AnusCopter
| Projects | |
|---|---|
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| Participants | Ranzbak, The JinX |
| Skills | Soldering, Electronics, Coding, UI design |
| Status | Getting parts |
| Niche | Electronics |
| Purpose | Fun |
Contents
Specs
Weight: 1111g
Power: 2200mAh 11.1V
Max power: 410W
Components
HJ 450 "classic" frame mixd with Firefly
Extended legs http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:135063
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
Accessoires
Slightly modded 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
- Case for XRF dongle http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:204516
Turnigy Accucel-6 50W 6A Balancer/Charger
LIPO charge bag
Spare parts
3x Turnigy D2822/17 1100KV Brushless
10x XT60 gold male and female connectors
1 black HJ 450 frame arm
Firefly fibreglass body parts
Some 8045 propellers
Odds, ends and broken motors
In transit
Sony 600TVL CCD Camera
5.8Ghz 200mW Wireless AV Tx/Rx Video Transmitter/Receiver
10x Micro JST 1.25 7-Pin Connector with Wire
MAX7456 OSD Breakout http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/max7456-osd-breakout
25x M3 7mm Philips head screw
2 black 2 white HJ frame arms
Dupont wire female female
Velcro straps
Some 8045 and 9050 propellors
Build log
- 2013-11-20 put AeroQuad in case and played around with it a bit Mac and Linux version of AeroQuad Configurator lack a bit
- 2013-11-23 assembled body, screwed motors on with 16x M3 (~6mm) will need some more of those
- 2013-11-26 charged batteries, added battery strap and receiver and wired it up with 10 wire Dupont cable
- 2013-11-27 battery monitor leads (and header for LEDs) added drilled/routed a hole in top of case for jumper leads
- 2013-12-04 XT60 wired and soldered to power distribution board
- 2013-12-07 soldered and wired 8x 3.5mm gold bullet connectors, installed ESCs, soldered 6 pin micro JST to GPS
- 2013-12-11 added 4 pin micro JST to XRF module and added 2 front and 2 rear LEDs
- 2013-12-15 inserted TX installed props for first time, created case for XRF
- 2013-12-21 new rear end frame upgraded fixation of LEDs
- 2013-12-22 more zip-ties and some housing tests
- 2013-12-26 replaced some motors, started 3D printing first leg
- 2013-12-27 printing 2 more legs, bought 20mm M4s RVS nuts and bolts have to saw/dremel a bit off added battery wire containment strap
- 2013-12-28 switched blue LED with a green one + 22K Ohm resistor in RX. finished quad legs, changed two arms and printed a non-fitting FPV thing
Flight log
- 2013-12-15 maiden flight .. second flight went too high, crashed from 6m 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
- 2013-12-28 crash on first attempt, stable flight indoor still .. might have to reconfig on ground instead of in space
T B A
FPV cam mount http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:77814 based or just something simple?
Outer shell to make it more crashworthy
Ultrasonic Range Finder (LV EZ-0)
Bigger, better and at-least less fragile in the arms department
Brushless Gimbal thing and Camera
GSM/4G stuff for long range?
Links
Some more useful reading
Other local flying projects
Social
Useful
Lessons learned
Check all your screws between all flights
- lost 4 on maiden flight and 2 later on
- possibly lost a prop that way (first crash)
Flame Wheel clones have pretty fragile arms
Overcompensation is a bitch
Being in a zen state helps
I can do this
Flying is fun
