Folding "Woody" H-Quad

by Good Kebo | January 6, 2013 | (16) Posted in Just Fun

Folding H-Quad based on the Flite Test plans. Fold it up and transport in a back pack. Works great! Took about 2 hours to make and about $8 in materials. Take note of the Home Depot yard stick, can you find it. It was the perfect size, matched the 1/2x1/2 square dowels stacked on ends.

I get about 6 minute of "safe" flight time with a 2650 3s battery. Got to get the voltage meter and buzzer connected on KK2 board.

I have been flying a Go Pro but looking forward to going full FPV with it, saving up for a 5.8 rx/tx.

 

More flying here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLRP0a2mUJo&feature=player_detailpage

 

Zoooom On!



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COMMENTS

timmerflyer on January 7, 2013
Looks like a great build. How did you cut out the plywood? I am looking at making a folding H quad at some point might have to steal some of your ideas...
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Good Kebo on January 7, 2013
Used a jig saw to cut ply. Used a small drinking glass to mark radiused sections on arms and camera mount pad. Used paddle blades to cut lightening holes, markings on yard stick made it real easy to cut holes evenly.
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Cyberdactyl on January 8, 2013
Very smooth video footage, as good as anyone.
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bear3103 on January 8, 2013
excellent work on the folding woody
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Nonamerc on January 7, 2013
whats the song @2:50?
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Good Kebo on January 7, 2013
The group is The XX, the album xx, song "Intro".
Glad you liked the copter!
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Nonamerc on January 7, 2013
5 stars btw. nice design!
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casehatter on January 26, 2013
Yea I think I would have done some major practice before a water shot, but hey ya pulled it off or I think,- hope so. These quads are fun I bought the little one to fiddle with in the house just got done they are pretty cool but can get crazy ,,,,,crazy fast. good job man hope to see it again.
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Good Kebo on January 26, 2013
There is so much water around here it is hard to avoid. Flying over water does give it that extra thrill factor.
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lazyb4 on January 26, 2013
Great improvements. Do you have a link to any construction pictures showing those improvements?
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Good Kebo on January 26, 2013
The pics I took during construction I posted at part of the video. It went together pretty quick. I used 2 Home Depot yard sticks, cut to length. Used the leftovers to form the ends of the body box. Widened the main
body to 4" so a HK quad power distribution board would fit, made the body 6" at ends to give space and structure for the hinge. The motor arm piece is split so it can fold. It is sandwiched on ends 2-1/2x1/2 wooden dowel, same stuff the arms are made of. The ends are capped on top with a short sections of 1/8": plywood to give the body box more torsional stiffness. I used a piece of cloroplast from an old election sign to make the central top cover. Used velcro to hold it down. Used hot glue to assemble it all. It has been strong so far, broke a prop a couple hundred feet up, crashed hard with no damage except for breaking all props.
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Folding "Woody" H-Quad