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Even More ! Possibly the cheapest (and quickest) way to dampen a hard landing

Posted by Hugues on March 18, 2013 at 12:30pm

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Hello,

Just for the laugh and DIY competition spirit, we saw two recent blog posts about how to do the cheapest as possible landing gear for quads. Here is my formula : estimated cost : less than 2 dollars for four legs using swimming pool foam sausages (i do not know how you call this in english, we say "boudin" in french but American do not eat "boudin" , sausage is the closest I find ;). So here it goes with my recipe:

-One long foam "sausage" , found in any sport's shop for old ladies needing support in swimming pools

-Cut the foam sausage in four equal pieces of length = original 3DR leg + one or two inches

-Cut at 60° the bottom of each piece

-Tie each foam piece with zippies on the 3DR leg

 

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Who can do cheaper ?

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  • MR60
    Hugues March 20, 2013 at 5:47am

    Thx Jason, therefore your Wise name...

  • Jason Wise March 20, 2013 at 1:48am

    I have the cheapest idea yet....avoid the ground and dont land hard! this costs nothing :)

  • MR60
    Hugues March 19, 2013 at 12:26pm

    @Olivier, comme cela tu releves le niveau moyen francais ;)

  • MR60
    Hugues March 19, 2013 at 8:23am

    @stefan, the aluminium foil (is in fact a thick aluminium tape) is used to shield againt EMI interferences all of the sensitive parts. It is indeed the sonar that you see shielded. Here is another picture for you:

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  • MR60
    Hugues March 18, 2013 at 11:14pm
    @Daniel, yes the ball guards are from the heli world. They use it for landing training. For fingers protection though, i am thinking about circling each motor with some material, but i do not know yet what.
  • Olivier Dufayt March 18, 2013 at 4:05pm

    et en France, ils appellent ça des "frites"... 

    in France they call them "fries"

    PS: je suis un compatriote expatrié en Haute Savoie :-)

  • MR60
    Hugues March 18, 2013 at 3:21pm
    @Joshua: it is very light. Did not weight it though
  • Joshua Johnson March 18, 2013 at 2:47pm

    Thanks for Sharing Hugues!! In America we call the swimming pool sausages; Water Noodles or Pool Noodles :-) Do you know how much all the extra landing gear weighs?

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