All Blog Posts Tagged 'aluminum' (2)

Hexacopter Frame In Progress

I've been throwing around a few ideas for a hexacopter frame and have settled on a aluminum arm and fiberglass plate sandwich type frame (is there a more technical term for it?). The goal is to carry a digital SLR for aerial photography, though I'll work out the camera bits after I get past the basics of just getting it flying. From prop tip to prop tip it will be about 42 inches. The two plates in the middle are about 11.5 inches diameter and will be cut from 1/8th inch thick G10…

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Added by Luke Olson on September 14, 2011 at 10:19pm — 7 Comments

An all Aluminum ArduCopter

Here are some pics of my recently-completed first ArduCopter, which happens to made out of aluminum. I used aluminum sheets for the central frame pieces, perforated aluminum for the undercarriage, aluminum square tubes for the arms, and aluminum threaded rod to hold it together and provide a simple roll-cage. Ready to fly, including battery, it weighs in at 985 grams. It flies very stable and very well on the Alpha 1.0 code.…
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Added by Robert Beatty on October 17, 2010 at 4:00pm — 7 Comments

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