First quadcopter attempt, hope you guys like :)

by SepolP | May 16, 2013 | (9) Posted in Projects

The frame.

 

The motors (DT750) and one ESC (hk ss series 18-20A) flashed with the awesome SimonK firmware.

 

My Turnigy receiver and the KK multicopter control board V2.5.

 

I soldered the first 4 channel cables directly on the pinout board.

 

The simple power distribution.

 

My WorkStation :)

 

I tried to build the camera mount, but still not good enogh. Using some earplugs helps a lot canceling the motor vibrations.

 

My camera (sony action cam aka HDR-AS15), great quality.

 

Want to modify the gimbal to work with brushless motors, but have no skills to creat the control board.

 

I made the landing gear like this, I know this is not beautiful but is pretty solid and works fine. :)

 

Sorry the poor quality.

 

My two first videos at facebook.com/DronesCreation

The quality is good (Sony action cam) but it has a lot of jello cause the propellers were completely uncalibrated, sorry :)

COMMENTS

Hugo Wilding on May 30, 2013
Looks good, but do you want the FPV camera on the gimbal? It just seems to me that you wouldn't know what angle the quad was at while flying FPV?
Cheers, Hugo
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XFlyer on May 30, 2013
Hugo, see this smart man is using a sony too!
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SepolP on May 31, 2013
Hi Hugo, thank you.
It was just to take a picture and to show my fpv camera too.
I will not fly fpv with the fpv camera on the gimbal, but thanks anyway ;)

Hi YFlyer, oh for sure, this is a great camera, the contrast, the image brightness and quality, the great colors, the excellent night capture, its aerodynamic, etc, makes this camera the best choise for me :D

Cheers, SepolP :)
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trobi81 on May 30, 2013
Nice tidy build mate! I have tried the ear plugs on my Turnigy Talon Tricopter coupled with a GoPro and have managed to eliminate the 'Jello'. Lots of trial and error though!

Great work!

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SepolP on May 31, 2013
Hi, thank you so much :)
I'm still building the gimbal (I want to do it brushless) and I made two videos with this gimbal, but with the servos off and with the props completely uncalibrated, so both videos have a lot of jello (I will post it here too). I still looking what the best material, but I think the earplugs are great.

Thanks again.
Greetings.
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SepolP on May 31, 2013
You can also see my new facebook page: facebook.com/dronescreation

Cheers, SepolP :)
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noah on June 3, 2013
Great build! do you think you could make a list of all the electronics with links please?
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SepolP on June 4, 2013
Hi noah, thank you so much, that's my first :)
Yes, for sure, I can't do it today but tomorrow I'll try to do it ;)

Greetings, SepolP
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SepolP on June 6, 2013
Here is my electronics list as friend noah asked me.

Motors: (DT750) http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6247

ESC's (HK SS series 18-20A flashed with SimonK firmware) http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6247

Flight controller (HK multicopter control board v2.1) http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=19534

ATMEL proccessors flash tool (USBasp AVR) http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=21321

Wires (Turnigy pure-silicone wires 16AWG):
Red: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9681
Black: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9680

The propellers I bought are not good so I think I'll buy this propellers:
Left hand rotation: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__5440__APC_style_propeller_10x5_E.html
Right hand rotation: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__22967__APC_Style_Propeller_10x5R_Right_Hand_Rotation_.html

Batteries:
Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 25C (2x): http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8934
Turnigy 5000mAh 3S 25C (I will use this one for the grondstation): http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9184

Servo extention lead: http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=10412

Male to male servo lead (I didn't used it cause I soldered servo leads directly on the receiver pin-out board): http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=21758&aff=61689

That's it :)
Cheers, SepolP
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First quadcopter attempt, hope you guys like :)