Hi ,
Thanks for viewing this thread and i would like to thank our sponsor 3Dprintronics.com
I have made small form factor Quadcopters with Aluminum , Balsa , Carbon fiber and Glass epoxy . but the problem was weight and if it is light when it crashes the model will break and the joints will be lose .
3D printing is getting famous on the internet and already people have mad 3D printed quadcopters.
I wanted to try it out and check the strength of the material (PLA)
few days back i designed a frame which is 20x20x0.7cm and i got it 3D printed from 3Dprintronics.com
since it is a single piece design without any removable joints it can take a lot of crashes and in the event of breaking something you can glue it or you can heat it and join it(not recommended )
it is very cost effective .
Here is the setup i have used
Emax CF2805 2840kv Motors
HK -15 to 18a ESC flashed with simonK firmware
3S 11.1v 1000mah Zippy's battery
5030 propellers
KK2.0 will be upgrading to APM 2.5
flysky Rx & Tx
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waiting for FrSky
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a whole bunch of cable ties
Testing:
The quadcopter is very agile the flight time was about 15min it took only 30-40% throttle to hover
it performed triple flip and crashed
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no damage
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it was really fun to fly it in windy condition
now you can buy this frame from 3Dprintronics.com or you can design one and get it printed
thanks for reading
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