Another Quad

I'm starting to build my own quadcopter. I'm a newbie in UAV world so I'm trying to understand all the concepts behind with this project.

I started from scratch building my own IMU and all the control (I don't have a RC system yet).

Here are my specs for now:

Control Board:

Mechanical parts:

4 AX 2308n 1100kv rotor
4 Flying 20A ESC with BEC
4 8x3.8 SF Regular props (well... I cannot found pusher props here so I will use the Jose Julio's idea to turn some degrees in front and rear rotors)
3000mAh 3S mystery battery

I'm sure I have miscalculated something but for now, if it hover with some stability and control I'll be happy.

Nothing is working for now, but I did some tests with rotors and ESCs (breaking one rotor in the process).

Here are some pics of the frame and mounting:

All the photos are posted on my profile and as soon as I get the other photos with my brother I'll upload than.

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Rafael Araújo September 11, 2010 at 6:35pm

I get most parts on sparkfun and seeedstudio for eletronics. Motors, esc and batt I get here from local vendors. The DIYDrones store has some parts to start specially if you think to get a ready to fly solution for autopilot.
abhi September 11, 2010 at 8:00am

from where i could get the stuff to make a quad is anybody help me in to sort out this ???
Rafael Araújo September 8, 2010 at 4:33am

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check the links to gather some ideas.
Juan Soler September 7, 2010 at 8:08pm

Rafael,
Good luck with your build. I would suggest that you look at the following links for a starting point:
Arduino Mega & Arducopter FC or here for airframe ideas or here for the basics and even more...how about here.

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