Current design will have two center plates like most of multirotors have, it also have carrier boards to carry electronics like APM, APM shield and Receiver. Another carrier board will be mounted under main frame to be as a battery holder it also creates supporting base for future landing gear addon.
It's been planned to have a power distribution board above center plates.
Square center plate having X setup, it also holds + setup on this board
Center plate with carrier board. Carrier and also power board (not shown) can be rotated with 45° steps on all designs. Power board will have 10 mm spacers and carrier 20 mm.
Square frame with carrier (rotated +45°) and power board.
And last but not least round Quad/Hexa center board. Quad power distribution included. Both carrier and power boards can be mounted either above or below center plates. They also fit on both square Quad plates and round Quad/Hexa plates.
We are closing finishing line so not any major changes should happen. Tho this is still preview on what we have been working behind the scenes.
First frames are being build as we speak..
I will post more pictures on development wiki https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/ during new couple of days.
Cheers,
--jp
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There is now about 10 people developing this and our leader is naturally Chris :)
Our projectpages can be found from Google code https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/ and there is also list of current main members (tho i should update it a bit but been busy :) )
Currently our group has every aspect rather well covered and we try to get first release out as soon as possible and not really looking new members but you are always welcome to send email to us :)
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=488437bbcd52dfb0...
More parts will follow later. This is not yet final part but no major changes are expected to this design.
85345K651 from mcmaster-carr :http://www.mcmaster.com/#85345k651/=7dwvd8
That is 48"x36"x1/16" for $60, available in black, blue, brown, and a light yellow/green. Its simple enough to make that you wouldn't need to send it out, It cuts well with a CNC laser of at least 40W.
@Jhon well if we try to keep manufacturing cost low and on reasonable level. I'd say no it's not directly foldable. Tho with minor modifications model can be folded, depends on how cabling and other things are done.
When you said 12x12mm, is the real measurement? Or are you rounding it? In fact, the smallest tube that I found here is a half inch square tube = 12.7 x 12.7mm. For make the design available for a lot of places around the world, maybe this measurement could be adopted. Imperial sizes are more common. Import the tube isn't so interesting, comparing with the other parts.
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