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APM anti-vibration floating plate

Posted by Tissy on July 20, 2013 at 11:00am

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It looks nice, so I hope it does the job :-)

Its effectively a floating plate on specific anti-vibration grommets.  The APM then sits on anti-vibration pads.

The jDrones telemetry expansion board is also mounted onto this plate for its close proximity to the APM.

The plates are made from carbon fibre along with the rest of the OctoCopter, all designed in CAD and CNC milled.

The grommets are the same as here:

http://shockandvibration.co.uk/Soft-silicone-gel-grommets.php

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  • Moderator
    Robert Krogh (hooks) July 22, 2013 at 8:49am

    FeiyuTech recomment this for the Multicopter version of the FY41AP.

    I'm sure APM would performe even better with something like this for antivibration. Pretty easy and low cost to make in numbers.

  • Rob_Lefebvre July 22, 2013 at 7:45am

    Robert, now that is neat looking.  I only wonder why they have the links which are straight?  If they were all circles, it would be much better.  That design will isolate vertical vibes well, but fore-aft will go right through?

  • titeuf007 July 22, 2013 at 7:16am

    diydrone should sell a complet anti vibration system like this..

  • Moderator
    Robert Krogh (hooks) July 21, 2013 at 9:12am

    This solution is also working very well.

    Maybe something like this can be made for the APM?

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  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison July 21, 2013 at 1:36am

    @Harry, both Andreas and I also go the low-tech way with bamboo skewers and hot glue.  It seems to work very well.

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  • Harry July 21, 2013 at 12:18am

    You guys would cringe at how I mounted mine.  I use radioshack hookup wire tied to the frame and the APM, twisted tight.  The mounting medium is several layers of bubble wrap folded over tight and held together with masking tape.  I'm not saying vibrations are super low, but the logs say it is within tolerance, and it flies and it was cheap.

  • Ravi July 20, 2013 at 9:56pm

    nice CNC cutting. i would like to buy one but with a rectangular bottom plate for mounting in aircraft for which i have acad drawing.

  • T3
    Ted Van Slyck July 20, 2013 at 6:35pm

    How well is it working for the new Arducopter code? 

  • MR60
    Hugues July 20, 2013 at 2:16pm
    Nice. As you use onlu silicon dampening, you will filter only high frequencies. I would asvise to raise the plate you made with rubber bobins to filter lower frequencies too. This is also valid for anti vibrations camera mounts. I combined rubber and silicon on mine and it Works perfect: no jello, no vibrations.
    If you build some more I'll buy one. Let us know if you decide to produce them.
  • Tissy July 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

    Thanks guys, yes Euan, this is the second layer raised platform, so there is clearance underneath.

    Marko, I could potentially run some more off if there was enough interest, supplied with anti-vibration hardware etc.

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