Tarot FY 680 and a bit Hexacopter

[Randall]

Lol love the kinder egg

[g.collins]

I'm surprised what kinder are doing nowadays.   :laugh:
G

[electricmick]

Looks good Ian, although you could leave it yellow, it looks cool. What happens if it gets hit, it looks like a long stiff lever hung off the vtx sma connector, hate that to be the weak point and break the vtx. Will it?

[marcin]

not jealous at all...not jealous.

[FPVSteve]

Nice.

I think that skew could be a problem though - if you land on some non-level ground and the kinder egg touches down first it's going to stress your vtx - probably won't do any damage but I reckon it should be higher up so it can't hit first.

[Coyote]

Thanks very much :)

Lol Marcin

Mick & Steve, yes very excellent point raised by you both. I had presumed on landing next to me on level ground, but never gave a thought to unplanned landings at all.

So had a think and came up with this ! :



http://youtu.be/bcLd01pqAOo

Should do the trick, although giving thought to using two bands front and back to give more then just travel backwards

[Shikra]

Show me the money...!

Good mod mate, gonna do that to my next antennas I make, ......................well shik makes :)

Ianm - nice job on the copter. Recommend getting some tarot cards to match. If you pick death card - don't fly!

[Coyote]

Lol Gary, cheers, with my luck I don`t need a death card though :)

[FPVSteve]

Now that's a mod :D Nice!

[DaveyLC]

Its a very pretty looking frame! I Like! :D

I have those landing skids too, but I had to change them for nasty plastic ones so I could use my gimbal :(

[Coyote]

Cheers guys, I liked the antenna hinge but it was only on a single axis and didnt totally cure it.

Mk 2 - Dual Axis Skew Protection Device lol

Custom Skew-Planar protection system

[g.collins]

don't wont to keep this going, but if you are concerned, if you land strait down and something is sticking up that hits it, at the right angel it wont swing, it will just push up on the hing, but that's pretty unlikely, nice mod.
:) G

[Coyote]

Yeah I think Ive ruled out what I can without it being a freak accident really G.

Having now said that, I have realized I could do this while meeting your direct hit from below as well. I will make this tomorrow if I have time for the scrutineers to asses and pass judgement :)

[Shikra]

excellent finger control on that knob shaped thing. Something tells me you've twanged it a few times. But to video yourself doing it an posting on the web - that takes it to a whole new level!

good idea - I've cracked a pcb from inverted landing on antenna

[Coyote]

Lol Gary thank you its always nice to get a skill recognised :)

But, the idea worked, but it was over engineered really ( yes even with two elastic bands ) and I had an idea.

Mk 3 and final :

Simple, you can land straight on top of it and it will still be undamaged, no elastic bands, 9 grams lighter than the Mk2 and a lower wind resistance lol

Right angled SMA to RG405 rigid cable, kinder egg protected Skew :

Skew base glued to the inside of the egg to stop the egg bearing down on the antenna




This should explain pretty much my thinking here :



Mk2 vs Mk3 Smaller and nearly 10 grams lighter to boot :



Mk 3 version Skew protection