Comment by Paul Marsh on March 22, 2012 at 4:58am

I see a paradigm shift -- instead of putting a camera on a quad, put lifting props on the camera!  Neat.

Comment by Melih Karakelle on March 22, 2012 at 5:16am

@Paul, 

Yeah, maybe i can use GoPro body as a frame :D

Two photos from the outside. 

Moderator Comment by Ruwan on March 22, 2012 at 5:58am

What would be the best approach to make it efficient? I would like to design a quad to lift only a payload of a go pro, should we increase the motor KV? increase prop size? etc..

I know eCalc would help, but would like to hear ideas.

regards,

Ruwan.

Comment by sergei lupashin on March 22, 2012 at 6:14am

Cool!

Ruwan: momentum theory says that theoretical hover power is proportional to 1/r (r being prop radius). Of course this doesn't take into account motor/prop efficiency. 

Moderator Comment by Ruwan on March 22, 2012 at 6:24am

Thanks sergei. so this means, we can increase the radius a bit to make it fly around 50% throttle. 

In a scenario like this, is prop size the fist thing we should improve?

regards,

Ruwan.

@Melih, BTW forgot to mention in my last post, your video is great :)

Developer Comment by Sandro Benigno on March 22, 2012 at 7:11am

@Melih: That's super cool! When will the upgraded 6AESC be available again on Fly store?

Comment by John Moore on March 22, 2012 at 8:29am

Thats interesting. Im building (when the parts come in) a similar sized quad with the HobbyKing PCB frame and I was wondering if it could hold a GoPro.

 

 

Developer Comment by Adam Rivera on March 22, 2012 at 8:56am

Nice work! What was the total cost to build excluding the gopro?

Comment by Melih Karakelle on March 22, 2012 at 8:59am

Thanks guys :)

@Sandro: There is the link of FL6A ESCs: http://www.flytron.com/multicopter-parts/178-fl.html

We are loading Simon's ESC firmware on HK 6A ESCs. You dont need to buy from us if you have enough programming and soldering skills(pads very very small) , you can make them by your self.
Standard and Fast PWM ESC difference is huge. My Micro Quad working with every PID value after new ESCs, I guess correcting the position before PID calculations require.

Comment by ionut on March 22, 2012 at 9:06am

Very nice.This is rather a GoPro with propellers

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