Hi guys, sorry for the late response, ive been recovering from a quad related injury. Took off when it wasnt supposed to and cut up my fingers pretty bad. However I am now typing with all 10 fingers and they are feeling/lookking better.
Brandon - I designed it myself and cut it using a laser cutter i had access to when i was in school. You could also cut them with a cnc. The quad is mostly made out of 1/8 inch delrin. Most of the materials came from mcmaster carr and all the electronics from hobby king and 3d robotics.
John - yes it flies!! props work very well (12x6) each motor with that prop can pick up 3.3lbs at 80%ish thorttle so its a heavy lift quad. Havent had too much time to experiment, but as soon as i get some more feeling in my fingers and can fly it again ill post some videos. PIDs took a while to get right, in fact its probably not perfectly tuned yet but its quite stable. Havent had a chance to try any modes other than stable.
And as far as powerful, the very first time i flew it, i flew in in a parking garage i was still getting use to the weight/throttle response , and i got too close to the ceiling so i took off throttle so it wouldnt hit, however that ended up slamming the quad to the floor, then back to the ceiling and back to the floor then it rolled a bit haha all i broke was a motor mount. so yes pretty strong. ( I actually have video of that crash somewhere, ill post it soon)
here you go http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=... . Can't say I recommend them yet as they haven't had much testing. The only odd thing I've found so far is that the shafts on the adaptors are really thick, I had to drill larger holes on my props.
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Hi guys, sorry for the late response, ive been recovering from a quad related injury. Took off when it wasnt supposed to and cut up my fingers pretty bad. However I am now typing with all 10 fingers and they are feeling/lookking better.
Brandon - I designed it myself and cut it using a laser cutter i had access to when i was in school. You could also cut them with a cnc. The quad is mostly made out of 1/8 inch delrin. Most of the materials came from mcmaster carr and all the electronics from hobby king and 3d robotics.
John - yes it flies!! props work very well (12x6) each motor with that prop can pick up 3.3lbs at 80%ish thorttle so its a heavy lift quad. Havent had too much time to experiment, but as soon as i get some more feeling in my fingers and can fly it again ill post some videos. PIDs took a while to get right, in fact its probably not perfectly tuned yet but its quite stable. Havent had a chance to try any modes other than stable.
And as far as powerful, the very first time i flew it, i flew in in a parking garage i was still getting use to the weight/throttle response , and i got too close to the ceiling so i took off throttle so it wouldnt hit, however that ended up slamming the quad to the floor, then back to the ceiling and back to the floor then it rolled a bit haha all i broke was a motor mount. so yes pretty strong. ( I actually have video of that crash somewhere, ill post it soon)
turnigy plush 40A . The motors have a max rating of 35A so anything above that should work.