16 replies to this topic

[AlKilgore]

Just wondering who makes a really good one and also good 40 amp esc's for use on microkopter motors ???
Thanks
Alan

[Windbreaker]

I have 40-amp ESCs and made this:

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Stainless steel posts threaded into a Plexiglass block. Bonded to the center plate with VHB tape to provide some insulation between the bottom of the block and the carbon fiber center plate.

Standard automotive ring terminals, with the original insulation stripped off. They're insulated with heat shrink which is a lot less bulky.

[K Wells]

I prefer this one

http://photoshipone....products_id=250

[Windbreaker]

Photoship One's design is very clean and lightweight.

[K Wells]

Windbreaker, on 21 February 2012 - 09:26 AM, said:

Photoship One's design is very clean and lightweight.

Yeppers.. I like it because I can use it on up to 8 esc's plus accessories

[Windbreaker]

K Wells, on 21 February 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

Yeppers.. I like it because I can use it on up to 8 esc's plus accessories

Price isn't bad, too. What I put together would tend to get rather tall with eight ESCs. It's nice how the Photoship One design stays flat, no matter how many ESCs get hooked up.

[AlKilgore]

Thanks , I will get that board, for simplicity and nice install.
Alan

[dacat]

i got this one here http://www.goodluckb...tion-board.html

haven´t tested yet...

[Enthlapy]

http://forums.openpi...bution-systems/

[Brian]

We really need an OP power distribution board.  This topic keeps coming up, and it would be great to have a good distribution board that integrates well with the OP boards.  It should be a pretty basic board, and something that we could get small batches of prototypes for relatively inexpensively.

Anyone out there want to take a stab at starting a design?  I've started a couple of times, but I'm just not familiar with the tools, so it would probably take me 10X longer than someone who is familiar with the tools.  If someone starts a design in a tool that's not too expensive (Eagle?), I'm willing to help refine the design.

[neobee]

Nobody speak about the one from hoverthings: http://www.hoverthin...tion-board.html It's used by several people here no?

[KillaX]

Im using hoverthings powerborad.  Though i did ask myself, Why didnt I make my own.  I have really thin PCB, and really thick PCB.  I make my own circuitboards all the time, no idea why i didnt make my own powerboard...It woulda cost me only $3 to make a 4x6" if i wanted to

http://i.imgur.com/fKpe2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8LaYA.jpg
http://www.killatron...ctSSTC/pic3.png

Just a few examples of my own DIY boards.

Edited by KillaX, 22 February 2012 - 02:14 AM.

[neobee]

You would have saved 3,50$ . The price for a prop set... and I think you will need some :-)

[Enthlapy]

neobee, on 22 February 2012 - 01:18 AM, said:

Nobody speak about the one from hoverthings: http://www.hoverthin...tion-board.html It's used by several people here no?

http://forums.openpi...dpost__p__59837

[dacat]

Brian, on 22 February 2012 - 12:59 AM, said:

We really need an OP power distribution board.  This topic keeps coming up, and it would be great to have a good distribution board that integrates well with the OP boards.  It should be a pretty basic board, and something that we could get small batches of prototypes for relatively inexpensively.

Anyone out there want to take a stab at starting a design?  I've started a couple of times, but I'm just not familiar with the tools, so it would probably take me 10X longer than someone who is familiar with the tools.  If someone starts a design in a tool that's not too expensive (Eagle?), I'm willing to help refine the design.

yeah lets find a design... i don´t know how to do electrical design... so i leave it to someone else

my thought of design and many other where postet in this thread

[scphoto]

neobee, on 22 February 2012 - 01:18 AM, said:

Nobody speak about the one from hoverthings: http://www.hoverthin...tion-board.html It's used by several people here no?

I use it as well. I believe it is actually a crius board that they are dealers of/for

[Stands By The Crash]

I have this one and love it.  It has a switch to flip on and off which makes it easier to keep the copter still when powering up.

http://www.kkmultico...d_sw3&id_no=119