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Meet the prototype number 2 of the ultimate airframe platform for quad experimentation and development

Posted by Mario on October 6, 2010 at 6:30pm

Here is the soon to be ready ultimate airframe testing(read fun)platform for qad development. All your comment and suggestion will be greatly appreciated. You can find some pictures here.

and this soundless presentation video.

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Mario October 18, 2010 at 7:25pm

I will be back very soon...found myself out of honey-do points...:)
JF October 16, 2010 at 8:45pm

I second Chris.

P.S.: Hope to see 'Parts 3' before snow fall in the Laurentides :)
Chris October 16, 2010 at 7:33pm

week and half wheres part 3 dude!!!!?!?!?! must have newsssssssssssss
Ivan October 7, 2010 at 2:19pm

Fantastic machine, and I can't believe how light it came out (1060 g). There is plenty of room to make something stronger if anything shows to be too weak. The only problem I see with it is that it will vibrate a lot, and it will not be easy to eliminate cause of turnable arms design.
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Sandro Benigno October 7, 2010 at 11:32am

OMG... It's the most incredible creation that I have seen since I saw a quadrotor by the first time.
And all was thoroughly calculated. Congrats!
Mario October 7, 2010 at 11:02am

esc's I mean...
Mario October 7, 2010 at 11:01am

1060 g (including two ecs's and two motors) the weight of batteries and control boards to be added.
Rana October 7, 2010 at 10:13am

John, sure I also do agree with you, some more pictures depicting it high level of mechanical complexity;
Maik October 7, 2010 at 6:41am

I could imagine this being better for certain applications than a heli. To get a high forward speed with a heli, you have to tilt it forward a lot. Here, you just tilt the props, which lessens requirements on your camera mount.
Paul Marsh October 7, 2010 at 4:34am

@Mario -- I almost hate to question the engineering, but I'm guessing you'll have an answer. It looks like you might get some flexing of the booms as the soft plastic tubing over the bearings wears and compresses with use. Any concerns with that?