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Permalink Reply by Ruben Wijnhoven on December 30, 2011 at 7:43am

I have the latest version with the red and black arms.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Moisejev on December 30, 2011 at 2:01pm

Great to know, thanks! Ordered one a week ago, waiting for it to arrive.
Is there any space between the frame boards to put, for example, a power distribution board there?

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Permalink Reply by CyberCrash on December 30, 2011 at 10:41am

could you post a link?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Moisejev on December 30, 2011 at 2:02pm

I believe it's this one.

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Permalink Reply by Ruben Wijnhoven on December 31, 2011 at 2:55am

that is the one. And no space between the frames. But you can order for 2,50$ a distribution board at goodluckbuy that fits.

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Permalink Reply by James Roney on January 1, 2012 at 11:04pm

I too am flying this frame.  Pretty pleased with it.  Anyone willing to share there Motors, props and pids?

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Brian on January 2, 2012 at 1:09am

***** Wow, didn't know about www.goodluckbuy.com what a great site!  Thanks for excellent resource.

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Permalink Reply by James Roney on January 2, 2012 at 3:05am

Was just out flying my X525 and the motor mount snapped.  I check one of my others and it has signs of ware on it.  I purchased two of these frames so I would have spares.  I have taken a new motor mount, traced it onto fibreboard 1.5mm and have used a bench sander and drill press to make additional supports to double up the motor mount effectively increasing their strength.  I now cannot brake the motor mount with full strength using my hands.  This should resolve the weakness.  There are no signs of ware or breakage on the main frame section that I can see.

 

The break is just after the two screws holding the mount in place, where the two motor holes are.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Ruben Wijnhoven on January 2, 2012 at 7:44am

which frame do you have the one with silver legs or with black and red?

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DistributorPermalink Reply by Dany Thivierge on January 3, 2012 at 12:48pm

I have the X1 on sale on my site... http://www.canadadrones.com/ArduCopter-X1-Frame-Kit-p/x1-quad-kit1.htm

they are made by Jani at jDrones and from the same factory as the X525.  They come with the electronic tower and power distribution board.  

A nice plus is that they are all made compatible with the original Arducopter parts... 

That is why they are $89... when you add it up it's close to the goodluckbuy price but you get them fully inspected for quality! 

Shipping starts on Jan 7th! 

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Permalink Reply by Ruben Wijnhoven on January 4, 2012 at 8:25am

Dany the goodluckbuy is 40$ incl. schipping. Yours is 89$ excl.shipping you ad the power board and plates for gear. For 2,50$ you can also buy a fitting power distribution board at goodluckbuy. So 89$-42,50$ is 46,50$ + shipping for the electronic tower I think that is not real close to the goodluckbuy price? Or am I missing something here?

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Permalink Reply by James Roney on January 4, 2012 at 8:19am

Please see the embedded pic, thought this might help you...

 

1.  On the left, you can clearly see where the motor mount has broken.

2.  In the middle one you can start to see the signs of the motor mount taken strain.

3.  This is the doubler i made.  I do not glue it to the other, but simply allow all the bolts through both pieces allowing all the additional strength.

 

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