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First flight of BOD the first RTF drone developed by Virtualrobotix IT

Posted by Roberto Navoni on June 1, 2013 at 5:30am

 

This is the video of first fly test

Dear Friends,
with great pleasure we present the latest developments of the prototype # 1 of our first drone RTF.

The idea for this drone , began when Carlo a student of the faculty of Industrial Design in Milan came to us to do his thesis ... we tried to think of something completely new and that it was not the classic drone MK or DJI 450.

In addition to the aesthetic aspect ,appreciated by the community, we have especially tried to make the drone in a very functional, easy to maintain, expandable with options which will be released in the future.
The frame initially was made with 3D printing, combined with inserts from epoxy glass and carbon fiber .

Our designer Carlo ... ,now officially came into VRI , with Flavio studied the FEM of the drone to achieve a good level of resistance to twisting of the drone. Particular attention was held for the theme of the vibrations.

 

3689527938?profile=originalThis is the BOD Logo.


The BOD have inside :

  • VR Brain 4.5
  • GPS Ublox 6H
  • 3DR Radio
  • 4 30 Amp ESC with WiiEsc firmware.
  • use 4 T-Motord engines.
  • with 12 inch propelles.
  • 3S - 4S 4500 mah battery

 

The feature available are the same available in arducopter32 rev 2.9.3

  • Flight in acro and stable mode.
  • Loiter , return to home and auto navigation.
  • Auto landing and takeoff

 

After making the first hovering Emile will take care to test it in order to put a little 'under pressure the drone.

Thanks to all the time for this great results :)

original blog post : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/first-flight-of-bod-the-first-rtf-drone-developed-by-virtualrobot?xg_source=activity

Best Regards
Roberto

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  • Moderator
    Roberto Navoni June 2, 2013 at 6:50am

    @Randy

    Yes the arms is easily to deatach and replace. Not only for the replace after a damage . But also for choose different option . We are working on different kind of arms for X8 configuration or also for V6 or V8 :) 

    During the week Emile doing some test on last revision of code 2.9.x and  3.0 ,too I hope to have a good result about the vibration problems.

    Best

    Roberto

  • Moderator
    Roberto Navoni June 2, 2013 at 6:46am

    Thanks i happy that you like the result of our work :) 

  • Developer
    Randy June 2, 2013 at 3:54am

    It looks like maybe the arms are easily detachable and replaceable?  I like that feature.

  • Michael Krader June 1, 2013 at 1:10pm

    nice.

  • ThomasB June 1, 2013 at 12:00pm

    looks cool,

       interesting design  :)

  • R. D. Starwalt June 1, 2013 at 6:24am

    Very angular and aggressive styling where I especially like the underslung rear legs/rudder elements.

    Congratulations!

    -=Doug

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