That would take some serious talent to make. Nice job OP
Bumping this thread because I need to build a drone cam before mid-February.
Will be using it to make bird's eye/airshots for sporting events so I'll need to to carry a couple of GoPros and possibly have a long flight time.
Looking through hobby king right now but I have absolutely no idea on what parts to get.
COUPLE of GoPro's? Long flight time?
You're looking at a fucking heavy copter.
The GoPros aren't that heavy are they?
Long flight time? Like 15-20 minutes?
Considering I had a tricopter that was fun enough I now use a Zephyr II for all my aerial photography...
[video=youtube;O7CvADihbLI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CvADihbLI[/video]
[QUOTE=Swebonny;39070855]The GoPros aren't that heavy are they?
Long flight time? Like 15-20 minutes?[/QUOTE]
At least 5-10 minutes. A friend of mine has a similar system but it carries a much heavier camera could only fly for about 3 minutes. A couple of go pros would weight in around 500grams, I'm sure I could come up with something light for mounting.
Damn, I had completely forgotten about this. The parts are in a box right next to me right now actually. I think It's time to get the rest of the parts from a hobby shop and finish this.
Bump time. I just finished building mine yesterday, took me 4 days to go from a big box of parts to a flying quad. I used pretty much the cheapest parts I could get from HobbyKing UK.
Frame: [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=25890"]HobbyKing Quadcopter Frame V1[/URL]
Motors: [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=12921"]D2830-11 1000kv[/URL]
ESCs: [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=29329"]Turnigy Plush 30a[/URL] (Over kill, but they only cost and weigh a tiny bit more than 20a ones)
Props: [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=35242"]LH[/URL] [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=35243"]RH[/URL]
FC: [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=31656"]HK KK2 LCD[/URL]
Running a 3s 2200 pack at the moment but could probably bump it up to a 4000mAh, might just stick 2 in parallel. All in all cost me around £150, including loads of spare connectors and 2 batteries.
Sadly, although the motors are great, the shitty prop adaptors that come with them are not. No matter how much you tighten them, you will have a prop fly off. Thought I'd got it sorted when I did them up with pliers and thread lock, but no, prop flew off about 3m up and it flipped into the ground, breaking one of the arms. So, need to order a new frame (Will probably go for the [URL="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__36741__Turnigy_Talon_Quadcopter_V2_0_Carbon_Fiber_Frame_550mm_UK_Warehouse_.html"]Turnigy Talon[/URL]) and some decent prop adaptors. Guess I'll keep the frame to build a tri copter at some point...
Please remove the v1 from the start of the first link, it breaks Firefox/Cometbird pages.
Otherwise the frame looks awesome, albeit brittle.
It isn't bad, it fits together well and contrary to what the reviews say it is pretty solid once you get all of the screws in. (I threw the nylon screws it came with in the bin however as they were most likely made of cheese)
Unlike the images it comes stained for + flying rather than x. I painted the arms (Which was a disappointing waste of time considering how quickly I broke the frame) for x configuration flying.
Currently debating what frame to order as replacement. Might just order another of the same, since I'll have 3 spare arms if I do that. Plus, it's really damn cheap. Just need to sort my prop adaptors out.
So I replaced the broken arm and got new prop adaptors which are FAR better quality. Flies almost perfectly now, still tweaking the gains when I get time to actually fly it, it seems to drift off a bit too fast at the moment.
Rise from your sleep!
I printed off some parts for my tricopter today with my school's 3D printer. A little bit sketchy, but overall I'm pleased with the results:
[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/oFKqHoq.jpg[/IMG_thumb]
[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/lYBwzcx.jpg[/IMG_thumb]
[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/xONOcaa.jpg[/IMG_thumb]
And then a close up of the nifty little yaw mechanism:
[IMG_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/RDt88Z5.jpg[/IMG_thumb]
[editline]11th April 2013[/editline]
I plan on finishing it sometime this month.
These things look really cool. It's probably been asked before, but what's the cost and difficulty of making something like this?
[QUOTE=Nutt007;40311300]These things look really cool. It's probably been asked before, but what's the cost and difficulty of making something like this?[/QUOTE]
Somewhere around 180 and 250+, depending on the parts you get. Unless you own a 3d printer.*
*See last page.
[QUOTE=Nutt007;40311300]These things look really cool. It's probably been asked before, but what's the cost and difficulty of making something like this?[/QUOTE]
I spent about £170 on my quad alone, not including transmitter and receiver.
[QUOTE=Nutt007;40311300]These things look really cool. It's probably been asked before, but what's the cost and difficulty of making something like this?[/QUOTE]
You can easily make one for under £20 as long as you are handy. Mine are all mainly made out of wood and without the motors or the board you are looking at £5-10 for the actual frame, although if you don't have the receivers and controllers you are going to be looking at a larger price.
There's also a FPV meeting on the 26th of this month, I think I can invite another person. There over 30 people signed up so far
My new props get here today. I broke 2 and lost 2 of my 6 pack, so I just ordered 20 more. I think that I'm going to need them.
[QUOTE=joshjet;40608087]My new props get here today. I broke 2 and lost 2 of my 6 pack, so I just ordered 20 more. I think that I'm going to need them.[/QUOTE]
How are you breaking them?
[QUOTE=Dokaman;40608546]How are you breaking them?[/QUOTE]
One time my motor was wired backwards, and so the whole copter did a backflip on takeoff, another time I got about 2 feet up and flipped over. I'm not sure what caused that one.
[QUOTE=joshjet;40608668]One time my motor was wired backwards, and so the whole copter did a backflip on takeoff, another time I got about 2 feet up and flipped over. I'm not sure what caused that one.[/QUOTE]
Ouch! Best thing to do is hold it before you take off and make sure everything is blowing the right way. The other issue sounds like a case of vibrations on the flight board. If that vibrates it causes mayhem and usually makes it flip and crash.
Built this yesterday, flys well!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/U54s3fl.jpg[/IMG]
The frame is made out of spray paint wood and the legs from tubing from a DIY shop, the frame cost around £10 to make including the spray paint, the real cost is when you have to put the motors on as there is 6 of them. This one can and will do stunts like the others but if you crash it, your repair bill is going to be a lot higher then if you had a tri-copter or quad.
I still get a lot of PM's asking questions that I am happy to answer but most are repeats so I try to answer them here as well for everyone to see.
The best way to get into flying these is by starting small, forget building and all that jazz buy a pre-made one from China. These are fully fledged quad copters, not kids toys. They fly like the big ones, they act like them and they don't break as easily. They are still fun for me even though I have bigger ones, I can't stress how good these are. Here's my fleet of smaller ones
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4q2x3ipl.jpg[/IMG]
They are all bought from Chinia the black/orange ones are $20 shipped, and the other one is around $30-35 (beware of resellers who sell them for 5x the price). They both offer the exact same experience the bigger ones offer but you will mainly fly them indoors where wind isn't an issue. The orange/black one has been smashed countless times and even trod on and still flys fine, oh and they both will do flips with the touch of a button.
Once you get used to it, with a bit of DIY and know how you can even turn them into first person view drones and fly them through your TV, I can fly all round the house, out windows and could easily get into the neighbor's house with it :P
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sEz3OEBl.jpg[/IMG]
and one last photo of a comparison photo of how small these are
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KrAICVRl.jpg[/IMG]
Long winded post sorry but I hope I answered most questions, if you do have anymore about anything please reply here! Thanks
So I figured out why my tricopter was pulling surprise barrel rolls. Evidently there was a cold solder joint on one of the front motors, causing it to cut out spontaneously.
[editline]15th May 2013[/editline]
I'm currently modifying more tricopter parts for 3D printing, I'm going to try the body next.
[QUOTE=joshjet;40646454]So I figured out why my tricopter was pulling surprise barrel rolls. Evidently there was a cold solder joint on one of the front motors, causing it to cut out spontaneously.
[editline]15th May 2013[/editline]
I'm currently modifying more tricopter parts for 3D printing, I'm going to try the body next.[/QUOTE]
What parts have you printed so far?
Hey Dokaman, could you tell a bit about your camera setup on those mini quads?
[QUOTE=Dokaman;40646156]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KrAICVRl.jpg[/IMG]
Long winded post sorry but I hope I answered most questions, if you do have anymore about anything please reply here! Thanks[/QUOTE]
You should make a large multicopter that carries and deploys a squadron of smaller quadcopters.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40653753]You should make a large multicopter that carries and deploys a squadron of smaller quadcopters.[/QUOTE]
That's an awesome idea! I've always wanted to make one that carries on up so far then releases it so it can get even higher like Virgin Galactic's space One.
The only problem is you may run into issues with control frequencies stepping on each other, but it would be cool.
Yo dog i heard you like drones so we put some drones on your drone so you can fly drones while you fly drones
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40654876]The only problem is you may run into issues with control frequencies stepping on each other, but it would be cool.
Yo dog i heard you like drones so we put some drones on your drone so you can fly drones while you fly drones[/QUOTE]
2.4 GHz radios will automatically detect and avoid channels that are already being used, so unless he has a really old radio, he should be fine.
[QUOTE=Dokaman;40651337]What parts have you printed so far?[/QUOTE]
I just printed the bottom part of my tricopter body today, I worked a nice Velcro strap system in for my battery. I'll upload some pictures once my camera is charged.
[editline]16th May 2013[/editline]
Got some pictures:
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/eSfvDnW.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/KwaJpuL.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/0J51dOG.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/oU1MqUj.jpg[/img_thumb]
This is the bottom piece, most of the pictures are of it upside down
[editline]16th May 2013[/editline]
Also, why isn't this brought to the front page in GD when it's bumped? I have to do a Google search whenever I look for the thread.
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