Am building my FIRST MultiRotor UAV; a 3DR Quad Kit. When I got around to installing the landing legs, I decided to make two mods:
I decided to move the legs as far out on their respective arms ( closer to the motors ) for added support since I will be adding "floats" for R.O.W. ( rise off water ) operations next year. Any ideas to help waterproof my build for those times I use it for environmental water sampling would be appreciated.
The stock leg build looked a bit spindly so I got some premium model-builder's plywood and filled in the space between the two carbon fiber supports that make up each leg. Using one of the leg parts as a template, I drew then cut four plywood pieces drilling large enough holes in the wood to allow the stock stand-offs to be used. Somehow, I think this will reduce leg breakage. Tell me what you think after looking at the pix below
I have yet to mount my SPEKTRUM GEAR. I have one of their DX-18 transmitters for link-up to my "bird". I have yet to install one of their DATA LOGGERS and TM-1000 Telemetry Unit. Am not sure if I should use my AR-9020 or AR-9110 receiver. A spot of help in deciding which to use would be appreciated.
Once my QUAD KIT has had a few shake-down flights to work the bugs out, I plan on adding a remote sensing spectrometer, some physics and chemistry sensors, and an array of aircraft recognition lights that are as close to FAA regs as possible.
QUESTION: Since the only spot of colour in the 3DR logo is GREEN, why do they use BLUE as the differentiating color for the front end of the QUAD KIT ?
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