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• Flight controller board milling

  Benny • 09/20/2016 at 21:51 • 0 comments

  final design for the flight controller

  milling the PCB

  the final result

  looks pretty good for now =]

• let's start building

  Benny • 09/13/2016 at 18:07 • 0 comments

  I have printed and cut must of the body parts and some of the hardware arrived!

  I had cut the carbon fiber wings tube into the correct length.

  I had assambled the lower part of the quadcoppter, and everthing fits perfectly =]

  next update will come soon.. (hopefully i will experiments with flexible materials)

• Material exploration

  Benny • 09/05/2016 at 17:00 • 0 comments

  I started to test different kinds of rubber material for the vibration dampers first test with flexible resin did not good to well due to excess exposure to the alcohol cleaning solution.

  The second attempt turn around fine, but a little bit too stiff for my liking.

  I printed them with FormLabs printer, I wish to make two more attemps with ninja flex / pla flex & with molding.

  
  

• few setbacks and a little progress

  Benny • 08/26/2016 at 11:31 • 0 comments

  So I am having a bit problems with the othermill machine, I can mill my pcb only with 1/100" bit, which I dont have and is too small, moreover, my hardware delivery is delayed. In the meantime I wrote few libraries for the sensors that I could not find online, and I have tested most of them with my Arduino Due. Also I have inserted all the telemetry to my 3d model, and I have designed new landing gear, I hope next week I could make some more significant progress.

  
  

• Stage two: desgining the flight controller (2)

  Benny • 08/02/2016 at 19:57 • 0 comments

  Thank to K.C. Lee advices I have improved the flight controller PCB layout

  
  

• Stage two: desgining the flight controller

  Benny • 08/01/2016 at 09:32 • 5 comments

  I have started to design all the components into a PCB with all the sensors tha i could of think of that will be usefull. I am going to mill in using the othermill so i had to make the wires spread apart, the red wires will be connected manually since i have only one sided PCB's.
  
  ** I would love to hear you thoughts, if you have any ideas for new sensors or any suggestion please let me know. (all the component are listed in the project page).
  

• Stage one: designing the quad body (5)

  Benny • 07/29/2016 at 09:50 • 0 comments

  I have designed the flight controller and the electronic hood.
  As I am still waiting for some hardware to arrive, I will stop the body modelling here until they will arrive so I would be able the finalize it. Until then I will start designing the flight controller, and the all the electronic.

• Stage one: designing the quad body (4)

  Benny • 07/27/2016 at 21:57 • 0 comments

  Final (or at least very close) version of the core of the quadcopter, next steps, design the flight controller and electronics protection.

  the vibration dumpning was marged into the base of the quad in order to reduce the size and the weight, and few more contraction changes.

• Stage one: designing the quad body (3)

  Benny • 07/26/2016 at 17:38 • 0 comments

  I have redegined the base so everything will connect firmly and the cable routing will be optimal.
  Next step: make the model slimer.

• Stage one: designing the quad body (2)

  Benny • 07/25/2016 at 17:19 • 0 comments

  more components added to the design..

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