Finishing Up (4)
Wow, I am actually really close to the maiden flight! I didn't think that I would actually get to this point. I have surpassed my goals!
Now that I think about it, building a quad copter really isn't that hard (knock on wood). All I have to do now is figure out which way everything plugs in and start my maiden flight.
Contents of the video:
I finish up the final soldering points for the ESC and motor.
I finally get the pesky first solder point from the PDB to the ESC off and cleaned up(still need to resolder).
I unsolder battery connector from old quad(this one is partially chiped which could lead to plugging in the wrong way, this is what broke it. I will have to be REALLY careful not to do this again.)
Midway through the video I take out a second soldering iron, this is purely because the soldering irons at the school are not strong enough.
Time lapse builds:
I am starting to finish up and add the final things. I brought my broken quad to salvage a couple of parts from (Don't worry, I am working on fixing it).Contents of the video:
I finish up the final soldering points for the ESC and motor.
I finally get the pesky first solder point from the PDB to the ESC off and cleaned up(still need to resolder).
I unsolder battery connector from old quad(this one is partially chiped which could lead to plugging in the wrong way, this is what broke it. I will have to be REALLY careful not to do this again.)
Midway through the video I take out a second soldering iron, this is purely because the soldering irons at the school are not strong enough.
Bonus:
Now that I am getting closer to finishing, I think it is a good idea to get a head start on my bonuses that I am working on. Starting off with the landing gear I built a 3D model to print out of the landing gear mounts. These mount the servo that will lift up the landing gears to the base of the quad copter.
The STL file:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2179571
Hey Ethan! It's cool that you have pretty much reached you goal already! I'm finding that I am most likely not going to reach my original goal, so seeing someone actually achieve what they wanted to is pretty cool. How do you think the whole process has gone?
ReplyDeleteSo far, I think that there has been a lot of bumps in the road. I definitely have made a lot of mistakes but have been able to recover from all of them. Its a learning process.
DeleteI probably should have done something like this for my project. I must say, 3D printing is a great idea for getting the parts for the quadcopter, I would have written it off as inaccessible. I know the thing flies because I'm writing this not long after you posted your vlog. As anakin skywalker would say, try spinning, thats a good trick.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was the perfect combination between what I do in my free time and school. If you ever need something 3d printed, just give me a call. It does fly but not well, I need to fix that.
DeleteHey Ethan! Your blog has been very interesting to keep up with so far. I was wondering, what was the coolest thing that you have learned in the process of building?
ReplyDeleteI think that the most important and simple thing I learned was how to solder. Before this project I have only ever soldered 1 thing. Now, I have learned quite a bit about the art and it will help me a lot in the future.
DeleteHey Ethan! It's so cool to see the process unfold, and you seem to be working extremely hard and accomplishing so . The fact that you think building isn't "that hard" (lol) shows how you have evolved through this process and how much you seem to be enjoying it. Good work through all this
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