Gender
Male
About
Location
Calgary
About Me:
I am a mechanical Engineer with great interest in everything that flies.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in Aerial Photography, Long range FPV plane, and designing.
Hometown:
Cebu, moved to Calgary
Activity Feed
"Wow! looking good CliffN! I like the idea of your landing gear.."
"Thanks for the link. Nice build--really creative. My AUW will be around 1.8 to 2kgs too.."
"I agree, They (T-motor) are far more expensive than sunnysky 2814, but weighs alot lesser (20grams difference). But for now, I will go for sunnysky just to be within my budget. I am buying some apc props for testing. Still waiting for some supplies…"
"@ CliffiN. Yup a heavy quad. from the start I already knew this quad will way around 450 to 500g. way too heavy compared to 3dr quad (below 450g)."
"Very nice! Clean and sleek.."
"My design is an all aluminum frame. I already cut the parts and currently building the frame. It has got a 560mm motor-motor distance."
"@ Gary, Yes the reason that I did not use T6 aluminum is because of its tempered state-- very hard to bend, unless you anneal it. All the process will become complicated for a DIY. I used 3003 aluminum.
Wow you guessed it right! 14 inch prop is the…"
Wow you guessed it right! 14 inch prop is the…"
"@ Morli.. lol... thanks for the reminder.."
"Keep it posting. Everytime I read your posts I learn something. I am also building a quad-- regular configuration. Mission is to carry gopro and to shoot our surf trips with flight time of 15mins. A bit heavy quad thou."
"Hi Forrest,
Very inspiring and educational! Thanks.. I am taking some notes from your posts.."
Very inspiring and educational! Thanks.. I am taking some notes from your posts.."
"Thanks Hugues. I will surely keep you guys posted."
Just finished assembling the frame. looks like a tank! lol.I really have a hard time bending the arms! I decided to build a wooden brake for these arms (gave my hands a hardtime).. Bolted up with M4 x 10mm screws.Need to put some rubber grommets on…
"@Jay... Thanks sir! Still a long way thou..
@ John.. I am still thinking of the best way to mount the electronics part without the possibility of short circuiting the line. The only thing I am certain right now is that the GPS will surely be…"
@ John.. I am still thinking of the best way to mount the electronics part without the possibility of short circuiting the line. The only thing I am certain right now is that the GPS will surely be…"
Bending the parts.Test fit of the stacked up plate and Centerpiece. I really have a hard time bending the parts. I made a sheet metal brake made of wood! Checked the distances from the CAD drawing. everything seems ok. +/- 1mm-- good enough for…
"This is a 1.5mm thick aluminum 3003. I am looking at a more affordable aluminum. thou 6061 is "aircraft grade" and maybe the best material for this, I think it is a bit overkill. In my computation, the whole frame weights aprox. 475g w/ landing…"
