Matts PVC T-QUAD

[mattsPVC]

Basic Gopro Tilt Mount

Made a basic tilt mount for my Gopro camera, used an old analog servo.
Will try a new digital servo to see if it is any smoother in its action.
All up weight with this mount is about 1500grams.
Getting about 6-7 minutes flight time.
A NEW IMPROVED MOUNT ON PAGE 4

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[mattsPVC]

Battery & Gopro Mount

Here is my new combined battery and Gopro mount. I use heavy duty velcro to attach the Gopro to the battery holder. It holds it very well, and I get a lot less jello of the picture with this mount.
The battery holder will hold a Zippy Flightmax 3s 3000mah battery with a little packing with strips of velcro.
Also pictures of my Gopro tilt mount using a Corona DS-329MG Digital servo.




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[mattsPVC]

New Cleaned Up Version

Here are some pictures of my new build.
I used 20mm PVC pipe on this one. Arm length 17cm.
Using Gemfan 9x4.7 propellers.
Motors are my old Keda 1050kv.

Also a HPM electrical box to store the DJI Naza flight controller and Spectrum ar8000 reciever.

Weight without battery 917 grams
Weight with Zippy Flightmax 3s 3000mah battery 1157 grams.
Weight with Gopro camera 1364 grams.

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[mattsPVC]

Here is a video of my new T-Quad flying on manual mode for the first time.

 

[mattsPVC]

Motor Mount Fabrication

This is how I fabricate my motor mounts
Using a piece of rigid Clear plastic packaging, drill a hole for the motor shaft.View attachment 4810
Punch holes in where the screws goView attachment 4811
You now have a templateView attachment 4812
Place this template on the aluminuim tube upside downView attachment 4813
Using a metal punch tool, hammer indents in the aluminuimView attachment 4814
You now have drill hole locationsView attachment 4815
Drill holes for the motor screwsView attachment 4816
Drill a bigger hole for the motor shaft so it does not bindView attachment 4817
Use a file to clean up the insideView attachment 4818
Using a hacksaw cut the motor mount off the tubingView attachment 4819
Also drill two holes on either side for mouting to the PVC pipe. (do this before you cut the tube)View attachment 4820
If you bought Aluminuim channel you can skip these stepsView attachment 4821
Using a Dremel Drill and cutting disk, cut the bottom offView attachment 4822View attachment 4823
The finished motor mountView attachment 4824

 

[mattsPVC]

Basic FPV Camera Tilt Mount

This is my FPV camera Tilt Mount.
Its pretty basic with just a mini servo and a plane horn.
Its works in conjunction with my Gopro tilt servo.

The FPV Camera is attached to servo with double sided tape (3M VHB).

I have the FPV camera servo and Gopro servo going to seperate channels.

On my JR DSX9 Transmiter I have them setup to activate with a single lever switch.

The Gopro servo is set to travel slower, for smoother video tilts.

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[mailman35]

thanks for the update!
it fills in the holes i had for the motor mounts
now i can finish the frame i built out

 

[yakjock]

That t-quad is impressive very nice.

 

[ChrisViperM]

Sometimes I feel stupid...I spend a lot of money on overpriced equipment...and then I find your thread. Your formula is amazing...Take some pieces of "scrap", combine it with an inventional mind and have FUN...FUN....FUN

BTW: Where in Australia do you live....the place looks amazing.

Keep well and have lots of new ideas...and keep posting videos

Chris

 

[mailman35]

i like the idea of this quad frame from the simpleness of it, you can build 2 or 4 of them at a time and for a fraction of the cost of others.
i got an x spider built out, just need to get the brackets ordered and fabricated.

 

[hjls3]

Awesome stuff. I will be heading to the hardware store. Thanks for posting all this info. Going to be a fun project.

 

[mattsPVC]

DIY Gopro Anti-Vibration Tilt Mount

I have been working on this for about a month.
Got the idea from the shock mounts they use with microphones.

WATCH THE BELOW VIDEO IN 1080 FOR THE BEST RESULTS

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[realbozo]

stabilization program did you use for video?
like deshaker or mercalli ect?

 

[mattsPVC]

The video has not been stabilized or deshaker. It was imported to i-movie, edited, and exported only.

 

[hjls3]

Genius. Nicely done.

 

[realbozo]

View attachment 5065View attachment 5066Which version is better than the pictures?
Which is better ı do it. right in the picture or pictured on the left?

 

[anaka]

very creative project and good results!

Well done!

 

[mattsPVC]

I'm only using the one on the right now. It is better balanced.

 

[ChrisViperM]

They should kick out all the overpayed engineers from DJI and make you the chief of RD....

Carry on like that and keep vid's coming in

Chris

 

[mattsPVC]

Zippy Compact 3s 4000mah Battery

Tried the Zippy Compact 3s 4000mah 25c Battery. Weight 287 grams
It has the same dimensions as the Zippy Lightmax 3s 3000mah 20c battery. Weight 258 grams
And is only 30 grams heaver.

My all up weight is now 1554 grams.

I got a hover time of 11 minutes, compared to 7 minutes with the 3000mah battery.

The battery sells for about $27 compared to $15 for the Zippy Lightmax 3s 3000mah battery.
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