Acrylic frame laser cut quad

Started by akhilzid, January 29, 2015, 01:05:03 AM

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akhilzid

Design taken from: http://multirotorpilotmag.com/fpvquad/

Center Plate: Acrylic 4mm
Arms:  Acrylic 8mm

Motor: Mystery a2212 1200KV
ESC: DYS 30A SimonK
Props: 1045SF(will move to 0905SF later for better battery life)
FC: HK AIO Pro V2
Firmware: MegapirateNG
Battery: Repacked Woolpack 2S 4200mAh


gunnu

Quote from: akhilzid on January 29, 2015, 01:05:03 AM


Center Plate: Acrylic 4mm
Arms:  Acrylic 8mm


may be out of topic but. is acrylic enough strong and rigid..??

akhilzid

Yes but little heavier(also thicker) than glassfiber having same strength

gunnu

ok.. gud nice quad..... nice built :thumbsup:

akhilzid


madaquif

BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLL  ....  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

edit:

small suggestion: add some bright LED....will look asome for night flying.... (:|~ (:|~

How much is the all up weight with battery n landing gear???
Regards

MadAquif...

4 D RC ....SURFACE WATER AIR N SPACE

gunnu

yup good idea @madaquif...
you can add multi color led. it is almost transparent you don't have to  add to much leds. just place few at appropriate angle and it will light up your whole quad....(coz of internal reflection) ..

akhilzid

@madaquif, actually I'm planning to do so.
have no weighing machine, Weight will be checked later.
And thanks for the compliment.
@gunnu, now I'm planning to add two red 1w LEDs for each front arms and blue for back arms.

gunnu


saikat


Himadri Roy

Plz let us know how do it fly? Even i am interested in making the frame! :thumbsup: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:
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Himadri Roy

does the stl file work for the laser or cnc?
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akhilzid

@saikat sir, yes this will little more weight but not too much, my HJ450 bare frame weight is 271g and this acrylic frame is 289.(Both without landing gear)

Quote from: Himadri Roy on January 29, 2015, 12:38:14 PM
does the stl file work for the laser or cnc?
No idea, But you can export to any Vector format like "eps" and import to coreldraw(Search google "sketchup to coreldraw" or let me know if you need any detail steps).

video attaching below, Not PID tuned yet, all with default parameters, no landinggear and GPS attached now.


gunnu

nyc... very stable(more stable than my naza ;D ;D:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

akhilzid

in my experience APM always gave best results, and one more thing i never used vibration dampening methods(FC always tight mounterd on frame) and always care to balance props and motors.

gunnu

i also mount FC directly, and balance my props... but don't know how to balance motors and also how to set Magnetic declination may be coz of this it drifts...

anyways nyc built... clean built... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

akhilzid

for APM everything related to Mag calibration are well written here http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ac_compasssetupupadvanced/
may be you missed this.
basic idea is same for all FCs.

Motor vibration determined by using small zip-tie(look at the attached pic). try rotating zip-tie to better vibration free point and put some stickers there(same stickers that uses for props). also replace bent shafts and adapters.

gunnu

ok thanx.. today ill try like this..

regards

akhilzid

one more thing you can consider, close holes in two ends of arms with thermocol if you are using tube shaped arms like carbon-fiber pipe, aluminium pipe etc. will reduce vibrations to FC. I'm not joking just try, you can feel the difference.

gunnu

ok. ill try and let you know..

regards

Swapnil

Quote from: akhilzid on January 29, 2015, 01:39:27 PM
in my experience APM always gave best results, and one more thing i never used vibration dampening methods(FC always tight mounterd on frame) and always care to balance props and motors.

I've had 2 acrylic quad frames now. They have much less vibration and you can customize all you want. I didn't have to add any vibration dampening to my APM either.
However, I soon realized that there were more disadvantages than advantages with this material. It slowly develops weak points and breaks easily on a rough landing. I've had some really horrible landings with my ST-360 frame but it's hardly got any scratches. Also, an acrylic frame is much heavier and more expensive.

I use laser cut acrylic in a lot of projects (robotics and general). But, alas, it doesn't make a good quad frame.


akhilzid

Swapnil sir, can you please PM me your design if you have now?

sooraj.palakkad

Good build, if this frame goes strong, me too need one soon :)
RC Hobbyist and an Aerial Cinematographer..

akhilzid

Thanks Sooraj, some two more pics attached below with simple landing gear(shirt hanger again).

sooraj.palakkad

that really doesn't look like shirt hanger !! :thumbsup:

But did you changed the orientation of landing skid in first and second pics ???
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