Archive for 'Quadcopter' Category
Unpacking the Naza Controller
After 3 years of using a couple of MultiWii Paris boards (Version 2 & 4) on a whole variety of quads and tricopters (http://bit.ly/JZ1iDA) and tricopters, I've bought my first commercially made multirotor controller. The DJI Naza controller (http://bit.ly/JZ1S4r) along with an F450 Flamewheel frame. It's tempting to retrofit a couple of old Quads with [...]
Spider quad build
The motors, ESCs, and control board (FelyuTech FY-91Q) board are all mounted. Now I just need to connect them all. Just mucking around with this control board while waiting for the DJI Naza to arrive.
How to connect 4 ESCs to one LiPo battery (Make a power distribution board)
The first time I built a power distribution / wiring harness for a tri / quadcopter was back in December 2010 (http://fangin.com/blog/2010/12/07/tricopter-build-wiring-harness/) and I chose the most direct solution which was to solder all the cables together. I say "most direct solution" because in hindsight, it's not the simplest solution. The drawbacks of this solution [...]
QuadCopter by the Moonlight
This photograph wastaken by Nick Sage at our Christmas club meeting at the LDMFA field. It shows my MWC Quad hovering with the moon partially covered by cloud in the back ground.
Tuning for auto-level – MWC Quad
According to the instructions on multiwiicopter.com the mid and endpoints need to be set properly to ensure auto-level works properly. I hadn't bothered much with this except to make sure the throttle travel was low enough to arm the PARIS board. This is probably why I've spent so much time stuffing around with trimming flights trying [...]
MWC Quadcopter – Cramming in the ESCs
These photos show the frame starting to come together. The bottom of the CF plate shows each of the four ESCs are held in place by 2mm cable ties. There's not a lot of room left on the top of the board after the ESCs and power distribution cable is laid down. On top of [...]
Quadcopter Scarab – Power Distribution lead
These photos show the power distribution lead made as per the instructions that come with the Scarab 12 – Quad-X Euro frame. The wire is 20 AWG from HobbyKing. About 15mm of the silicon jacket is stripped from the end of five wires per polarity (red & black). Then the bare wire of each group [...]
QuadCopter SCARAB – Motor Mount Retainer
These photos show the retaining screw cut to 7mm and how it penetrates one quadrant of the 12mm aluminium tube divided up by the motor mount. Cut to the right length, it doesn't intrude far enough to cause concern with rubbing on the wire from the ESC to the motor which is routed internally along [...]
QuadCopter SCARAB 12 – Assembly part 2
The frame looks well laid out, light weight and just plain good looking. 20AWG is used to connect to the 2213N 800Kv Brushless Motors with just enough left hanging out the end to connect the four speed controllers ( TURNIGY Plush 12amp (2A BEC) BESC ). The only thing I'm unsure about so far is the [...]
SCARAB 12 – Quad-X EURO Build – Motor Mounts
I'm going to try using 1.5mm cable ties on the motor mounts. Seemed to work fine on the Tricopter and in the event of a crash, there might be some give before things get bent.