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3D printed quadcopter with detachable arms - Part2: Flight test

Posted by Alejandro Martin Pirola on May 11, 2013 at 9:00pm

The last post I show you pictures of my 3D printed quad. It took me more than thought to test it in flight.  The climate and labor, plotted.

Test flight was successful. It flew solid, pretty stable, less noisy than my other models (May be I'm getting deft). 
3s 4000mah LiPo = 10 min.

I have to work on it lighter. I have some ideas. But for now I'll finish the gimbal G3.

For more info please visit: https://www.facebook.com/Argfly

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  • Crashpilot1000 May 13, 2013 at 4:41pm

    I don't know if it's a good idea to ziptie lipos. I think they need some "breathing" room. BTW the normal alarming voltage on a std. cheapo liposaver is too low. When the cheapos beep you are already damaging the lipo.

  • Alejandro Martin Pirola May 13, 2013 at 10:23am

    Federico, a Makerbot Replicator clone called Flashforge. Thanks the battery holder idea came from rotite.com
    Thanks Starwalt.
    Roberto, thanks I saw your wonderful models, and I'm looking forward for flight tests. The big problems were:

    1-ABS Warping: large peaces needed special anchor surfaces to avoid it. But very large peaces as main body, suffered random layering cracks that I did sealed with ABS acetone solution. BTW arms + special archors  didn't suffered it, couse are not too large on Z axis.

    2-Joints: arms joints, battery holder needed to be printed a couple of times til achieve the exact friction wanted.

    3-Weight: I need to make it lighter, maybe 150 or 200 gr. I think it's possible couse some peaces as main body has too thin walls, some structural problems can be resolved with local nerves in order to avoid large thin walls. 

    4-Large peaces sliced to fit my printer plate were glue together using acetone ABS solution, 

  • Tero Koivunen May 12, 2013 at 11:01am

    Waiting STL-files ;-)

  • Muhammad Al-Rawi May 12, 2013 at 10:23am

    Your battery clip is brilliant!

    Nice to see it up in the air. Great job. 

    How much does it cost in material to print the whole thing?

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    Roberto Navoni May 12, 2013 at 9:43am

    Great Job Ale :) What' kind of printer are you using for print your frame ? What' kind of problem do you found for produce it ? How many hours need ? 

    Best

    Roberto

  • Sebastian Pometti May 12, 2013 at 5:47am
    Great Job Ale, and nice music too! I want one of this and the best thing is I don't have to pay custom tax!!!!
  • R. D. Starwalt May 12, 2013 at 5:46am

    Ooops - APM I see. (Should have read the previous post)

    Mea Culpa!

    -=Doug

  • R. D. Starwalt May 12, 2013 at 5:45am

    Outstanding! Congratulations on the project.

    What control electronics are you using?

    3D print on!

    -=Doug

  • Roberto Bonfim May 12, 2013 at 4:59am

    Nice project and a good job! 

  • Federico Boldori May 12, 2013 at 2:48am

    And the battery holder, nice idea! 

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