I have a nice big grin on my face...I maidened my first Quad based on ArduCopter2 today. It flew pretty well out of the box using default parameters...a little wobbly but nothing that I don't think I can tweak away when I get my kids to bed...and the rain stops... :)
I did equip my old tricopter (now dismantled and donated parts to the quad...) with AC2 and it flew very well also. I felt like AC2 was really nice and I decided to invest in a Quad.
Anyway, I thought I could share my setup:
1 frame (from www.dyi.nu, Swedish site...please ask me if you need more info/translations)
4 Turnigy 800kv (2213N) motors
4 ESC HobbyKing SS 18-20A
1 Homemade Power Distribution board (between frame an box)
1 Lunchbox (i.e. my canopy...)
1 ArduPilot Mega + IMU + compass (from diydrones.com)
Running on 3S, 2.65Ah Nano-tech
I have attached some pictures of it. Please let me know what you think of it...
Anyway...thanx to all involved in ArduCopter, ArduPilot, APM, ... You're doing a nice job! I hope I can contribute a little as I am a SW developer (embedded systems) myself soon. Time will tell...
Regards
Stefan
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Thanks Stefan for the info!! I hope to build one as soon as possible :D
@UT I'm from Italy. Could be a problem ??
Nice quad build, congratulations :)
@exporulez If you are interested we will be selling arducopter kits very soon in our UK store that will have all the parts you need to build yourself a quad.
Of course you can...
4 of these motors: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=...
4 of these ESCs: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=...
These props: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=...
The frame was about $80 (my quick calculation of SEK to USD).
1 small lunch box ($4)
some foam I had home + soldering, bolts&nuts etc.
Finallly the ArdPilot Mega kit (incl IMU) + magnetometer from diydrones.com (Around $300 if I remember correctly)
All in all it would be $400 I guess...not done the complete math here.
I think you should get one...a lot of fun! :)
Wow :D I want to build me too a quad but time for now is stopping me. Can I ask you a question? How much did you spent for all the necessary ??