Quad build

I picked up an old frame ron had in a little exchange of rc gear and I landed this frame that ron had used previously, it did have a vent hole in the top as ron will confirm but for me it did not look right and spoiled the smooth lines. (no offence ron)
After a little work in the shop I've filled the vents and added landing gear with a view to hooking the go-pro underneath and somehow get the flight lipo under the frame too.
Its a bigger frame than I've used before at 23 inches motor to motor but should fly well on 10/12 inch props using the multiwii as the FC.


I should have taken pics before hand but hey Hindsight is a wonderfull thing.

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Looking good bud if any one want to see how good they are here’s my one
And I know Keith is going to do a much better job the my one

What props did you use on the motors Roy? Giantcod are sold out on the 10's so I will have to look elsewhere.

Keith wrote:

What props did you use on the motors Roy? Giantcod are sold out on the 10's so I will have to look elsewhere.

you need 12" bud and this is the ones you must use


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12x-6-positive-and-negative-Propellers-LOTUSRC-T580-/160629748482?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2566477302

or you can buy them here


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XAircraft-X650-parts-P1002B-2pc-blades-/310308353904?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item483fd1b770

thanks for the wing and the bits and bobs bud

i can sell you a set but i realey cannot do them cheeper becaus if i was to brack my ones i would need to order some more ill let you have the 4 blads for £15 let me know bud

Naw I can get them much cheaper than that bud less than a quid each blade.
I will order them tomorrow after work.

let me know where i can buy them from bud

Updated pics

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Waiting on the new Flight Controller the rest is finished and ready to go.

This thing is huge btw those props are not the flight props there for setup only and they are 11 inch props, I'll be using 12 inch on the finished quad.

Roy the props arrived today 12 inch in size and fit perfect, for 1.70 a pair they will do the job nicely and it's easier on the pocket.

Keith wrote:

Roy the props arrived today 12 inch in size and fit perfect, for 1.70 a pair they will do the job nicely and it's easier on the pocket.

looks good bud ill buy some soon

I need a little more clearance for the gopro as its way to close to the ground, I have a plan for it.
Pics to follow

I started off adding a little support to the Landing gear and from there I had another idea.

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Then I added this, theres no real weight involved but it gets the gopro higher and thats what i was looking for.

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Much happier now with 3 inches to clear the ground

looking good bud i might be selling a good system to go with that verey soon

I already have a control system on the way to me bud.

so you can land on water and film the ducks.

Yup I could Jeff, I added those to film the polaris on the water.

Lol

Or it could be used for soft landings on the cars

it would even be grat in the mud bud

It's looking well I just wish the flightboard would get here so I can test out the flight of the thing

Flight board arrived....... to cut a long story short its going back too... piece of crap and poorly put together IMO nothing works as it should and even programming the damn thing is a PITA.
I'll hunt around for another board so its gonna be a few weeks before I can test out this frame.

keth dont forget i had the littal wii board and it dont take the wii programing the same as your big old board bud its a defront scetch bud

It's the board m8 it's meant to be updated, just this one won't work after it's done.

Make sure you have uncommented the Crius Board in the sketch.

I did that scouse and its defo a faulty board, the pitch is mixed in with the throttle when its at max and the status green area for level/mag/baro are all on and a second later there all off, theres no signal coming from the pitch or yaw pins on the board but roll and throttle are fine.
I mailed the seller he sent a newbie setup guide lol .. if only it was that easy.

It could be your drivers. Mine has done that once when i hit "write" in the gui too many times too quickly , it completely messed up my settings.