Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Big Quad

This quad is a payload carrier, designed purely to fold up small, and lift a potentially heavy load.

It runs on a folding 60cm X platform with 10mm square cross section aluminum arms - it's a cheap and versatile platform from hobbyking, and spares are available.

This is lifted by 12 or 14" props, spun on 750kV motors.

The whole thing packs down into a length of 8" ID PVC plumbing pipe, making a waterpfoof and almost indestructible case that can fit throw confined spaces and be abused without damaging the quad itself.

A 5Ah 3S battery powers the motors and flight controller, with seperate small batteries for lights, cameras and 2 penlight lasers that assist in range-finding.




At the moment it runs twin recievers and video transmitters - one controlling the craft, and another controlling a gimball camera with live video transmission

The idea is to have modular plates that can be attatched or removed to alter the functionality, these will include:

  • A secondary video layer
  • Additional lighting for night work
  • Additional sensors
  • A parachute
  • Bumpers and landing gear as required

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