Thanks for the info and the links, Mark. I'm currently designing and upgrade to my cheap HobbyKing sourced quad to something a bit more solid. I'm planning to mount a camera gimbal, but I also want to travel (possibly international) with it so I'm looking for portability. I was seriously looking at the quadframe.com frames but wanted something a little more portable/lighter, so I'm thinking of trying out the Tarot foldable quad. Hopefully it's sturdy enough for a GoPro sized camera rig.
These quadframe.com frames look like amazing frames though, and not too expensive. I'll probably end up building a more substantial camera rig out of one of these eventually.
I currently have APM 2.5 with the uBlox GPS, but have always had trouble mounting it above the motor plane (like the NAZA gps). I would like to just buy a mount that gets it up in and away from all the other electronics. I'll be waiting for your pics!
Motors are "Robbe ROXXY 2827-35". That's a derivate of "Robbe ROXXY 2827-34". (It has longer cables and a shorter shaft, which would allow for double-side mount (octa-quad) if needed. Max thrust should be around 850g at 10A with a 10" prop. (I expect these motors to be rather weak for my setup. Originally I was up to use a different frame but that was a bit wonky. So in the middle of the build I switched to a NAOS frame made by quadframe.com / quadframe.de)
LiPos are 2 x 3000mAh 4S. So it will be like 6000mAh 4S. Each is about 350g.
I cannot tell you much about the ESCs except they are 30A with BEC and SimonK firmware. They seem to be rebranded and until now I didn't remove the plastic seal from any of them. Automatic calibration via APM 2.5 worked out of the box so I didn't bother.
The frame including ESCs, motors, APM is at 1700g (without LiPos).
The GPS mount will arrive in a few days. I'll update the album when completed. For tomorrows maiden flight I will mount it "rough-and-ready" :)
Looks great! What motors/esc/battery combo are you using on this? I'd also be interested to see how you are mounting the GPS when you get that finished.
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Thanks for the info and the links, Mark. I'm currently designing and upgrade to my cheap HobbyKing sourced quad to something a bit more solid. I'm planning to mount a camera gimbal, but I also want to travel (possibly international) with it so I'm looking for portability. I was seriously looking at the quadframe.com frames but wanted something a little more portable/lighter, so I'm thinking of trying out the Tarot foldable quad. Hopefully it's sturdy enough for a GoPro sized camera rig.
These quadframe.com frames look like amazing frames though, and not too expensive. I'll probably end up building a more substantial camera rig out of one of these eventually.
I currently have APM 2.5 with the uBlox GPS, but have always had trouble mounting it above the motor plane (like the NAZA gps). I would like to just buy a mount that gets it up in and away from all the other electronics. I'll be waiting for your pics!
Thanks Ryan!
Here's some information:
Motors are "Robbe ROXXY 2827-35". That's a derivate of "Robbe ROXXY 2827-34". (It has longer cables and a shorter shaft, which would allow for double-side mount (octa-quad) if needed. Max thrust should be around 850g at 10A with a 10" prop. (I expect these motors to be rather weak for my setup. Originally I was up to use a different frame but that was a bit wonky. So in the middle of the build I switched to a NAOS frame made by quadframe.com / quadframe.de)
LiPos are 2 x 3000mAh 4S. So it will be like 6000mAh 4S. Each is about 350g.
I cannot tell you much about the ESCs except they are 30A with BEC and SimonK firmware. They seem to be rebranded and until now I didn't remove the plastic seal from any of them. Automatic calibration via APM 2.5 worked out of the box so I didn't bother.
The frame including ESCs, motors, APM is at 1700g (without LiPos).
The GPS mount will arrive in a few days. I'll update the album when completed. For tomorrows maiden flight I will mount it "rough-and-ready" :)
Looks great! What motors/esc/battery combo are you using on this? I'd also be interested to see how you are mounting the GPS when you get that finished.