WestS[TAO]

So... recently I was on the Internet and found a guide how to build a quadcopter from scratch. So I decided to make one just cause...

Basically all you need is:

A frame
4 motors
Propellers
a flight controller "the brains"
4 speed controllers for the motors
battery
a transmitter

+tools,wires,and connectors for the wires.


The first step was to build the frame. I ordered my cheap frame from ebay and it lacked some parts... nothing important just some screws. I improvised and got the frame built. The I attached a "powerplate" to the frame that devides the power from the battery to the 4 motors.




Then I attached the motors and the speedcontrollers(the red ones). The speedcontrollers get orders from the main brains and tell the motors what to do.




Finally I attached the brains and wired the cables to it. After that I loaded up some preset settings for a quadcopter so that the brain knows what to do. I also had to calibrate the gyroscopes on a flat surface.



The I charged the battery,attached the propellers and went out for a testflight.



I crashed a few times first but got the hang of it pretty quickly. I haven't flown anything like this before, but all the playing with choppers in Arma helped a lot when I flew this thing

The quad has a self-level mode but I couldnt activate it somehow so I will have to look into that. It basically makes the quad stand still in the air when you dont touch the controls.

Next Ill have to get a GoPro or something for this and go spy on Ulf while he showers...

A vid of my first flight (processing still)