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My First Quad

Posted by UAS_Pilot on July 13, 2012 at 11:30am

I decided recently after getting a chance to operate an Aeryon Scout that I would like to have a Quad UAS of my own. I have started my build of an H-Quad. The same design that was posted recently from FliteTest.com. It looked to be an easy frame to build and is essentially a X-formation Quad. Here are the preliminary photos and a list of parts. Since this is my first Quad build I would love to get as much input as possible. Thanks

Frame: Scratch Built H-Quad Frame

Motors: Turnigy D2836/11 750KV Brushless

ESC: Hobbyking SS Series 35-40 Amp ESC w/ 3 Amp BEC

Prop: x2 CC 11x4.7 and x2 CW 11x4.7

APM: APM 2.0 running Current ArduCopter Firmware.

Here are some pictures of th
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UAS_Pilot July 22, 2012 at 7:35am

I have only completed a very short indoor flight in a large hanger. Very stable.
UAS_Pilot July 22, 2012 at 7:34am

With a 3600 mAh 3s flight weight is 3lbs 3.2oz.it climbs like crazy at just under 50% power. I am not sure what the max payload capacity is I am still trying to get a good feel of the thing and get it tuned out good.
UAS_Pilot July 21, 2012 at 7:26pm

I got the videos uploaded to youtube.

Flight

External view
UAS_Pilot July 21, 2012 at 10:41am

Well I had a great couple of flights today. I was able to test Alt hold at low and high alt. all went pretty good. minor drifting but winds were pretty brutal. I also tested loiter today and it did pretty good. I will have some little tweaking to do and I will also have to balance the props a bit more to get out the remaining vibration. All in all I am very impressed with the set up. I have some video but I will not have it up till later today.
UAS_Pilot July 18, 2012 at 7:45am

are you saying with the stock Arducopter firmware it should perform nicely with no major tweaks?
UAS_Pilot July 18, 2012 at 6:16am

I have completed the build so far. It is ready for flight testing. I have checked the motors and all are spinning in the right direction, ESC are calibrated, verified that the right motors increase and decrease in stabilized when a force acts on the frame.

I have all the PIDs in the default settings is this adequate for a first test hover? This is my first quad so I am trying to get the most information I can get from the community.. Thanks in advance.
UAS_Pilot July 16, 2012 at 8:19pm

Here are some updates on the Build.
UAS_Pilot July 15, 2012 at 6:55pm

It is wood.
Here is the website where I found the planes.
Very easy to build. The rest of my building parts are on the way.
The wood only cost me 5-10 dollars.
http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?2357-H-Quad-Scratch-Build...
Rana July 14, 2012 at 7:23am

ultimate !

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