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    Sunday, June 15, 2014

    Quadcopter Project : 01 : Beginnings

    So I finally worked up the guts to make a quadcopter. This series of posts will cover the parts I can write about as I get the time. So here we go




    First things first


    The first part of any project is the requirements or the specifications. In our case, the first thing is how much weight I want it to lift. That will include the copter itself and any load like camera etc. I bypassed that and simply went with building a copter that could lift around 2.5Kgs . I got the following parts from ebay.

    • EMAX MT2213-935 BLDC motors- 4 of em

    • No brand props 10x4.3 - 4 of these(actually 4 plus 2 spare)

    • EMAX 4x25A combined ESC


    This was bought off ebay and tested them using an Arduino and a bench power supply at 10Volts

    [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPwLGC_17w[/embed]

    That made me confident that I was on the right path.

    The Frame


    I was actually not going to spend on what I could build so I took up a saw and built a simple frame. Dimentions were 2 feet motor to motor. Pics below show my creation.

    [caption id="attachment_864" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Quadcopter frame Quadcopter frame[/caption]

    [caption id="attachment_862" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Quadcopter frame Quadcopter frame[/caption]

    Mounting the Motors


    Sounds simple enough but I had to break a few eggs here. I drilled holes for the motor screws as well as sinks for the motor shafts. See pics below

    [embed]https://flic.kr/p/nYtdZk[/embed]

    [embed]https://flic.kr/p/nGhKpn[/embed]

    [embed]https://flic.kr/p/nYLoCt[/embed]

    [embed]https://flic.kr/p/nGhK6M[/embed]

    The next step is to buy batteries. Will post the progress in the future.

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