Sorry this one took so long to get to you guys, i spent a lot of time packing techpods instead of building them.
in this one i build and align the tail. the next and final video will be the pod, that should be up soon.
Techpod Build Video 3 - Tail
Posted by Nick Weber on March 8, 2013 at 7:41pm
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Nick,
I suggest you kill the background music.
I am soo looking forward for the completition of this series! Amazing and very useful! I know that you will not use a pan-tilt mount but can you also show it assembled in one of the videos? Can a gopro fit on the stock pantilt?
i'm not sure when they will arrive, wayne might know though!
That's good.
I look forward to building mine when it arrives, which should be any day I hope (I was one of the original Kickstarter backers).
the foam is not structural in this case. the three carbon rods lend all the necessary strength in the tail.
what i did is i took the crimps out of the plastic connector housing to fish it through the tail and rplaced them afterward.
Thanks for the video Nick.
The step where you have to bore a hole in the vertical stab with an arrow looks precarious. The resulting hole is huge and must surely weaken it? Have you tried any other way? Maybe just attach the wires to the outside or perhaps solder the servo cable after insertion so you only need a smaller hole?