Here is a short video of the design, build and crash testing of the Game of Drone's Battle Quad. It's waterproof, bulletproof, and can fly away from almost any crash.
"Fly 'em hard and put 'em away wet. They're only drones"
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Amazing stuff, really like the resiliency of the airframe. I'm sure the power being cut helps the props from breaking to answer an earlier question. Really like the design, seems like it could be produced really cheap in mass. So much energy absorption seems possible with that material.
Bulletproof is an intentionally vague criteria. This design absolutely shrugs off low-power impacts. Things like paintball and airsoft have zero effect on it. Even pellet guns are harmless 99% of the time. But multi-rotors are kind of "all or nothing" when it comes to flight - any little issue is likely to bring down the whole unit (there's no coasting or gliding in for a landing...) So a real gun, even a low-powered gun, would likely bring down a drone with little trouble. Although check back in a few months and I may have a completely new answer for you...
Litterally bulletproof? Think you found an amusing game for the driving range or perhaps the trap shooting range.
+1 for the transparent frame! :-) I would think that it would be hard to orient to but maybe it's a good camouflage too?! :-)
-Mike
Flight times are not a major issue for this project's initial goals - to build a reliable, re-usable airframe for aerial robot combat games. Realistically, fights last a much shorter duration than the battery capacity. However, the airframe DOES create aerodynamic effects, which are kinda a no-no with standard multi-rotors. Because of these surfaces, they pick up wind and require a little extra oomph to pull out of a dive. I've got another version on the bench right now - this one has significantly thinner profiles on the arms and main body. Plus it has a GoPro compartment integrated right in.
Nice and strong.
Did you do an endurance test with and without this case?
I believe the flat arms takes a lot of drag which results in a short time to fly. But depends of the purpose of using those multirotors. I did enjoy the show.
We've been experimenting with different thicknesses of Kydex as well as other materials, like clear polypropolyne (sp?) and styrene. The Kydex works well at .06 and .08 in. The clear stuff from TAP is too thin, but we've been laminating multiple layers together on the VF rig to create a 100% clear airframe.
What thickness of Kydex did you end up using?
Very cool project by the way!
-Mike
Cool!!
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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