GeeBee's Quad Build Blog

This is where we left off. This is a side view of the CC board. We are looking from the back of the quad. You can see the battery terminal and the ESC's residing between the bottom plate and middle plate. Also gives a pretty good look at the grommets isolating the CC board and an idea of the spacing that the standoffs give me.   This is where everyth...

Like everyone else, I was concerned about vibrations. I originally thought about some sort of rubber isolation for the motors, but after quite a bit of research, discovered this wasn't a good idea. What happens (in general terms) is, as the CC board sends corrections to the motors, the motors flex about, but they don't accurately move the airfram...

Time to start some construction.   I attached a standard helicopter landing skid to the bottom of my lower plate with screws. After installing it, I think the landing gear is just a little bit small, but will work. Next time I'll use a slightly larger set of gear. I plan on having the battery reside here as well, laying long ways from front to back, b...

I originally decided to go with what seemed to be fairly common on this forum, Turnigy. I started this project around Christmas 2011, so when I went to the HobbyKing web site, Turnigy Plush ESC's were out of stock with no restock date in sight. I ordered Turnigy motors and waited, and waited, and waited.......so I started doing more research to look f...

There's a lot of firsts here, including the first time I've ever blogged, so I hope everyone bears with me. I've learned a good bit in the few months I've been on this forum, but I've still got a long way to go. So......I was able to get a board through Innov8tive Designs, after failing to get one through Rusty's site. That whol...