I would like to share my latest project with you guys, Above is a Short video montage I made.
If you would like to build one, here is the link to my build log that I made:
http://explorer4-quadcopter.atwebpages.com/
I originaly wanted to buy a TBS disco pro but when I priced up everything I would need I came to quite a shocking amount. I also wanted to use Arducopter purely because its great!! which the Disco pro isn't designed for.
I have already built copters before and am able to CNC cut carbon sheet, So I thought to myself Why not DIY. I priced up all the parts I would need from Hobbyking and Himodel and started planing. This is the result:
The quad itself costs about 500€ excluding the TX and Gopro, which is quite a saving. I also designed the frame with a dirty/clean setup, The middle section of the bottom plate is on rubber dampeners, the Flight controller, Brushless Gimball and most importantly the battery are on this plate. This setup drasicly reduces the vibrations on the flight controller and gimball, mostly due to the mass of the 5000Mah Li-po.
Overall I am really happy with it, Its so easy to fly thanks to the hybrid mode of arducopter and this being my first pure FPV model has made that step alot easyer. The Flight times are great too, I normaly land at about 15 mins after FPV "exploring" and there is normaly about 25-30% still left in the battery, I have had a flight in loiter mode just hovering and I got up to 20 minutes before the failsafe kicked in. There is also no problems with jello on the gopro or fpv cam, which was one of my main worries.
Specs:
- Weight: 1725g without gopro.
- Width (motor axis): 44cm
- Length (motor axis):27cm
- Length of body: 32cm
- Props: 10×4,5 carbon fiber
- Flight time: ~20mins hover or ~15mins fpv flying.
I made Build videos as I built it and have shared them at the link above, there is also a full parts list on there with links. If you like the idea and want to build one for yourself all the info you need is on there.
Let me know what you think!
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Send me a short email and ill get you one sorted out no problems.
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Keep up the great work. Once you've cut your own designs there's no going back :)
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I know what you mean about cutting your own frames, Ive done alot of different stuff but this is the first project that i have done where I wanted anyone to be able to buy the parts and build it, that why i used DJI arms... simplicity mainly.
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I'd probably just got something wrong somewhere (wouldn't be the first time!)
I've also since leasrnt how to manually adjust the mix in Arducopter and recompile in Arduino. I know what I need it to be as I have already done the math for the KK2 and Naze.
Good luck with the frame. It's really addictive isn't it?!
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