I'm glad you know I'm not the only one that ordered fly high FPV LEDs and they don't stick for sh!t. Although bright they are great but the sticky part isn't there. Spray adhesive works getting them to stick. Flywoo makes some that you can put on a switch with a BEC
Cool bud. If your not planning the freestyle id get rid of the cover. Reduce the arm width and try more infill to get the base plate more solid as well as go naked on the O3 and use the diapole antennas. You could probably save around 20g easily and it will fly way bettter. Can tighten your build alot. Or even print arms twith the wire covers built into them.
Thanks! Yeah there is definitely some room for improvement. One of the things I do a lot is chase ice drifters so I have all the covering as a way to help minimize snow spray. The wire covers are actually built in to the frame, but I could definitely lower their height a bit. For sure some improvements that could be made to the design, but trial and error right? Haha
@@nateharmsfpv yep I been messing around for 2 years with designs. E6000 is great for waterproofing. Also CNCmadness is decent if you ever want to cut your own carbon frame. PLA+ is similar to PETG and carbon infused filament will be stiffer if your trying to do that. It's super fun to play with all this stuff. I really enjoy talking to other FPV drone designers and just discussing things about FPV. If you were down to do a little podcast with me sometime, let me know when we can make it happen.
Cool project! Those COB LED's were almost too much... is there a way in BetaFilight to dim them? In any case it looks cool - was it fun to fly? Did you notice anything in particular or if you did not know the frame was 3D printed would you have noticed by the way it felt in the air? I think we all believe some things that are not necessarily true so it is aways good to have an open mind. Also do you have an all up weight or a weight for the frame itself? And did you have any crashes? How did it hold up? Anyway overall this looks like an interesting quad and a great job, I think that we can take for granted the awesome tech that we live with today but shoot, back when I grew up this would have been a mind melting, sell your soul to get one item!!!
Unfortunately I grabbed LEDs that wired direct to 4s voltage so they were dictated by the battery. It wasn't a bad time flying, although I had a fear of crashing. It flew kind of like a boat, very soft without much cornering authority. All up weight was just below 250g with a 650mah 4s lipo. Overall it was a neat project and a cool drone to fly for spectators.
Too cool dude! You could probably get some carbonfiber tubing or square rod and reduce or eliminate the arm printing all together. Also why not use lightweight pla?
Thanks! You are probably right, however I really wanted to keep it simple and a single material. I avoided lightweight PLA for strength reasons, regular PLA is quite weak and susceptible to warping from the heat of the vtx and esc. PETG doesn't really warp under 200°, but it's also incredibly strong. I think if I was going to build a wing, it would 100% be lightweight PLA though
Always amazing to see people who are putting their soul and heart into what they love to do. And the results are showing! Your effort and time invested is not wasted my friend. And that flight footage looks incredible. If you never said you used that frame in that build, no one would ever know it's not carbon fiber frame. Just a nonsense from someone who loves designing TPU mounts for all kinds of use, but does not have their own 3D printer (yet)... would it be possible to reinforce that frame with something like an aluminum rod in the center... maybe even an "X" shaped, tiny aluminum reinforcement that could somehow be implemented into that frame (where you could maybe print it with kind of an "X" shaped ditch inside the printed material and simply slide the aluminum reinforcement inside after the print is done?
Thanks for the kind words! You definitely could add an aluminum skeleton. It would be possible to actually encase it by pausing the print halfway through and then inserting the plate. That would make a very structurally sound build. I think my main concerns with that would be weight added, but also you would be moving the weak point to the outer ends of the arms rather than eliminating it. Just speculation of course. It's a really cool idea though, and could be implemented somehow with a bit of thought.
Subbed. Nice I was thinking about doing a 3d printed drone. I done a Pavo frame with polycarbonate and it was great. Maybe try hakrc f722 aio it's cheap and nice 3-6s
Funny you mention the hackrc, I actually just bought one the other day as a replacement 😂 oh interesting, did you cnc the sheets or something? Thanks for the sub!
I'm glad you know I'm not the only one that ordered fly high FPV LEDs and they don't stick for sh!t. Although bright they are great but the sticky part isn't there. Spray adhesive works getting them to stick. Flywoo makes some that you can put on a switch with a BEC
Very cool project!
"Jesus that's bright" 😂 Fly High LED's 🙌
I had the exact same reaction to my first set 😆
Cool bud. If your not planning the freestyle id get rid of the cover. Reduce the arm width and try more infill to get the base plate more solid as well as go naked on the O3 and use the diapole antennas. You could probably save around 20g easily and it will fly way bettter. Can tighten your build alot. Or even print arms twith the wire covers built into them.
Thanks! Yeah there is definitely some room for improvement. One of the things I do a lot is chase ice drifters so I have all the covering as a way to help minimize snow spray. The wire covers are actually built in to the frame, but I could definitely lower their height a bit. For sure some improvements that could be made to the design, but trial and error right? Haha
@@nateharmsfpv yep I been messing around for 2 years with designs. E6000 is great for waterproofing. Also CNCmadness is decent if you ever want to cut your own carbon frame. PLA+ is similar to PETG and carbon infused filament will be stiffer if your trying to do that. It's super fun to play with all this stuff. I really enjoy talking to other FPV drone designers and just discussing things about FPV. If you were down to do a little podcast with me sometime, let me know when we can make it happen.
Crazy. Looks like a drl racer
Cool project! Those COB LED's were almost too much... is there a way in BetaFilight to dim them? In any case it looks cool - was it fun to fly? Did you notice anything in particular or if you did not know the frame was 3D printed would you have noticed by the way it felt in the air? I think we all believe some things that are not necessarily true so it is aways good to have an open mind.
Also do you have an all up weight or a weight for the frame itself? And did you have any crashes? How did it hold up? Anyway overall this looks like an interesting quad and a great job, I think that we can take for granted the awesome tech that we live with today but shoot, back when I grew up this would have been a mind melting, sell your soul to get one item!!!
Unfortunately I grabbed LEDs that wired direct to 4s voltage so they were dictated by the battery. It wasn't a bad time flying, although I had a fear of crashing. It flew kind of like a boat, very soft without much cornering authority.
All up weight was just below 250g with a 650mah 4s lipo. Overall it was a neat project and a cool drone to fly for spectators.
Too cool dude! You could probably get some carbonfiber tubing or square rod and reduce or eliminate the arm printing all together. Also why not use lightweight pla?
Thanks! You are probably right, however I really wanted to keep it simple and a single material. I avoided lightweight PLA for strength reasons, regular PLA is quite weak and susceptible to warping from the heat of the vtx and esc. PETG doesn't really warp under 200°, but it's also incredibly strong. I think if I was going to build a wing, it would 100% be lightweight PLA though
Always amazing to see people who are putting their soul and heart into what they love to do. And the results are showing! Your effort and time invested is not wasted my friend. And that flight footage looks incredible. If you never said you used that frame in that build, no one would ever know it's not carbon fiber frame. Just a nonsense from someone who loves designing TPU mounts for all kinds of use, but does not have their own 3D printer (yet)... would it be possible to reinforce that frame with something like an aluminum rod in the center... maybe even an "X" shaped, tiny aluminum reinforcement that could somehow be implemented into that frame (where you could maybe print it with kind of an "X" shaped ditch inside the printed material and simply slide the aluminum reinforcement inside after the print is done?
Thanks for the kind words! You definitely could add an aluminum skeleton. It would be possible to actually encase it by pausing the print halfway through and then inserting the plate. That would make a very structurally sound build.
I think my main concerns with that would be weight added, but also you would be moving the weak point to the outer ends of the arms rather than eliminating it. Just speculation of course. It's a really cool idea though, and could be implemented somehow with a bit of thought.
Subbed. Nice I was thinking about doing a 3d printed drone. I done a Pavo frame with polycarbonate and it was great. Maybe try hakrc f722 aio it's cheap and nice 3-6s
Funny you mention the hackrc, I actually just bought one the other day as a replacement 😂 oh interesting, did you cnc the sheets or something?
Thanks for the sub!
What leds are those, they look sick af
COB led strips. I bought these ones at rotorvillage.ca 👍