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Anti-vibration APM mount

Posted by Tissy on April 27, 2013 at 11:00am

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I have been looking into my own method of mounting the APM with antivibration in mind.

To this end I wanted to source some freely available components specifically designed to reduce vibration.

I found a couple of such products which I am hoping will be ideal.

These coupled with a custom mounting plate, I am hopeful it will be a good solution.

First the mounting plate which will be cut from 1.5mm carbon fibre.


3689518691?profile=originalIn each corner of the above plate will be an antivibration softgel bush which allow the plate to "float" on the main construction plate.

 

The APM case is then fixed to the mounting plate using SoftGel 15mm x 15mm x 5mm cube pads.

 

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I'd be interested in any views people may have.

I have the parts here ready, but thought i would throw my prosal to the masses before the CF plate is cut.

Steve

 

 

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  • MR60
    Hugues April 28, 2013 at 2:23pm
    Agree with wraith. Tried these too and my conclusion: unusable. It is too soft and therefore does not hold the part that is to be isolated!
  • Ravi April 27, 2013 at 9:09pm

    i had been playing with silicon earplugs with 10mmx6mm and 3mm internal hole.

  • Gary McCray April 27, 2013 at 4:31pm

    These are great and should work really well, I have posted links to them on the new Arducopter Wiki anti vibration page.

  • Tissy April 27, 2013 at 3:48pm
    Thanks Anton. I do also have a sheet of du-bro foam, however people seem to have had better success with a floating plate and mounting the APM just on the 4 corners to minimise the surface area.
  • Tissy April 27, 2013 at 11:32am

    The bushes are the S5 - http://www.gelmec.co.uk/GelmecSoftSiliconeGelGrommets.html

    The SoftGel cubes are http://www.gelmec.co.uk/GelmecSoftSiliconeGelTape&Chips.html and supplied on a sheet of 25.

    I'll let you know how I get on and post some pictures.

  • Jeroen van de Mortel April 27, 2013 at 11:23am

    where did you finde those rubbers ( the first right photo)?

  • Joshua Johnson April 27, 2013 at 11:16am

    I love the recent enthusiasm in anti-vibration considering that vibration can make your camera/photo quality horrible and can mess with your autopilot!  

    Keep up the good work!,

    Josh

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