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05-15-2012, 02:48 PM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Earth
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| Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter
I got a bit of bad back news last week, and since I don't sleep more than a couple of hours a day as it is, I needed to keep my mind busy. Well, I've been spending my late nights/early mornings developing some multi-rotor aircraft frames and thought I'd share one. I wanted toughness and acrobatic abilities, but also didn't just want a round base with sticks coming off of it. The main frame is machined from 1/8" G10 and the canopy/skids/motor pivot/servo mount parts are all cut from delrin. Weight as shown in the pics is 18.5 ounces...and she is very rigid. This one was intended to be my beater...so it's got cheap hk board/esc's and suppo motors on board. I'll be dropping quadrino's (for those who are aware) into the quads I'm working on. Anyway...here's a few pics. Videos coming soon to Billet Works Designs | Facebook BW |
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05-15-2012, 02:52 PM | #2 |
Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island
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| Re: Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter
very cool! It uses motor speed to control all movement? I'm getting my first heli pretty soon from a local club member. |
05-15-2012, 02:52 PM | #3 |
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I would be interested in one! Test dummy lol Thanks! Tom |
05-15-2012, 03:23 PM | #4 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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nice! just got two quads in the air myself. next i want to do a twin/osprey multicopter. not sure how that works yet. id be interested in hanging a go pro off your tri. would work alot better that my 525 quad |
05-15-2012, 03:40 PM | #5 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Earth
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Lol, thanks Thanks bud, I knew you were into them and was wondering what you might think. I'm cutting a canopy for mounting a go pro...for when I want to shoot aerial vid. For sport flight, I wanted a normalish looking canopy. I made the front of the frame sit way forward for camera mounting to get the lens forward of the props | |
05-15-2012, 03:53 PM | #6 |
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Looks good :thumbup: Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 |
05-15-2012, 05:20 PM | #7 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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yeah thats what i liked the staight front for unobstructed view even with the 170 degree gopro. whats size is it? motors look smaller. whats the distance between the props? killer project! great to see other vendors with broder horizons |
05-15-2012, 05:33 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2009 Location: pacific NW
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I've been wanting a copter, seeing this, it makes me want to build one. Time for some research on how it works. Any good sites to look at for info? Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2 |
05-15-2012, 06:34 PM | #9 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: roland,ar
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| Re: Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter
looks great! love the skids! im still waitin on some parts for my quads.. |
05-15-2012, 09:25 PM | #10 | |||
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| Re: Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter Thanks my friend Quote:
lol at broad horizons...if you only knew my friend. Quote:
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Here's a few more pics with the tail servo mounted. As you can see, it worked out just right so I have it set in the lower throw higher mechanical advantage location for first flights...and while I'm waiting on a faster stronger tail servo to arrive. Then I'll kick it up No binding or slop in the linkage at any part of the travel range. The rear motor pivot system is solid as a rock with zero slop...thanks to it riding on a pair of 5x11 fast eddy bearings. | |||
05-16-2012, 07:19 AM | #11 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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i would highly suggest staying away from that exceed RC motor man. i know from experience. terrible quality put me in the dirt many times. that suppo you have now are very nice motors. there are lots of great off brand motors out there, the exceed rc is not one of them |
05-16-2012, 07:35 AM | #12 | |
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I've also got a handful of the hover things motors with jap bearings here to play with. | |
05-16-2012, 07:41 AM | #13 |
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I'm in the middle of getting some quad copter motors made right now. It is roughly the same as that other outrunner I sent you, but all black and whatever shaft size, stack length, or KV you need. Looks like a hella fun "thing" to fly! Any chance you could design the airframe to fly in horizontal flight too? |
05-16-2012, 07:42 AM | #14 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: roland,ar
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motors and control boards are only thing holding me up... |
05-16-2012, 08:17 AM | #15 |
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Very cool, running video soon? |
05-16-2012, 09:10 AM | #16 | ||
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Given my arm design and rear pivot system it will actually be fairly easy to make a forward tilt version...I've already been toying with it. Quote:
Very soon thanks! | ||
05-17-2012, 01:03 PM | #17 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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it says you have PMs turned off so ill just leave this here |
05-17-2012, 07:14 PM | #18 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Earth
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| Re: Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter
Wow, that's a long rectangle...that's all you want? No lightening holes or anything? OK, so, this was my first tricopter frame to develop...and it flies friggin awesome A couple of random guys who saw it fly already want one...and that was just at a local park. I'll work on putting the video together tonight. |
05-17-2012, 07:21 PM | #19 |
Try to Bend it Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth Australia
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Thats a cool little flyer man, nice work |
05-17-2012, 08:30 PM | #20 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| Re: Billet Works Designs Prototype Tricopter
yeah sorry about that, trying to get the gopro out even with the props. hmm lightening holes, how think is the material? thats great news! that you already have customers for your new product! what FC board and firmware are you running? |
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