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Male
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San Francisco, CA
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am building a Hexacopter.
Hometown:
Mililani, HI
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"Paul, looks fantastic! Please post more photos! It makes me so happy that someone else benefitted from the design."
"I wanted to keep as many parts as possible the same as the other open source quadcopters."
"Michel - I did not create an Octocopter version. However, you can do this yourself easily using my CAD files above and AutoCAD. Just take the base plate and modify it with a layout that holds 8 spars."
"Thanks Paul! I'll post pictures of the finished hexacopter. It'd be great if you were able to post pictures of your build too!"
"David - We used Lexan instead of carbon fiber because its cheaper and easier to work with.
Cre8it - We chose water jet over laser cutting because it was easier to find a vendor that performed water jet. However, I've heard that polycarbonate is…"
Cre8it - We chose water jet over laser cutting because it was easier to find a vendor that performed water jet. However, I've heard that polycarbonate is…"
CAD layout for four framesAssembled frameWater jetting Hexacopter frames:A few friends and I built a batch of Hexacopter frames. The design is based upon the Arducopter frame, but I ended up creating all of the parts from scratch in AutoCAD. The…
"Chris thank you so much for the link. Two quick questions:
Is the center ring for the dome for the Hexacopter available somewhere?
Does the Hexacopter use the same dome arms as the Quadcopter?
Thanks!"
Is the center ring for the dome for the Hexacopter available somewhere?
Does the Hexacopter use the same dome arms as the Quadcopter?
Thanks!"
"Where are the CAD files of these frames available?"
"Issue solved. I was doing things incorrectly. For whatever reason, you cannot simply download individual files from the github repository. That will give you corrupt CAD files.
Instead, download the entire repository as a ZIP. To do so, go…"
Instead, download the entire repository as a ZIP. To do so, go…"
It looks like the Official 3DR CAD files are corrupt. I might be doing something wrong, but I'm a fairly experienced CAD user, and I've tried to be thorough. I have access to a CNC laser cutter, and I decided to cut my own Arducopter frame. I…
