at right
• 2 x Servo pitch change Rod - ball end - balls
• CF servo mounting plate 26mm slot size
• 3 x 18amp Carbonbird ESCs - HobbyWing - the best ESC with the latest CPU - plugs directly into PARIS 600
• 1 x Hobbywing ESc programming card
• 2 x metal gear servos - - tested and flown extensively - perfect compatibility
• 1 x Servo tester to set mid point for the servos without needing the radio or the PARIS turned on
• 1 x 3300 uF capacitor - smooths power
• 4 way power distribution lead JST ->XT60
• 140mm circumference Velcro strap for recommend LiPo size (2200-2650Mah 4S)
• Adhesive Velcro for LiPo postioning
• 3 x Zip-tie ropes for ESCs
• 1 x 1.57mm (1/16th ") German toolsteel Allen wrench L keys for tightening the boom holders 
• 1 x SCARAB Pro frame tool Wiha 1.57mm (1/16th ") - German toolsteel - Allen wrench
• 1 x Holographic blade tape - for prop safety
• Noobs guide -  ENGLISH building guide PDF written by a Grade 1 Flight Instructor Helicopters  - User manual - Download it here