I have had my 3D printed quad finished for a while now. I have been working on a 3D printed tricopter, anti-vibration mounts, gimbals and some other fun stuff. I finally buckled down and put a short video together of some print time-lapses and some videos of the quad in the air. She flies very well with an old kk Blackboard but I would like to add an APM or a Naza onto it.
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Thanks Jake good to know. I have been looking at upgrading my flight controller.
Mike, hands down I like the APM.
Earl, the files are up on http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32281#comment-983245615. .STLs are ready to print. I'd love to see it when you get it printed!
Jake, which do you like better the NAZA or APM?
Steve, yes its awesome to see that it actually flies. The material is very inexpensive maybe about $10 max for everything but it does take a while to print everything. About 10 hours per completed frame with arms and go pro case etc. I'm printing with ABS but other people have been successful with printing in PLA. I just use sketchup to model my things, its very easy to learn.
Fantastic! Most be very satisfying to have her in the air now.
Could you estimate the cost of the print material? What material are you using? And what software do you use to do the 3D files?
That flies very well for a old kk board. Love to see it with a NAZA or better yet an APM. My NAZA is in a drawer.
Can you post the 3d files? I have a replicator 1 and 2 and would like to try this.
Earl
Just takes a little while to print a part out. Roughly about an hour per arm. But yeah it is nice to just hit print :)