Wavecopter - Waterproof quad

[surfershort]

Hi - here is a waterproof quad frame i built to film surfing and for surveying event sites constructed mostly from easily obtainable and cheap electrical hardware. Im new to quads and rc but ive found the whole experience of building this machine brilliant its been a lot of trial and error but I'm really pleased with the result.

This is version 2 after crashing the first into a cliff through pilot error! It flies very well....will post video soon.

Presently undergoing flight tests on water so far so good, im also planning on replacing the NAZA with Arducopter to undertake way-point mission planning.

Specifications – 16/11/13

• All up weight: 1978g
• Battery: 2 x 2200 3s
• Flight time: 10-12 mins steady hover
• Motors: 2212/920KV Stock DJI
• Props: 10×4 unbalanced Gemfan
• ESCs: 30A stock DJI
• Flight controller: NAZA M V2 firmware
• GPS: DJI NAZA GPS
• Camera: GoPro Black 3 in waterproof case
• RX/TX: Spektrum DX6I & AR6210

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[surfershort]

Its handling water take off and landings very well. ESCs dont seem to get too hot. Ive also made some improvements to the motor mounts to waterproof the frame and strengthen the Ts

To satisfy my geekness im going to go over to arducopter to enable waypoint flying and build the next version as a hexacopter. I was just wondering being a capitalist whether anyone might be interested in purchasing this one..

Its taking me months in R&D to get everything to fit and work but the parts have been relatively cheap, i would probably want to sell it complete or if there was a demand for it id build a few more.

Cheers
Al

 

[Hands0n]

An awesome build. Innovative and practical. Congratulations.

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[legmkr]

is this still for sale?