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[dankers]

Impressive, love the Spider design for FPV.

[Borneoben]

Snagglesworth, on 04 September 2011 - 02:15 PM, said:

MM6 Spider

Motors - Roxxy 2216/25
Props - 5x3x3
Controller - Copter Control
Camera - OV7960 chipset 1/3" 764 x 572 pixels cmos camera
Video TX - 5.8ghz 200mw
Telemetry - APC220
AUW (No batt) 427g
AUW (Inc batt) 594g

Hey Snaggles

Great looking spider you have there

Dont suppose you have a build thread or some more pictures you can share with us??

Thanks

Ben

[Snagglesworth]

Borneoben, on 04 September 2011 - 05:03 PM, said:

Hey Snaggles

Great looking spider you have there

Dont suppose you have a build thread or some more pictures you can share with us??

Thanks

Ben

I did a build thread over on the FPVUK Forum.
Here's the link

Build thread

[c2po]

Here is my CopterControl board on a Kinjal frame with his hat (top plate) removed to show respect for the OpenPilot team.  
Nothing fancy, Plush 10A ESC, cheap motors, FrSky receiver with telemetry (RSSI, voltage, and current), Gaui 8x4.5 props, BlueTooth dongle.
Someone (I think it was SeismicCWave) said in one RCG post that CC is not plug-and-play... well, it kinda is!  
I just put it on the frame, configured the basic settings (Quad-X, output channels, radio/accel calibration and such - and it flew!
Nice and stable hover with almost no trim even in a rate mode! Amazing...
In attitude mode I guess I can just put a transmitter down and go get a cup of tea.  

Kudos to the project team for such a wonderful masterpiece of a hardware and software, well done!

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Edited by c2po, 04 September 2011 - 11:00 PM.

[FlyLT]

Here is my new and first OpenPilot Quad.
Very simple:)
Centerplates are from Flyduino as you can see
Motors: Waypoint 2208-30, 1300kv,36gr
ESC's- Hobbywing Pentium 18A
Props : 8x4.5 SF
Weight w/o battery - 480gr
AUW -650gr with 3S 2200mah

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[Amundsen]

This is my first quad (home made)
Motors: KA 20-22L 924Kv
ESC's: Turnigy Plush 18A
Props: APC1047
Frame: home made 60 cm motor-motor
Controller: OpenPilot :-)
Weight w battery - 1000gr

Have ordered an Bluetooth telemetry module
Plan to use only the satellite receiver

looking forward to PRO with GPS..  ((hope it will be possible to purchase it from Norway ??)

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[elmuchacho]

There is my first Y6 and second multi with OP    

Weight 450gr + 65g for 3S 800mah, 5min flying time.
Hobbyking SS Series 8-10A ESC
Contra Rotating Brushless motors
Carbon square tube
GWS 7x3.5 3 blade






elmuchacho

[Seadog]

Thanks to AlPackin I finally got my quad flying. Had to swap boards with him though. Got home and had to do a quickie video of it up in the air. Sorry for the bad quality. Grabbed the first camera available with charged batteries. I went and got another frame to so later will be getting another CC and putting on that one. (the silver arms)

[juz]

Nice work Seadog. Now add one of you nicest photos so your quad can be displayed in the role of honour on the first page/post.

[David J]

Finished at last!

This tricopter is to the rcexplorer.se design - slightly more weighty than his, but not too bad.  With its multi-coloured temporary "training wheels" it's all-up weight is 1020g - I'm sure a large part of that is due to the number of cable ties I used...

XYH 28-30 750kW brushless outrunner motors
Turnigy Plush 18 ESCs
10 x 4.5 props (2 CCW, 1 CW)
3s 2300mA LiPo
Hitec Optic 6 Sport radio gear (2.4Ghz)

Has now flown twice - and broken 2 props.  There's just not enough room in my garden for a large tricopter flown by a novice!  I'll try and get a video posted once I can get down to the local playing field (weather permitting).  

All I have to do now is learn how to fly it...

Future plans: to make a basic quad from the design in the OpenPilot wiki - I think this tri is a bit fragile for a raw beginner...

AFTERTHOUGHT: Can I have a medal now?

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Edited by David J, 22 September 2011 - 04:46 PM.

[AlPackin]

I just finished my Tricopter too. The frame is BlueSky RC and I used fiberglass arms that I ripped some poplar to fit tight inside of.  Motors are spare XAircraft X450 I had laying around, 1000kv, 120w I believe.  HK 18amp ESC's.  RC is PPM right now but I'm going to install BrokenRotors Spektrum adapter and an Orange satellite.

It flies

[Theo]

Borneoben, on 04 September 2011 - 05:03 PM, said:

Hey Snaggles

Great looking spider you have there

Dont suppose you have a build thread or some more pictures you can share with us??

Thanks

Ben

Nice Fpv Platform, wonder the performance?

[juz]

Okay, I've posted this in the multirotor forum, but, I wanna be in the role of honor...



VC-450 quadcopter frame - hoverthings.com
Openpilot CopterControl flight controller
NTM Prop Drive Series 35-30 1100kv / 380w brushless motors - hobbyking.com
turnigy plush 30A ESCs
10x4.5 Props - cnchelicopter.com
AR7000 rx / JR DSX9 tx - local hobby shop
turnigy 3s 3000mah nanotech Lipo flight battery - hobbyking.com
hobbyking LEDs
RMRC 480 OSD FPV camera
1.3 ghz 300mW transmitter - 3dBi omni antenna - readymaderc.com
eagletree elogger and OSD - readymaderc.com
Gopro HD hero - ebay


weight: 1330 grams
flight time: 7 minutes

[holco]

Here some pictures from my design, at first intended for the Ardu-board bud now flying with a CC brain.

Motors: 6x Keda 20-22L
ESC's: 6x Turnigy Plush 25A
CC 10A BEC
Props: GF 10X4.5
Span: 56cm
CFK 1,5mm
Alu tube 10x10x1 mm
Alu 10mm standoff's
titanium flathead screws 6x3
Lipo: 3S 3000mAh

Edited by holco, 29 September 2011 - 09:14 AM.

[juz]

haha, dude, that is totally supa kool. I love it..please some video of it flying

[holco]

Edited by holco, 29 September 2011 - 10:27 AM.

[David J]

That's a fun design - and I do like the battery mount...

[AlPackin]

Holco your Spyder is my all time favorite multi-rotor, I remember watching your progress on RCG
(now it has a real brain)

[DrewF]

Wow Holco that is stable.  Nice setup!

[holco]

Thanks guys for the nice commends