After some years of experimenting with copters and fixed wings there was a need for a flying system with flexible mounting options for different sensors, transmitters and other payloads. It is made of cheap materials, easy to get and easy to repair. The bars are made out of 15x15x1 mm aluminium, the rest is 3D printed on a Prusa Mendel in ABS. All parts are assembled with nylon screws, the parts are printed with the appropriate holes, pre drilled for precision and finally threads are cut in using a cordless screw driver which makes it a matter of seconds per hole.
The design is robust with straight edges so there will always be a place for some additional antenna, a cam or a sonic sensor. On it's back it has a small platform which will be a good place for some metallic baseplate if an additional antenna is to be mounted.
If there is a need, it will be easy to reduce materials to achieve less weight, right now it flies for about 8 minutes on a 4000 mAh LiPo pack. This battery pack can be inserted into the fuselage from the front, on the bottom side you will find a sliding mechanism which makes it easy to mount a cam or something else just by changing the component. If there is a need for a longer flight time, some additional battery can be attached as well.
The files are made with google sketchup, if you want to have them just let me know.
Thanks to all of you, Happy New Year,
Tom
Comments
Hy Tomáš,
I would not mind at all, just send me your mail adress and I will reply with the plans.
It seems really nice, good job. Would you mind, sharing the plans?
Hy Joshua, hy Merik,
the file is made with sketchup, version 8.014346,
just send me your mail adress so I can reply with the sketchup file.
Regards,
Tom
Nice looking airframe. Will you share the model files?
Amazing Model! Are you using Sketchup8?
Oh, and I love the zip ties.... I'm a huge fan of zip ties :)
Nice work; I've been working on something similar, it is very good to see more people making. Thank you for sharing.