Blake Ebsary
New Member
Hi Guys,
New to the forum and I thought I would share how my build is going so far. As usual a few little hiccups along the way but I really wanted to share how I stuffed a heap of DJI gear into the F550 frame to make a compact aerial mapping machine.
I work as a surveyor in the Australian mining industry and have had a real desire to create my own mapping machine, that is;
- Cost effective
- Easy to deploy
- User friendly
- Gets results
I did a fair amount of research and decided on the F550 with some extended arms so I could fit a larger propulsion system to try and extend flight times. Essentially wanted to keep the frame as small as possible for ease of transport.
What I did have trouble with was finding some in depth information on mounting hardware and how people got around stuffing a decent amount of good gear into this DIY frame. Components listed below;
- DJI F550 top and bottom plates
- AeroXcraft extend arms
- DJI E600 propulsion system
- DJI WKM FC
- DJI IOSD Mini
- 2 BEC modules (One for the IOSD and the second as a spare)
- Multistar 12,000MaH Battery
- AeroXcraft landing gear
- DJI H33D gimbal for GoPro (This is interim as I'm waiting to find a Sony NEX5-7 or an A6000 camera.)
- Hitec Aurora 9x transmitter and Optima reciever
I just wanted to show people how I have setup my machine and I also want critical feedback as to how I could do things better. Will keep this updated as I progress through the build.
Got the XT90 connection soldered along with the WKM PMU and 2 UBEC's. For anyone who has used the E600 propulsion system you will know that the power cabling is very long so I shortened all of these up to keep it as clean as possible 'under the hood"
Just for reference this is an XT60 connector up against the XT90 tha I have installed.
Trying to keep my soldering clean and tidy, I don't ever want to go back under here for any reason!
Got all of the main components soldered in, now comes the fun part of trying to run everything to keep it nice and tidy... Covered up all of my exposed soldering just to be on the safe side.
New to the forum and I thought I would share how my build is going so far. As usual a few little hiccups along the way but I really wanted to share how I stuffed a heap of DJI gear into the F550 frame to make a compact aerial mapping machine.
I work as a surveyor in the Australian mining industry and have had a real desire to create my own mapping machine, that is;
- Cost effective
- Easy to deploy
- User friendly
- Gets results
I did a fair amount of research and decided on the F550 with some extended arms so I could fit a larger propulsion system to try and extend flight times. Essentially wanted to keep the frame as small as possible for ease of transport.
What I did have trouble with was finding some in depth information on mounting hardware and how people got around stuffing a decent amount of good gear into this DIY frame. Components listed below;
- DJI F550 top and bottom plates
- AeroXcraft extend arms
- DJI E600 propulsion system
- DJI WKM FC
- DJI IOSD Mini
- 2 BEC modules (One for the IOSD and the second as a spare)
- Multistar 12,000MaH Battery
- AeroXcraft landing gear
- DJI H33D gimbal for GoPro (This is interim as I'm waiting to find a Sony NEX5-7 or an A6000 camera.)
- Hitec Aurora 9x transmitter and Optima reciever
I just wanted to show people how I have setup my machine and I also want critical feedback as to how I could do things better. Will keep this updated as I progress through the build.
Got the XT90 connection soldered along with the WKM PMU and 2 UBEC's. For anyone who has used the E600 propulsion system you will know that the power cabling is very long so I shortened all of these up to keep it as clean as possible 'under the hood"
Just for reference this is an XT60 connector up against the XT90 tha I have installed.
Trying to keep my soldering clean and tidy, I don't ever want to go back under here for any reason!
Got all of the main components soldered in, now comes the fun part of trying to run everything to keep it nice and tidy... Covered up all of my exposed soldering just to be on the safe side.