My thoughts trash can – A blog about robotics, drones, electronics and other random amenities
I'm shortly going to work integrating the OpenPilot telemetry with ROS. Main (long term) focus is indoor positioning and navigation. This is a quick mockup of the craft that will be used. Plates are going to be rebuilt to better host everything The reference platform is made by OpenPilot Revolution flight controller; OpenPilot GPSV9 with … Continue reading Foldable quad for ROS integration experiments
Just a quick teaser, plans and other infos coming soon! Credits goes to the great designs from http://untestedprototype.com/ on which it was heavily based.
Here are the drawings for a mini-H I built some time ago. it can be easily folded to be put in a backpack. The design was built using the following materials: Main center frame assembly n° 14 M2x16 hex socket bolts n° 12 M2 nuts n° 8 M2 self locking (nylock) nuts n° 14 M2 … Continue reading Mini Revo foldable H frame
A little update: I was unable to get rid of vibrations given the softness of the frame, so i decided to rebuild the copter using some spares I had at hand. Here the result, more details soon:) update: here is a video of one of the first flights: http://youtu.be/ZoO-wHts3Y0
Hi guys. I have problem with my bigger quad (one esc does weird things raising throttle) so i cannot fly for now. So It was time (while waiting for my holidays) to finish a mini vtail quad I had in mind for a lot of time. I is basically built around some 4mm carbon fiber … Continue reading Mini VTail quad
I built this mini control board based on MultiWII to stabilize a new quadricopter I'm working on. This quad will use the common hxt2730 motors (rewound for the propellers it will spin with a 2S LiPo) and will have a V tail tw0 5.5x4.5 counter rotating APC propellers and two gws 8x4 front propellers. the … Continue reading Control board for mini quad
Here is the first attempt for my new landing gear: This is in it's working position. It is build of two U-shaped aluminium pieces that holds in place the and forms the pivoting system for the landing gear arms. Two linear springs made of stainless steel holds the arms in place when in working position. … Continue reading New landing gear prototype
More on this later...