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Labor Day Weekend Quadcopter Build

Posted by Adam Conway on August 31, 2013 at 6:26pm

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My 5 year son executed a fantastic Labor Day build, so I thought I would share... 

Frame: Mead Heavy Weight construction paper in "X"

Autopilot: "authentic" purple APM 

GPS: Yup, that is the white thing.

Props: Orange

This quad also advances the state of the art by including a feather "to see how fast the wind is blowing" - no joke, that is what he said.  I may try that on my quad.

Anyhow, this made me laugh and I thought I would share, for those in the US have a nice labor day weekend - outside the US, have a nice weekend too.

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  • Adam Conway September 4, 2013 at 8:08am

    Joe, proud papa indeed.

  • Joe Edgar September 4, 2013 at 5:12am
    That's a great start for a future pilot/designer. I spent an evening with my granddaughter reviving some old paper airplane designs. I think it is very important children start getting back to building things and getting their hands dirty at an early age. Forty years ago a did my first engine swap from a Cougar to Mustang. Today many kids don't know what a rachet, or socket set is. Limit the video games and let that 5 year old keep up the good, creative work. Nice job by the boy and the proud Popa.
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    u4eake September 2, 2013 at 2:28am

    That's a talented sont you've got there!  This put a smile on my face :-)

  • Rob Bartlett September 1, 2013 at 9:36pm

    Excellent.

  • steve September 1, 2013 at 7:30am

    Finally a real solution to mag field problems! Genius!

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    David Anders September 1, 2013 at 1:19am

    Hilarious. (:

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    Linus August 31, 2013 at 10:31pm

    the energy your son did put into the build gonna hold it in the air forever :)

  • Maxime Carrier August 31, 2013 at 9:02pm
    Hi,

    Could you tell us his flying weight ? :D
  • Joe Frazier August 31, 2013 at 8:59pm

    I think you've got a future pilot there. Pretty Cool! You, too, have a great Labor Day Weekend.

  • Adam Conway August 31, 2013 at 8:39pm

    Darrell - funny you say that - He is obsessed with selling his "works of art".  He wanted to sell this to passers by in front of our house... Had you been in the right place at the right time, it would be yours rather than be hanging on the wall of my office.

    Rocketman - probably vibrates less than all of our frames, and it is loitering on my office wall - it is freaky stable almost like it isn't moving.

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