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Smallest Quadrocopter with GoPro

Posted by Melih Karakelle on March 22, 2012 at 3:00am

Hi Guys,

The title is a little bit ambitious but i guess no one tried to lift a GoPro with a 140gr Micro Quadrocopter before :D

The throttle was %80 when flying with half drained 2S LiPO battery, this is why it is a little bit aggressive.


This is my micro quadro setup

3689448968?profile=originalController:Opensource OpenLRS Multi receiver with Gyro and Acc with onboard radio receiver
Firmware: MultiWii v1.9 (modified for OpenLRS onboard receiver)
Frame: MQ-200 microquad frame
 Props: HK 5x3 (black/red) props.
ESCs: FL6A Fast PWM 6A ESC (Hobby King 6A with firware update)
Motors: HK 10gr

Thanks 

Melih

 

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  • CliffN August 28, 2014 at 10:33pm

    nice enough to just get up there take a few shots and come back down. sure beats my smallest fixwing  setup that can lift a go-pro

  • Zach December 7, 2013 at 2:59pm

    This is really interesting. If you can lift a gopro, you can lift two Panasonic ncr18650b's which could give quite a bit of flying time. This would be a lot of fun indoors.

    Another thought, have you tried 3 bladed props to see if you can lift more weight?

  • Melih Karakelle March 24, 2012 at 12:58pm

    Today i was on the field. My quad flew under 15km/h wind without any problem. Setup was same with previous indoor version.
    Next mission: less than 100gr Quad with GoPro :) 

  • Melih Karakelle March 22, 2012 at 11:16pm

    Yes it is the golden question :)
     Unfortunately i didnt fly with full battery to empty yet.

    Without GoPro: It flew with 800mA 2S but battery already was 7.4v after 10 minutes . Maybe this weekend i can test the flight time, before i want to remove all extra weights.

    With GoPro; It is just for fun but i guess it cant fly more than 3-4 minutes. I will share the results.

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    Ruwan March 22, 2012 at 4:27pm

    Golden question for me, what is the flying time :-) with & without go pro.

  • Melih Karakelle March 22, 2012 at 2:36pm

    I forgot to sharing my first flight video :)

     

  • Melih Karakelle March 22, 2012 at 2:34pm

    @Flying Monkey: It is UHF(433) antenna but it is working with piece of wire without antenna in few hundred meters

    @Juan: These propellers coming with 1.5mm reference hole. I used 2mm drill for changing the diameter first. Then i used very very very(very) small CA drop for fixing it on the shaft. 

  • Juan Gomez March 22, 2012 at 2:23pm

    Hi Melih,

    I have one question, how do you attach the propeller to the shaft of the motor? "as far as I can see in the photo, you didn't use the propeller saver" 

    Regards. 

  • Melih Karakelle March 22, 2012 at 1:59pm

    @Flying Monkey,
    My setup is 140gr and including 50gr battery + 15gr antenna and connectors, this is less than you suggested :)
    OpenLRS Multi board including receiver and controller and weight is only 7gr ;)
    I'm using 16gr version(20gr with antenna) of it now, I can remove these extras.

    @Jan, Quality 10 times better than tea spoons(gws 5030) :)
    But already have a very small balance problem. I balanced all of them with 10x10mm size 3M transparent paper band. And they are very quite and efficent props.

  • Jan Vervoorst March 22, 2012 at 12:34pm

    How is the quality of these new 5" propellers from HobbyKing? Are they well balanced? The fake GWS 5" propellers they had before where very very bad!

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