And it begins.
Not going to be done overnight, but will post progress and CAD files here as it progresses.
Arms are the 24" Towel bars from Home Depot. Each arm is 11.875" long.
6 BP 2217-9 motors matched to 6 Phi Fun I2C motors with 10x4.7 slo flyer props
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Thread: Hex Frame Build Log
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04-02-2011, 12:06 AM #1AeroQuad Flight Control Expert
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Hex Frame Build Log
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04-02-2011, 12:18 AM #2AeroQuad Lead Software Architect
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looking good, a lot!
You never get tired, are you
Tri1: AQMini/Custom Darlin Kit/A2217-9/A2217-13/10x4.5
quad(X)1: AQ1.8+UNO/Kinjal/Hextronik 1300kv/12A plush/8x4
quad(X)2: Baloo/TBS Discovery/A2217-9/20A Flashed ESC/10x4.5/AQ OSD/EzUHF
quad(X)3: AQMini/HT-FPV/A2217-9/20A Flashed ESC/10x4.5/EzOSD/EzUHF
quad(X)4: (TEST RIG) AQ2.1/F450/A2212-13/20A Flashed ESC/10x4.5/EzUHF/GPS
Y6: AQMini/Custom Frame/BC2839-9 880kv/40A plush/12x4.7/EzOSD/EzUHF
Micro X8: APM/Custom Frame/Hextronik 1500kv/10A plush/6x4
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04-05-2011, 01:27 PM #3AeroQuad Flight Control Expert
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Not the best file, but here's a pdf file of the preliminary design. Got a few more thngs to do, and when it's been checked, I'll post the CAD files.
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04-05-2011, 02:17 PM #4Senior Pilot
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Export also .ai (or some other vector files) as layers please.
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04-09-2011, 11:54 PM #5AeroQuad Flight Control Expert
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Here's a zip file containing two dxf files. One has a stork looking landing gear that would allow hanging a camera underneath it, ArduPirate inspired. The second has a Trex 600E landing gear. Both gear mount to the same mounting holes, so the bottom plate is universal.
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04-10-2011, 05:23 PM #6Senior Pilot
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So many well-thought details, congratulations. This frame design is the only one that has mounting holes for Arduino Mega and is optimized for AeroQuad shield 2. For those (like me) who are more comfortable with 2D than 3D attached are PDF versions, it can be easily modified for quad instead of hex.
Last edited by itod; 04-10-2011 at 05:25 PM.
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04-10-2011, 08:01 PM #7AeroQuad Flight Control Expert
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Think I'm going to go with the Trex landing gear version 1st.
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04-10-2011, 08:19 PM #8
ah, come on... FPV all the way!
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04-17-2011, 08:34 PM #9AeroQuad Flight Control Expert
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Some progress, and a major change in direction. Alan and I have been discussing vibration problems, so I decided to re-design the frame, using the AeroFPV frame as inspiration. So here is the drawing for the redesigned center plate, and the real deal. Plates are probably way overkill, but it was material on hand. They are 1/4" birch aircraft ply, with 3/32" inlays for the arms. I'm thinking that 3/16" thick ply would be more than adequate. Next up designing the speed controller tray.
Last edited by jihlein; 04-17-2011 at 08:36 PM.
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04-17-2011, 10:50 PM #10Moderator AeroQuad Technologist
Are the arms just pressed in there between? And what's preventing them to move sideways? It seems the screws don't touch the sides of the arms.
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