New Frame Concept | CFP - T MK-03

by crlock | July 28, 2013 | (4) Posted in Projects

Hi guys, this past few months i've been working on a tricopter concept a little bit different.
The ultimate goal of this frame is to be able to have different COG's in one platform. Wether it is for fpv, or stunts.
I'm not the best of pilots, in fact i'm still learning to fly multirotors, so i could not be the best of judges to decide if it is a good flight platform or not, i'll leave that to you guys ;)

this is the mark-02, here are the three positions of the arms. Normal - High - Low COG


The material here was pretty weak, i think you call it plywood (terciado aquí en chile) so i needed something stronger and stiffer, the plywood began to get crooked with time and temperature changes. Enters the Carbon fiber.

I loved it, Super strong, and relatively easy to work with. much more heavier than the plywood, of course because of the thikness i went with. 3mm is too much, for the next frame, i will use 2mm, and i think that will be more than enough for my needs.

The overall weight ended being around 1300 grams (3lbs), with everything on it 3S battery and gopro.

This is the vibration dampening system i designed using sophisticated materials and stuff and rubber, never underestimate the power of rubber bands :cool:

As soon i have onboard footage, i'll post some videos of the dampening system.

The switch to power the board, simple elegant and very handy

 

Landing pads, not the most sophisticated, but works great :)

The belly of the beast, the battery fits very nicely and you can move it forward or backwards if you have the gopro installed or not.

 

Yaw mechanism, very simple and designed to protect the servo. if you crash, the connecting rods simply snap away from the moving arms, and you save your servo

and a video of the rig flying. i have not set up the self level on the KK2 board yet, tomorrow i will, maybe it will be even more stable :)

 

I have to mention, i took the idea from Ghost recon FS and the Recon Drone, here is a pic. 


of course that dron is equiped with emp grenades, frag grenades and heat vision. i have to settle with gopro vision 

Hope you guys like it, i'm fixing a few bugs i found, i will post the plans once i have them finished. Stay tunned

Cheers

 

COMMENTS

celulari on August 14, 2013
Wenas compadre!!!! Es bueno ver a un compatriota innovando en el hobby!!! Te queria preguntar, de donde conseguiste la fibra de carbono??? Me vendria bastante util.
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crlock on April 16, 2014
uh sorry compadre, no habia visto este hilo en meses, si te sirve aun, la fibra la compro en ebay y sale re barata, con un dremel, los cortes quedan filete. tengo otro diseƱo de tricoptero en espera de que lo publiquen por si te interesa ;)
de que parte eres tu? santiago?
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New Frame Concept | CFP - T MK-03