MINIQUADS
The cheap miniquads from china are quite fine for indoor flight.
3D MODELS FOR PRINT
I'm pretty good at breaking stuff, so I've come up with a quick-to-print frame
for the mini-quads, so I can just print out a new frame in an hour if I crash
it. The frame is fairly sturdy when printed in ABS.
OpenSCAD file with tool and miniquad frame
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http://git.dusted.dk/?p=OpenScadModels.git;a=blob_plain;f=LightweightQuadFrame.scad;hb=HEAD]
(From git, always newest version)
STL with miniquad frame [stl/LightweightQuadFrame.stl]
STL with motor-mounting tool [stl/MotorMountingTool.stl]
ASSEMBLY
I've had trouble press-fitting the motors into the holding rings without either
hurting myself and breaking the plastic or the motor, so I made the little tool
shown below. It fits on top of the motor ring, and has room for the propeller
stud, holding ring and the sticks holding the ring. This tool makes it way
easier to apply even force to the ring and motor, resulting in straight mounts
every time!
The PCB is screwed into the center holes. I use two-sided foam tape to mount the
camera and battery. Note that on some quads, the motors are connected with
sockets, and I didn't allow room for that, so you may have to desolder the plugs
for this frame to fit.
The camera accepts from 3 to 5 volts, so it is mounted directly on the
battery-connector, so connecting the battery turns on both camera and
flight-board.
IMAGES
[img/s/tool.jpg] [img/tool.jpg][img/s/mount1.jpg] [img/mount1.jpg]
[img/s/mount2.jpg] [img/mount2.jpg][img/s/mount3.jpg] [img/mount3.jpg]
[img/s/mount4.jpg] [img/mount4.jpg][img/s/mount5.jpg] [img/mount5.jpg]
[img/s/mount6.jpg] [img/mount6.jpg][img/s/asm1.jpg] [img/asm1.jpg]
[img/s/asm2.jpg] [img/asm2.jpg][img/s/asm3.jpg] [img/asm3.jpg]MINIQUAD SHOPPING
LIST
These are the things I've bought, I'm certain there is other stuff out there
that's great, but this is what I've been using.
* MiniQuad: NIHUI "New Feel" NO.NH-010 / NH6121015RE
* FPV Camera: VM275T 5.8G 25mW 48CH
* FPV Monitor: VR-5802S 40CH Raceband 5.8G LCD Diversity Receiver
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Last edited: 2018-09-09 - No need for a disclaimer, I've done nothing wrong!
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