Projects

Participants	Ranzbak, The JinX
Skills	Soldering, Electronics, Coding, UI design
Status	Getting parts
Niche	Electronics
Purpose	Fun

Specs

Weight: 965g

Power: 2200mAh 11.1V

Max power: 410W

Components

HJ 450 "classic" frame mixd with Firefly

4x Turnigy D2822/17 1100KV Brushless

4x 8045 CW CCW Propellers

4x Turnigy Multistar 30 Amp Multi-rotor Brushless ESC (2 with BEC)

AeroQuad 32 Flight Control board v2 (baloo)

Turnigy 9X 2.4GHz 8Ch Receiver (V2)

Turnigy 2200mAh 3S (30C+35C) LIPO

XRF wireless RF radio UART RS232

LS20031 GPS + micro JST 6 (4 wires used)

10 strand Dupont cable female-female

6 female jumper leads

4x 470 Ohm resistor and 2 white 5mm LED 2 red LED 5mm

1x XT60 and 8x 3.5mm gold bullet connectors

Heat shrink tubes

Velcro tape <3

Turnigy 9XR Transmitter Mode 2 + 11.1v (3s) 2200mAh 1.5C LIPO + FS-TH9X-B-Module

XBee Explorer Dongle + XRF wireless RF radio UART RS232 + SMA connector + Quad-band Cellular Antenna SMA

Turnigy Accucel-6 50W 6A Balancer/Charger

LIPO charge bag

5x Turnigy D2822/17 1100KV Brushless

10x XT60 gold male and female connectors

1 black (HJ) and 2 white (Firefly) 450 frame arms

Firefly fibreglass body parts

Some 8045 propellers

Velcro straps

Sony 600TVL CCD Camera

5.8Ghz 200mW Wireless AV Tx/Rx Video Transmitter/Receiver

10x Micro JST 1.25 7-Pin Connector with Wire

25x M3 7mm Philips head screw

2 black 2 white HJ frame arms

Dupont wire female female

Some 8045 propellors

First crash

2013-11-20 put AeroQuad in case
2013-11-23 assembled body, screwed motors on with 16x M3 (~6mm)
2013-11-26 charged batteries, added receiver and battery strap
2013-11-27 battery monitor leads (and header for LEDs) added
2013-12-04 XT60 to power board soldered
2013-12-07 8x 3.5mm gold bullet connectors, installed ESCs, 6 pin micro JST to GPS
2013-12-11 added 4 pin micro JST to XRF module and 2 front and 2 rear LEDs
2013-12-15 inserted TX installed props created case for XRF
2013-12-21 new rear end frame upgraded LEDs
2013-12-22 more zip-ties and some housing tests
2013-22-26 replaced some motors, printing legs
2013-22-27 printing legs, new zip-ties and better battery strap

2013-12-15 maiden flight .. second flight went too high, crashed and broke frame
2013-12-22 small flight test in the dark, too windy to check at altitude but all controls seem to work fine :)
2013-12-26 major imbalance on first two test flights, second and third night flight went mostly great though . .
2013-12-27 indoor flight tests worked like a charm very stable .. battery empty indication problematic