Quadcopter mods

Posted: 21st May 2013 by viljem_r in Quadcopter, Start
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After crash 1 week ago, I decided to modify my QC. It was quite heavy crash. I broke frame and 2 propellers. Problem was that I didn’t see it well.

 

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I weld frame with solder iron. And it is as strong as it was before crash.

I added 2 green blinking leds in a front. I used them because they work on 4 volts and 3 mA. I tried to use led strip. But consuption was about 20 mA per stripe on 12 V.

I connected 1 led per cell. Because  I have li-po alarm,  I solder them directly on li-po alarm pins. So 1 led gets 4v (1 cell on battery).

 

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Then   I made 4 legs from plastic. Because QC frame is too low. And when you put it on a grass it is like a lawn mower. There weight is 75 grams. It was 100 grams, but I drilled holes in legs.

 

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Now it is 11 cm off a ground. And you can attach camera below frame. Very usefull.

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