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MUGEN Mk II (the evolution of our first arducopter & the design of a robust landing gear!)

Posted by nicolas B on February 26, 2013 at 1:00pm

Hello,

 Our first version of the arducopter has evolved and "MUGEN Mk II" now has some quite robust (although heavy) landing gear!

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I've set up some pages to share some details about both versions: here for the first version, and here for MUGEN Mk II.

This includes the blueprints for the custom laser cut parts, some photos, and a power benchmark for the jDrones motors, ESC and props along with the different Lipo I had in stock:

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We made some videos too!

Here is a first video (in french only, sorry!) to introduce our quadcopter:

And here's another one showing MUGEN Mk II flying in the french Alps!

 

Have fun! (^_^)

Nicolas

 

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  • nicolas B February 27, 2013 at 8:11am

    Yes, that would be a good improvement!

    But I don't know where to find a light/small/plastic version of such type of wheels ?

  • JP February 27, 2013 at 5:34am

    awesome !! thank you .. 

  • nicolas B February 27, 2013 at 5:20am

    You can build them yourself ? You can have the parts cut at a laser shop using the blueprints given here (I used 2mm acetal sheets). I guess that the rest (RC car shock absorbers, RC plane foam wheels, 3mm nuts & bolts) could be found at any decent RC shop ?

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  • JP February 27, 2013 at 5:01am

    really cool.. where can I get landing gear like that?? 

  • OlivierD. February 26, 2013 at 5:29pm

    Génial ce quad. Et le ammortos, une idée de génie! 

    Awesome quad, and the shock absorbers are brilliant.!

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