Multirotor, multicopter and quadcopter discussion - The Drone thread

DJMK4 said:
One thing I did notice, is there are these in the kit, do these go through the rubber dampners or something that are attached to the platform at the top of the kit? can anyone tell me what the circled parts are in RED are supposed to go? cant see them on the pictures that came with the kit, and looked on google images too cant see to locate where these are supposed to go]
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They go through the dampers to make sure they don't fly apart in a crash.
 
Rilot said:
They go through the dampers to make sure they don't fly apart in a crash.
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Cool thanks


Took a guess and just soldered on 2 x LED strips (can always re-solder they are no quite the colour I want).

However I spilt some solder on to one of the copper edges, whilst trying to get the solder off this happened (its not burnt, but the copper edge peeled off

I dont think its going to cause a problem is it?

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Rilot, can you let me know where you soldered your battery connection on to ? Which + - ? What type wire did you use for your battery connection? I need to order some wire, and another pack of XT60 connectors

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I soldered the battery leads to the rearmost connections on the left. The ones that are just back from that arm's ESC connections. I use XT60 connectors on all of my craft. The wire I used was just some 14awg wire I had kicking around I think. Not very thick as these little quads don't draw a huge current.
 
Rilot said:
I soldered the battery leads to the rearmost connections on the left. The ones that are just back from that arm's ESC connections. I use XT60 connectors on all of my craft. The wire I used was just some 14awg wire I had kicking around I think. Not very thick as these little quads don't draw a huge current.
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Cool thanks will get some wire ordered along with my XT60 connectors tomorrow.

Do you have a final build PIC?
 
So is there no way at all to test what colour the LED's are without a proper battery pack? The frame kit is the only thing I have bought so far .
 
There should be, but I don't have anything handy, and don't know if I'm going to blow stuff up by using a 4s, I wa hoping I could just test with an aa battery and a wire but it didn't work

I can always swap them if its not the correct colour
 
Thought it was about time i posted some pictures of my 3D printed quad. Pictures aren't the best and I'm still looking at changing it around a bit.

Had a few flights with it, just trying to learn slowly.






And a short video from my first flight, i've already removed the landing skids and i didn't like them.

 
Am looking at some 4s batteries now to contrast with the higher capacity 3s I already have.

Was looking at a few 6,000mAh turnigy lipos as they're not much more than 5,000 and are still lighter than my current 8,400's!
 
Is there anywhere I can look to pick up the basics of what is required to build one of these things? I use HK a lot for my RC car racing but never bought anything to fly from there.

I race and build RC cars so am OK with lipos and the like but not sure where to start to build something that will carry a GoPro. I have a Spektrum DX6i if that can be used but have sprung the throttle stick as its used for a RC truck/crawler.

I've just hatched a plan to build one, learn how to fly it and then take it with me to Chernobyl in October - so it needs to be able to pack small. (seen some footage of a lad who did it a while back).
 
This thread is as good as any for picking up the basics. Half the people in here have been taught about multirotors by the other half :p

For a Go Pro your looking towards a 450mm sized frame. However I am planning to build a tricopter that will carry a Go Pro and has the advantage of folding up for transport.

Initially I'd suggest you get one of the very cheap mini quads like the Hubsan X4 to see how you get on.
 
Rilot did you manage to line your motors up so that the motor wire is going directly straight down the arm? not to the side sort of.

Cant mount this with the wires going straight, not doing my OCD any good at all.

Where are you mounting your Naze32? do you have a case for your Naze? Or some sort of mounting to fix it to the model?


The dampners being at the front with those plastic things that go through them, if you have the camera cover on the front of the quad is a slight design flaw I noticed, means the damper, well, doesnt do any dampning. Also I noticed the legs move about quite a bit on these! Pretty much because you have to force them on, and it results in a lot of play once you eventually get them on


Trying also to find best place to mount the ESCS, did you mount them on the arm? top/bottom?


If anyone has some close up pics that would be great
 
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DJMK4 said:
Do you have a final build PIC?
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I will do tomorrow once I've put the new motors on it and put it back together again. Then again, I might change the ESCs too. Hmm. It never stops.......

Lisapete said:
So what Lipo charger have all of you been using then?
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I use an iCharger 308DUO connected to two 500W server PSUs wired in series to give a 24V 1000W input.

http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbykin...UO_1300W_Dual_Channel_8s_Balance_Charger.html

Means I can charge 2 of my 6S packs at 12A each at the same time.
 
Cool cheers, just need to find best place to put things. As I dont have room between the arm and frame, I'm going to have to mount my escs either on the arms, or Inside the main frame.

Going to need to get some standoffs for the naze tomorrow aswel from somewhere, did use use some standoffs and the just nuts on the other side?
 
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