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: 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
Accessoires
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
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
In transit
Sony 600TVL CCD Camera
5.8Ghz 200mW Wireless AV Tx/Rx Video Transmitter/Receiver
25x M3 7mm Philips head screw
2 black 2 white HJ frame arms
Dupont wire female female
Some 8045 propellors
Build log
- 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
Flight log
- 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 . .
ToDo
Landing gear http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:60722 or http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:135063 based
FPV
T B A
MAX7456 OSD board https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9168 or http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/manufacturer-hobbytronics/max7456-osd-breakout
- needs either one 7-Pin JST or for second option also a 8-Pin JST
Outer shell
Ultrasonic Range Finder (LV EZ-0)
Bigger, better
Brushless Gimbal thing and Camera
GSM/4G stuff for long range
Links
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)
I can do this
Flying is fun
