Vacuform bodies?

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Pelted

Member
First of all I'm waiting for all my quad building stuff to arrive from all over the dang planet, and the resin to set on my aluminum ladybird frame I built last night. This all has me thinking about multirotor aesthetics. There are some great looking builds out there, and some really nice wire management examples around these pages and other forums. What I've found little to nothing about is using simple vacuform to create shells or other interesting designs to supplement frames. I know every gram counts, but sometimes there is power left to spare. Does anyone coming from cars or helis and all the vacufrom shells have any experience in creating some great shells for for quads and hexes? I'm tired of looking a bare circuit boards, wires, and for god's sake zip ties. ahahah.<style id="_clearly_component__css" type="text/css">#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; } </style>
 

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celtballadeer

New Member
I agree, about the bare circuit and even with the best wire management, exposed wires make the project look incomplete. Currently I'm only flying an AR Drone 2.0. I have removed the plastic on the external hull and was looking for a hobby shop that will vacuform it so I can customize, and lighten the load because the foam is very thick on the top. Hollowing it out will make room for mods like GPS, and laser tag mods. My ideas at the moment currently outway my budget.
Good luck and repost if you are sucessful in testing.
 

SleepyC

SleepyC

www.AirHeadMedia.com
Although it seems like a good idea for smaller rigs, once you get into professional rigs, the ability to visually inspect everything at a glance is key.
Covering things up just makes it harder to inspect. Also if a repair is needed, time is money, the less to have to mess with the better!
 



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