Yesterday I was working on my Quadcopter and a Tricopter (Davids) I was balancing the motors one by one and found out that I have to replace 1 motor on my Quadcopter. It sounds awful and I assume this is the one motor I got running from 2 previous broken motors. There are some vibrations …
Tag Archive: quadcopter
Jun 14
New Quadcopter
Now that I finally got the replacement parts from hobbycity (some were back orders) I can continue building my new Quadcopter. I will use the same set-up as on v.II but I will make small changes to the frame itself to allow better wiring. I will also use a camera stabilization for the GoPro camera. …
Apr 09
T-copter halted or cancelled
I have decided to cancel the work on the T-copter. At least halt it for a while (I still have all things needed for it) The reason I choose to do this is the fact that the T-copter cannot compare to the Quadcopter in any way. Even If I convert it into a MultiWii T-cotper …
Mar 26
Quadcopter flying about
Directly after the crash(previous post) I replaced the LIPO with a fresh one and took off again as there were no visible damages to the Quadcopter. Some general fun flying in autolevel mode. ▶
Mar 25
Quadcopter autolevel test
I got a go at the autolevel feature of MultiWii today. Overall the feature is really nice – this is default settings but the Quadcopter must be calibrated level. I calibrated in on a car-park and its not level so the Quadcopter drifts slightly when autolevel is enabled. And then I had a motor failure …
Mar 14
Quadcopter outdoor
I flew my Quadcopter outside my house yesterday. 1st I did some tests and then I added the FPV gear. It was a great feeling going FPV again as I have not done that since last summer/fall. Here is the video ▶
Mar 14
Quadcopter Indoor at Trekanten
I flew a few hours indoors at Trekanten gymnasium. Some recordings are edited down to this clip ▶
Mar 03
Quadcopter maiden
I managed to get my Quadcopter maidened. I went off to do some tests on a local soccer field but it was busy so I had to go to an empty car park instead – Tarmac is not the surface I wanted to maiden on… About -1 degree Celsius and a bit of wind so …
Mar 03
Quadcopter lights
I mounted some white LED strips to the Quadcopter. The strips can be cut in pieces of 3LED’s and then you solder wires to next segment or to power. Here is what the Quadcopter looks like now. All are LEDstrips are joined with a 3S LIPO alarm and connected to the balance port on the …
Nov 14
Quadcopter frame take 2
A small update to my Quadcopter frame… Minor progress: extending lower spacers from 15mm to 20mm to make room for my EDB. enlarging holes for motor-axles on lower side testfitting motors soldering bullet connectors to motors and ESC’c Soldering Deans connectors to ESC’c Mounting EDB with Velcro top and bottom Testing various ways to dampen …
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