Project MiniTricopter - Project EDF TriCopter is on hold until I can find some shielded wire to use for signaling to the ESCs. This tricopter is made to be very portable, and pack a gopro! Fabricated by hand from aluminum, I just have the motor mounts left before assembly.
I just had a great idea. What if we took a racing sim style motion feedback setup (chassis+chair suspended with some powerful fast actuators, coupled with a head tracking FPV headset, linked the motion feedback directly to the MAVlink stream and interpreted the aircraft accelerometer data directly with the
Project EDF Tricopter - Assembled!! Plus, first flight test!
Summary:
Project EDF TriCopter - Quicky update. Ducted fans are installed, servo hooked up and wiring has been done! I will be testing each component and then installing the APM 2.5 at some point today!
Project EDF TriCopter - Build progress update. Fabrication of 90% of the frame is now done. I will need to do some balancing and likely some changes to the landing gear once assembled to ensure it sits level, and the rear motor is not touching the ground.
Project EDF TriCopter - Just finished hand fabricating the front section. This houses the front 2 EDF units, battery gets strapped on the underside, and APM 2.5 fits in that cavity on top of a suspended platform (for vibration reduction)
EDIT: Project EDF TriCopter - First EDF assembly test. I will definately be removing more material from the aluminum frame, but this is a good first test and surprisingly enough it has more than enough thrust to lift the EDFs, ESCs, Aluminum AND the battery… lol. This thing could
PWRover 2.0 - System underway! Renders Voltage, Amperage, RPM and Mode as well as a cool jeep icon with steering position and tapered wheels representing direction!
PWRover 2.0. I have started to build the 2.0 electronics for Project Power Wheels! I will be moving the controller in to the dash, this will shorten the wire runs for all the control components (steering, throttle, distance sensor and shifter). I am adding some serious bling to
