my V-tail Quad V3 FPV Build Progress

[martink1974]

Not Posted Much Reciently so thought i let ya all know whats going on in my jumbled brain lol


My first Quad Went well untill i had 2 brave pills one day and it fell from 1500 feet :(

so i built another out of wood this time similar design to see if it helped get rid of few vibrations in first build, this went ok but was too much flex in wood, and my v1 allways flew a little nicer,

i also wanted to go FPV on my quad for a while now so decided to build a v3 :)

this time i decided to use trex 600 tail tubes and clamps to make it a little bit less Heath Robinson












cant wait to get this finished and climb in the cockpit :)


off to get fettlein ...

[g.collins]

this build is looking like it will be one tuff cookie, well smart.
:) G

[martink1974]

trying to make it so

3mm ali composite the plates are cut out of

my plan is that in mishap only the trex tail tubes will bend and are easy changed and cant twist in fittings

made motor mounts plates out of polycarbonate and thinking of doing same for body top and front

having to cross drill everything to save weight

[pk-surfing]

Martin,

What's that red sheet stuff in the first photos ? looks like useful sheet.....

PK

[martink1974]

here ya go mr pk :)

http://www.sheetplastics.co.uk/Aluminium_Composite/Red_Aluminium_Composite?product_id=1756

i got in a3 sheets can prolly get it cheaper

they use it for signs n like

take care

martin

[pk-surfing]

Handy website....

I've just had another look at your photo's and realised how big this quad is going to be, its a whopper.

PK

[martink1974]

will be just under 1.2 meters :)

[mark1975]

Looking mighty fine.. martin.good heads up there as well..

[Pasty]

Real nice dude, thats a beast!

[martink1974]

specs at present :)


4 x 3542 motors 1000kv
4 x 40amp Tornado XQ Escs
2 x 12x8 3 bladed front props
2 x 11x7 3 bladed rears
2 x 5000mah 4s 25c
open pilot copter control board (moving to ArduPilot Mega 2560 after test flights)
Dragon Link RX
WDR600 cam
2.4gig 10mw vtx
OSD ? (still not sure about osd or not Would like voltage and way home if poss)

[martink1974]

its all comming together :)

[martink1974]

started on my smaller v3 quad same design just half size

shall call it

MINI VEE

:)


ha ha ha ha








need sleep :)

[BlueFlyer]

do you just set up the controller to fly in X configuration?

[martink1974]

no m8 ,

im using copter control (open Pilot) wITH custom mix it flys like a tri the 2 motors at the back dont move like tri it just regulates motors at back to control yaw and keep its bum off ground :), the bigger one im using ardu mega controller for and i will use a y4 mixer

i recon you can make anything fly with copter control

[thundead]

looking good m8 :) love the double boom design :D