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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 24, 2012 at 3:28pm

Excited about the idea. Looks way too heavy for small aircrafts, but should be beefy enough for large ones. Will it come with standups and mounting bolts? We are looking for a "black box" for our APM 2.0 that has a opening for a DB25 connector (as this is what we are using as our wire harness for the APM 1.0)

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Weeks on February 24, 2012 at 3:45pm

The box in the pic is an example of another type of box..

The box I am thinking about will be open on both ends with rubber mounts pre mounted on the outside..

Its more of a crash case as it will totally protect the APM2 from any crash... It will also block the wind

so the pressure sensor works better; will increase mass of the APM2 so it will be far less susceptible

to vibration.   I thin clear plastic slide in, cover will all that covers up the GPS  

This aluminum box will be far too small for DB25

I can make these boxes no problem… I am having trouble finding affordable rubber mounts…  $6-$9 each is just too much

Eddie Weeks

www.jetlens.com

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Permalink Reply by Javier Robaina on February 24, 2012 at 5:11pm

Hi I am using a silent block. of a computer, does not fit all but blocked. not even shaking itout. so it is quite safe and absorbs vibrations very well.

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Permalink Reply by Dan "HotSeat" Neault on February 26, 2012 at 6:48am

Sorry but it's easier just to laser cut sheets of plastic,carbon, or aluminum, then mill out solid billet.

I have access to both a 5 axis mill, and a 4 Kw solid state YAG freq 5 axis laser (cuts 3" thick steel), at work, and I find the laser quicker and less set up / wasted material.

 

I'll take some pic's and show you all a build up (cut out pieces stacked together)

 

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