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Explorer4 frame is now open source

Posted by luke cooke on January 15, 2015 at 1:00pm

Hi all,

I posted here a while back about my Quad frame and thought it would be a good idea to post a quick update.....

For those that missed the first post this is a Quadcopter frame in the Spider style but the difference being that the bottom plate has a Dirty/clean setup ( The FC, Gimball and battery are on the clean section) , this means that the effects of vibrations are greatly reduced.

I have decided to make the Explorer4 Quadcopter Open source, I have been getting lots of great sugestions but dont have the time to impliment and test them all.

I have put links on the website to Github where you can download the drawing files and cut one for yourself. There is also alot of Info that I have added over the past few months, Including a build guide with videos and a parts list with links.

www.explorer4-quadcopter.com

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  • luke cooke January 16, 2015 at 12:04pm

    There is no reason for not to be used for something like that. Allthough it is designed for a gopro gimbal, there is nothing stopping you downloading the drawing and modifing the front part slightly for a Fixed vertical camera.

    I know people are using it to make similar images but using the gopro 3.

  • William Fernandez January 15, 2015 at 3:49pm
    Luke,
    Do you suppose, due to less vibration, the Explorer 4 could be utilized for vertical image capture for photogrammetric applications? I will definitely explore this UAV.
    Thanks,
    William
  • William Fernandez January 15, 2015 at 3:48pm
    Luke,
    Do you suppose, due to less vibration, the Explorer 4 could be utilized for vertical image capture for photogrammetric applications? I will definitely explore this UAV.
    Thanks,
    William
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