MTnet Builds Flying Machines: Failure Accomplished
10-04-2012, 10:41 AM
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I'm with GeneSplicer, just cuz they don't touch doesn't mean they won't interact aerodynamically. Wouldn't it be a lot easy to buy one of the prebuilt quads, last I looked they were pretty expensive, but still.
Also, it'd be pretty rad to be have one with GPS and set a preprogrammed flight path that basically had it take off and hover 100 ft over an autocross course for a minute so you could get a top down video of runs and check your lines... There's prolly ppl out there that'd spend $1000 for something that could do that.
Also, it'd be pretty rad to be have one with GPS and set a preprogrammed flight path that basically had it take off and hover 100 ft over an autocross course for a minute so you could get a top down video of runs and check your lines... There's prolly ppl out there that'd spend $1000 for something that could do that.
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10-04-2012, 12:27 PM
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Im sure they will interact aerodynamically, but Im not so sure thats a bad thing. Ive actually seen people build these things with the propellers overlapping with offset height like a chinhook helicopter.
If it does prove to be a problem, it would be only a simple matter of making some little extended motor mounts, making it a little bigger.
I like the autocross tracking idea. Its going to need some serious battery before thats possible though. As it is now Ive calculated it will have ~11 minutes of hover time, if its flying around it could be just a few minutes.
Eventually Ill need to get a 5000+ mAh LiPo for this sucker.
As for Mikuru, my girlfriend is an anime geek and collects anime figures. Some how several have migrated to my house (along with a bunch of other ****, including a box of tampons and several stuffed animals).
If it does prove to be a problem, it would be only a simple matter of making some little extended motor mounts, making it a little bigger.
I like the autocross tracking idea. Its going to need some serious battery before thats possible though. As it is now Ive calculated it will have ~11 minutes of hover time, if its flying around it could be just a few minutes.
Eventually Ill need to get a 5000+ mAh LiPo for this sucker.
As for Mikuru, my girlfriend is an anime geek and collects anime figures. Some how several have migrated to my house (along with a bunch of other ****, including a box of tampons and several stuffed animals).
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10-22-2012, 12:17 AM
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I'm with GeneSplicer, just cuz they don't touch doesn't mean they won't interact aerodynamically. Wouldn't it be a lot easy to buy one of the prebuilt quads, last I looked they were pretty expensive, but still.
Also, it'd be pretty rad to be have one with GPS and set a preprogrammed flight path that basically had it take off and hover 100 ft over an autocross course for a minute so you could get a top down video of runs and check your lines... There's prolly ppl out there that'd spend $1000 for something that could do that.
Also, it'd be pretty rad to be have one with GPS and set a preprogrammed flight path that basically had it take off and hover 100 ft over an autocross course for a minute so you could get a top down video of runs and check your lines... There's prolly ppl out there that'd spend $1000 for something that could do that.
Additionally, if it's flying autonomously via gps, I believe it is legally no longer a hobbyist RC aircraft. Once you're out from under the umbrella regulations of the FAA for hobbyist rc aircraft you are in a world of regulatory hurt, and the FAA is not to be f**ed with.
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10-22-2012, 02:00 AM
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So yesterday it flew, and it was cool and such, except for the part where it tried to cut my hand off.
Then tonight I flew it again, and it was cool and such, except for the part where one of the props broke midair and it plummeted 15 feet to the concrete below.
Good news is that theres no damage other than a few broken wires and the prop (the others survived miraculously).
Then tonight I flew it again, and it was cool and such, except for the part where one of the props broke midair and it plummeted 15 feet to the concrete below.
Good news is that theres no damage other than a few broken wires and the prop (the others survived miraculously).
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10-22-2012, 08:19 AM
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So yesterday it flew, and it was cool and such, except for the part where it tried to cut my hand off.
Then tonight I flew it again, and it was cool and such, except for the part where one of the props broke midair and it plummeted 15 feet to the concrete below.
Good news is that theres no damage other than a few broken wires and the prop (the others survived miraculously).
Then tonight I flew it again, and it was cool and such, except for the part where one of the props broke midair and it plummeted 15 feet to the concrete below.
Good news is that theres no damage other than a few broken wires and the prop (the others survived miraculously).
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11-12-2012, 06:17 PM
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No pics or vids of the first crash, but it pretty much did the same thing again today, and I got it on camera.
A prop made a break for freedom and it fell out of the sky. Good thing my Boar's Head pickle jar protected my electronics.
Jump to ~2:30 if youre a lazy **** and just want to see it crash.
A prop made a break for freedom and it fell out of the sky. Good thing my Boar's Head pickle jar protected my electronics.
Jump to ~2:30 if youre a lazy **** and just want to see it crash.
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04-22-2013, 08:43 PM
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I am resurrecting this thread because it needs more updates, AND I want to build a Quad or Tricopter.
What are your thoughts or opinions on the KK2.0? I will *NOT* be soldering magnet wire to the legs on tiny *** ECU's. I just need some basic K.I.S.S. **** that actually works without weeks/months of study. I think my 6ch radio should be OK, not sure I need any more than that.
Also, holy **** on your motors. 1200KV + 10x4.5 props x4 something like 6lbs of thrust?? I'm looking at using 750KV motors
What are your thoughts or opinions on the KK2.0? I will *NOT* be soldering magnet wire to the legs on tiny *** ECU's. I just need some basic K.I.S.S. **** that actually works without weeks/months of study. I think my 6ch radio should be OK, not sure I need any more than that.
Also, holy **** on your motors. 1200KV + 10x4.5 props x4 something like 6lbs of thrust?? I'm looking at using 750KV motors
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