roycruse
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*Ive decided on a Y6 Config for best forward field of view for Aerial Photography
*Its going to be aluminium tube and plate construction with the option of switching parts to CF if I run out of weight.
*Ive got some RSB clamp parts coming to clamp my booms to my central frame.
*Im kind of making it up as i go along rather than spending days on a CAD package.
*My final choice on drive is the Tornado Thumper 3536/8 (1000kv) spinning 15x4 APC-E props
*Will probably go with Hoverfly board as this keeps cost down - dont need gps at this stage but can add it later if i need to. (they would hopefully have got rid of all the problems with it by then) I also like the fact i can use off the shelf ESCs
*I have no idea at this stage how im going to fabricate a camera mount and if i will try to include tilt stabilization etc - but i will worry about all that once ive got it flying.
A rough sketch of the layout :-
View attachment 1314
I will start building when the parts start arriving and post here any progress and questions.
Im very excited to be starting this journey.
*Its going to be aluminium tube and plate construction with the option of switching parts to CF if I run out of weight.
*Ive got some RSB clamp parts coming to clamp my booms to my central frame.
*Im kind of making it up as i go along rather than spending days on a CAD package.
*My final choice on drive is the Tornado Thumper 3536/8 (1000kv) spinning 15x4 APC-E props
*Will probably go with Hoverfly board as this keeps cost down - dont need gps at this stage but can add it later if i need to. (they would hopefully have got rid of all the problems with it by then) I also like the fact i can use off the shelf ESCs
*I have no idea at this stage how im going to fabricate a camera mount and if i will try to include tilt stabilization etc - but i will worry about all that once ive got it flying.
A rough sketch of the layout :-
View attachment 1314
I will start building when the parts start arriving and post here any progress and questions.
Im very excited to be starting this journey.