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[Salvo]

Hello everyone!

I finally have a Quadcopter!  It is not quite finished (I still need to put on a protective cover, setup FPV, etc) but it flies great and I needed to share!  Before this I had only flown (helicopter wise) a Blade MCX and MSR and I find the Quad just as easy to fly (though the helis were great practice). Thank you Dankers for sending me a board to get me started!

Here is a pick at the start of the project:

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And here is a pic in (early) flying condition!

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Salvo!

[dankers]

Hi Salvo, looking great

Nice elegant design and happy it flies well.

[Salvo]

Thanks again and also for the Medal Dankers!  Here are two more pics of the power distribution board.  I think they make the wiring look slick and take away the mess.  I haven't seen many pics of how people set them up so I hope it is of interest!

Salvo

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[eyesonsky]

Salvo, on 30 January 2012 - 10:25 AM, said:

Hello everyone!

I finally have a Quadcopter!  It is not quite finished (I still need to put on a protective cover, setup FPV, etc)
Salvo!

Some ideas for your protective cover here: http://forums.openpi...omes-for-quads/

[offe]

Finally got my nano quad airborne! I'm able to fly it on stock settings, but going to tune it when I get the bluetooth telemetry working.

Setup:
Frame - Dialfonzo QuadMini
ESC - Turnigy Plush 6A
Motor - 18-11 2000kv Micro Brushless Outrunner (10G)


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Edited by offe, 19 February 2012 - 11:17 PM.

[Brian]

Looks good!  Looks like a DiaLFonZo QuadMini, which is a great mini frame.

[algerbens]

This is my Quad FPV machine, well over a hundred flights at this point.
OP CC controller,  BlueSkyrC Spider Quad Frame, 1200 kv suppo motors and 8x4.5 props.
5.4 GHZ 500mw downlink transmitter and a GoPro Hero camera.
That's an EagleTree GPS unit on top and on the bottom side there's an OSD pro and a V4 DataLogger.
Flight times about 5 minutes with a 2650 ma.hr 3s LIPO.

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[dankers]

Nice and well done on 100 flights!

[Qrome]

Here is my xRotor Spider HEX flying the CC flight controller.  I have about 2 hours FPV flight time on it and about double that line of sight.
Using 10A Plush ESCs and SK3 motors.  

Frame:  xRotor Spider HEX by BlueSkyRC
Camera:  GoPro Hero and Hero2
Video Transmitter:  900Mhz @ 500mw
Battery:  2650mAh (flight time about 6 minutes) 3s

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[AlPackin]

nice Qrome and you now have your CC Multirotor badge

[Dane]

Can't believe I've never posted here I've had so much luck with OP on my various platforms. All Openpilot Powered and flown. I set up the mounts So I can easily move them as desired. Move the motors and whatnot too. So I have a pile of frames lol.


Hoverthings.com VC-450 Quad, Frankenquad Openpilot case, SMD LED Strips, AR8000, TM1000 Telemetry Spektrum




Hoverthings.com FPV1 Ralphie FPV Quad. Spektrum Telemetry, AR8000, Bluetooth, Eagletree OSD




Babucopter Acrylic Minicopter, Bluetooth




eyefly.nfo Quadrixette, Hitec Optima 7, 1.2ghz 500mw transmitter, 10g camera




BlueskyRC Mini Quad, bluetooth, Frankenquad OP case. 6 SMD 5050 Panels front and back



BlueskyRC Hexa Mini Openpilot/Bluetooth

Flying with 1 motor out like a CHAMPION thanks to openpilot.


Coming soon: M6 Bolt Frame! FPV, Turnigy Sk3 motors, bluetooth, Skylark Tiny OSD

you could call me an OP junkie

Edited by Dane, 19 March 2012 - 03:08 AM.

[juz]

sweet helmet Dane

[Dane]

juz, on 19 March 2012 - 03:25 AM, said:

sweet helmet Dane

1968 DOT Safety Too just like the car! The organizers laughed everytime I blew past the finish line.

[Quad_Addict]

My herd of op cc
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[cab]

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Edited by cab, 22 April 2012 - 08:39 AM.

[MikeL]

Maiden hover 4/15/12, hk450 belt tail frame, align fbl head and 410 swash servos, hitec 5084mg tail, align 35a esc, walkera tx/rx, and an OpenPilot!

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[carbo]

Sorry for reposting this, I did a nickname change the complicated way. So, again, the third version of my CC quad: plywood base, aluminium arms, box on top for the electronics and one at the bottom for the lipo. Quite heavy, but sturdy and good for landing in wet grass.

Besides, meanwhile I have proof it will fly:

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Edited by carbo, 22 April 2012 - 10:10 AM.

[Psycho]

Home built frame 1/2 square poplar booms, acrylic hi-rise.
RCTimer 2836 motors & 40 A esc.
5v separate BEC.
Spectrum 7dx and HK orange 6 ch rx. 10x4.7 props.

[jpsabo]

Still have quite a bit to do as I am planning to use this quad for FPV...add eLogger, OSD, FPV camera, Tx, HD camera, etc.

But, it's in the air and flies reliably. Let me know if you see anything in the video that I may be able to address through better tuning.

Build details: Hoverthings HT-FPV frame, Avroto 770 kV motors, MayTech 30A ESCs. Presently I am using GemFan 11x4.7 carbon-filled props which seem to be working well.

My previous experience is with the Quadrino MultiWii on Hoverthings quad frames, so I'm still learning how to tune the OPCC.

Tuning details progression (yellow indicates a change). I plan to fly in attitude mode.



Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.

Best regards,
John

[nitromethane]

Hi

So here's my stab at making CopterControl and OP look good

It's running: mystery 12A ESCs, 2400kv motors, 8x4 props and a 2200mAh 3s LiPO.

The frame it self is my design, made from some plywood, aluminium arms and some nuts and bolts.

It survived some bad crashes and had most of its components replaced, but it doesn't realy show and still flies great

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