Printed Quadrocopter
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I'm not sure if it's possible to recover the comments on the original thing (as far as I know, the comments section is outsourced and not part of the thiniverse servers).
Also, the "Likes" are gone... Do you still like this thing?
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Since the original frame of my Gaui 330XS Quadrocopter was damaged in a crash, I built a new frame from scratch, using printed plastic parts.
The four arms are 10x10mm wood profiles (cheap, sturdy, light weight). The motors and electronics are cannibalized from the crashed Gaui Quadrocopter. But it should be no problem to use other motors and/or electronics for this.
Instructions
pleasantsoftware.com/developer/3d/2010/11/18/flying-high/
A short video of the first test flight is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=KzQEJfadWjg
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I can't wait to build one of these, finding the time to get back into RC aircraft is difficult though.
Will we be seeing the tricopter uploaded on here some time in the future?
Zaggo I think this project looks kewl. I have an Fy90Q and four turnegy motors. The only problem I have is the stl files don't seem to work with Repsnapper. What CAD did you use. I am using Sketchup and repsnapper so far.
Thanks.
I just printed the parts, it's great design, thanks for sharing! Printed the central parts with glow in the dark white and motor mountings with flurescent red. Should be funny to have some leds glued to the arms :)
Do you have any more flying videos? I saw your post in another forum and you had an tricopter with folding arms. How does that compare to this, regarding mainly as most stable FPV platform?
Thanks! Be sure to upload a picture of the finished quadrocopten!
I hadn't the time (and weather!) to try the Tricopter yet. So I don't know yet if the Gaui (Quadro) or the KKMulticopter controller (Tri) is more stable...
"Should be funny to have some leds glued to the arms" :-D
You could adapt this thing : http://www.thingiverse.com/thi... to be the legs. That would absorb shocks when landing.
Looks great!
You should see what the G.R.A.S.P. team is doing with the code from http://www.ros.org.
When you build your first copter, what instructions you followed?
Found this place once and thought to make mine according to these http://aeroquad.com/ ...
On build difficulty scale 1-10 where makerbot would be 5, how would you say this quatrocopter places?
The crashed Gaui 330XS actually was my first Quadrocopter. So this printed incarnation of it would be kind of my second one, but it's the first I designed by myself. No instructions (well, the tricky part of a Quadrocopter is the controller anyway and I already had that lying around).
Thanks for the interesting link. I didn't know that.
Given the plastic parts on this page, I'd say the build difficulty of this thing places around 2 on your scale :)
:-D
Does anyone have any links to components for this particular quadrocopter? Maybe an estimated cost to construct?
I got my original Gaui 330X from http://www.flying-hobby.com
They also sell the parts separately but I doubt they are the only ones
At minimum you'd need 1x GU344 Gyro $179, 4x Scorpion 2208-1050kv BL Motor $36 each, Prop adapters, Props and 4x ESCs (about $30 each).
As said before, I used the Gaui electronics, since I already had them (from my crashed Gaui 330XS), and because I knew, that the stuff works. But there are a lot other options, some cheaper, some fancier and some of them even open source.
I'd be interested in what all the printed parts weigh as compared to the original parts.
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parts from hobby king are on the plane towards the nedtherland so I am gonna build me a qadcopter :-) I will take this design perhaps some other parts.. I'll keep you posted:-)