Jcb's Quad copter Project,

[dstivens]

I'm curious about the different colour of the props..... Do they have practical significance such as Port and Starboard?

normally its so you know which end is the front

[jcb121]

I've just stolen my step-dads camera so time for some better photos!



I just need some cable ties for the ESCs and hopefully it'll fly!

total weight is just over a kilo.

[Lee Roberts]

Looks ace J, had to chuckle as i took delivery of two thousand of these today, bet they would be just right for this and i would have gladly popped down and given you 100 just to see it fly, live in wigan though so guess i'll have to wait for your first flight vids.

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[jcb121]

you can drive down if you want mate! :P

I wish I knew if it would fly or not.

full throttle means the props will spin at 13k rpm.

I've no idea if that x4 will generate enough lift. exciting times :)

[Swarfing]

Quadtastic J, can't wait to see your hard work in flight. makes me want to get the old super60 out now

[jcb121]

Well it flew, shortly. It was yawing like crazy but I managed to get it down safely.

i tried it again to identify the stick that needs reversing but I wasn't so lucky this time. I think one of the props hit something and it fell something like 15-20 feet out of the air.

only problem is one of the wires to the motor has been pulled and a single strand of copper has come off the stator.

so it crashes well!


unfortunately there are no pics as my step-dad is a muppet with a camera.

[Fivetide]

Well it flew, shortly. It was yawing like crazy but I managed to get it down safely.

i tried it again to identify the stick that needs reversing but I wasn't so lucky this time. I think one of the props hit something and it fell something like 15-20 feet out of the air.

only problem is one of the wires to the motor has been pulled and a single strand of copper has come off the stator.

so it crashes well!


unfortunately there are no pics as my step-dad is a muppet with a camera.

damn I mourn your loss .. but yeahhh it flys :) hell its what makes such a great project fun .. lol

[D.C.]

Well it flew, shortly. It was yawing like crazy but I managed to get it down safely.

unfortunately there are no pics as my step-dad is a muppet with a camera.

Nice work, as good as the Wright brothers managed!
If you need a light weight camera for it I can recomend the 808 cams from eletoponline365 on ebay

HD Camera, Capacitors items in eletoponline365 store on eBay!

Those guys are the factory shop apparently so they actually make what they are selling, there are some knock offs floating around other sellers on ebay. There is a load of info the cams on Chuck Lohr's site and several uber threads over at rcgroups.com

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