My Nexus 7 rc transmitter mount! I got a fantastic deal on a refurbished 2nd gen Nexus 7 on eBay. It’s main purpose will be running droidplanner for my multirotors! I just finished rebuilding my QAV500 with a 3DR Pixhawk, can’t wait to take it out for its
Project MiniTriCopter - Completed!! Just took it outside in some 20+mph winds and it flew amazing. It’s so light that the wind doesn’t do much (other than add some wobbles).
Project MiniTriCopter - Build complete!! The cheap prop shaft adapters seem to be adding vibrations. I will be replacing these as soon as possible. It flies well however!
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.
