My new light weight PVC T-Quad.
I have moved the battery to the top, and the flight controller to the middle. To get the CG up higher.
You have to cut out the middle with a dremel to get every thing to fit. Structurally it still feels very strong. Will find out when I crash it next.
Still with 20mm PVC pipe and T-adapters.
Arms are 20cm, Motor to Motor is 480mm.
Hardware:
Flight Controller: DJI NAZA
Gains: 125 125 125 90, attitude 95 95.
ESC:
CarbonBird 18a, these a super compact and fit in the 20mm PVC arms.
Motors:
Turnigy NTM 28-26 1200kv
Prop adapters:
NTM prop drive 28 series
Propellers:
Gemfan 9x4.7 (Nylon/Carbon Mix)
Battery:
Zippy Compact 3s 4000mah 25c
Weight:
With FPV gear (Without battery) 903 grams.
With FPV gear (With battery) 1190 grams.
Hover time 15 minutes.
With FPV gear & Gopro camera (Without battery) 1134 grams
With FPV gear & Gopro camera (With battery) 1420 grams.
Hover time 12 minutes, Flight time 8 minutes.
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