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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More parts will follow later. This is not yet final part but no major changes are expected to this design.
@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.
On plastics we need to have molds made and making them is a bit costly, sure if we can sell 50.000 units price will be low but you guys ready to buy so many?? :P
Plastic would be really great looking and it's strong too. These designs can be made from both plastic and FC materials. Even plywood is possible for DIY people. When design is totally ready, We will post full specs of it including measurements and others.
@Sandro thank you, we actually could use your help but let us finalize plates and then we can look more.
By the way, what's the material? Aluminum, Graphite or maybe that PCBish plastic?
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