Custom config with the 3DR Y6 frame?

Posted by Get Lucky on September 6, 2014 at 9:43am

Hi guys,

I'm considering 'building' a Y6 copter. I have been quite surprised by the few affordable Y6 frames available. 

Anyway, the 3DR Y6 frame seems a pretty choice: quite cheap for the quality (I hope so...), foldable, not super-large, elegent...

What I dislike however is the very information available on this frame: what flight controller can we use? apart from APM? What are the motors holes dimensions?... 

My will is to use this frame but with custom components : maybe a CRIUS board, some SunnySky motors, AfroESCs, a pan/tilt mount for a FPV camera (the FatShark 600TVL for instance)... But I'm not sure wether I can use these or not.

I undertand I can use any motors assuming I have the correct dimensions, so as the FC. But I don't have those dimensions :-/

If you could help me here, that would be kind. :-)

Thanks

ps: I apologize if all of that seems obvious or dumb.. Quite a newbie here!

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  • Get Lucky September 7, 2014 at 1:16am

    Thank you very much Justin and DG! Your replies are much appreciated. :)

    @DG: you seem to exactly understand what I'm going through! And that's why I'm posting here: it is really hard to find official infos about this frame, its dimensions and building possibilities...

    Just one more thing though: should we stick to the rectangular shape of the ArduPilot / Pixhawk board? Or is it possible to use the more common 50x50mm shape? Well, sure we can, but is it as convenient as if we would use an ArduPilot?

    Thanks again. :-)

  • DG September 6, 2014 at 4:50pm

    You can pretty much use any FC/ESC/Motor/FPV combo you want. It's picking the matching components and hooking everything up that's the problem and why I bought the DIY kit. Just make sure you do a LOT of research before endeavoring on a project blind.

    It's a piece of cake to modify the arms for different motors. As Justin said, if you use the "+" motor mounts simply drill a hole through both sides of the arm to accommodate the motor mount screw. Inside the arm, secure at least one motor with 2 screws.

    3DR "+" motor mount: I would think there is a standard bolt pattern for each class of motor. Some motors have multiple hole patterns, like the KDE. 

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  • Justin Hardin September 6, 2014 at 10:01am
    The motor mount holes are 16mm apart on the aluminum arm based 3dr multi rotors. I'm running tiger mt2216 motors with Afro slims. I did have to drill an additional hole in the aluminum arms to allow for the shaft on the tigers which protrudes a bit more than the standard 3dr motors.
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