"Fantastic Charles, I appreciate the ingenuity. That is a great low cost and accessible solution to attempt.
Thanks again for your suggestion. Will update if i get this figured out!"
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droner replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group
Charles lakins replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"flip the arms over and use washers if need be and make the holes bigger where they mount now so you can get the screwdriver though them of course you could also straighten the damaged part and use washers on them too"
Forrest Frantz replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"I'll add that Jim crash tests into really gnarly cactus, spiny trees, and rocky ground. When he means crash certified .... he means it."
droner replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Thank you very much Jim,
I will look at your suggestions and availability in my area. These are some great suggestions to look at!"
droner replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Hi Forrest,
Thank you for taking the time to help me out! I am not sure that I am ready to undertake changing all arms to round tubes. I will have to investigate the cost benefits to these and how to change the existing arms on the 3dr Hexa.
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Jim Frantz replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"For the newbies (me included) crashability is a worthy design requriement. I have found that AL clamps on composite tubes does not work. I have also found that securely attached motors to the firewalls is a mistake. The nice…"
Forrest Frantz replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"The long-term fix is to use round tubes. Stronger and far easier to repair and…"
droner replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Hi James,
Thanks so much for your reply. This is an option but I could get a couple replacement arms for this price. I really appreciate you taking the time to offer the link and the feedback. I will look at them in more detail.
Thanks again!!
Roger"
James Butler replied to droner's discussion HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Perhaps you could pick up a set of these and with longer screws and elastic lock nuts add them to the arms, bypassing the damaged section. Of course it would need to be done to all arms and you would need to drill the holes for mounting the…"
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HELP - Crash bent/broke motor mount at arm - FIX?
Hi everyone,My saga continues in spectacular fashion with another crash of my 3dr Hexa. I have included some pictures and looking for any suggestions on a fix for the motor mount rather than replacing the arms again.You can see from the pictures that the crash caused the motors to hit the ground and obviously torque the motor mount and cause the arm to crack.Does anyone have a suggestion on how i could repair this rather than replace the arm? I have one replacement arm but it seems a shame to…See More
Stan replied to droner's discussion Spectacular Crash - timeline - Garage test rig for Hexa? in the group ArduCopter User Group"I recently had a rtl due to the fact that my preconfigured quad came with a video transmitter on the same frequency as my Spektrum DX8 control system, 2.4ghz. Being a newbee to FPV, I opted for a preconfigured system to be safe. I see from your…"
Jethro Hazelhurst replied to droner's discussion Spectacular Crash - timeline - Garage test rig for Hexa? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Sounds pretty bad, Hopefully we will find out what went wrong, so that this can be avoided in the future."
Alexey Kozin replied to droner's discussion Spectacular Crash - timeline - Garage test rig for Hexa? in the group ArduCopter User Group"Your information is very interesting, but could publish tlog and log files?"
droner replied to droner's discussion Spectacular Crash - timeline - Garage test rig for Hexa? in the group ArduCopter User Group"For got to add you can view some of my exploits and ramblings and pictures/videos at my website http://www.airviewmedia.com. ;"
droner added a discussion to the group ArduCopter User GroupSpectacular Crash - timeline - Garage test rig for Hexa?
I have a 3dr Hexa and man I had a spectacular crash. I believe the radio connection on the APM is loose and loses connection during normal flight.Here is what happened.Fly along fine staying low and slow to get the handle on the controls (10 mins)All the sudden the machine takes off to 40 feet or so straight up (have to assume this is the fail safe kicking in going to RTL?)Raises to 40 feet or so engines cut out and it starts dropping like a stone10 feet off ground engines throttle up and it…See More
droner commented on Chris Anderson's group ArduCopter User Group"This is the same set up as I have and the 11x4.7 fit fine on mine. You may want to reach out to 3dr or udrones and ask them what is up. It would be nice if they provided some type of guide for the set up even when they are RTF but i guess thank…"
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Unboxing udrones.com 3dr Hexa APM 2.5
Posted on November 15, 2012 at 9:30pm 2 Comments 5 Likes
Just received my udrones.com hexacopter. I had been looking for reviews and information on the product before i purchased but just couldn't fine anything out there. I bit the bullet and purchased this craft from them and was happy with their service and the quality of the product when it arrived.
I went all out and bought the RTF version with all the…
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