Recent content by DarkSymphony

Progress report time! Got the airframe assembled and crammed all the electronics in. The maiden flight went as well as could be expected given there were winds gusting to 30mph, but I managed to get the gains all set the following day and it was flying nicely. Then, unexpectedly, I crashed it...

Update time: So, the design changed a little, mainly some refinement and improvement prior to cutting. I also discovered that the Foxtech gimbal for the Horyzon cam was pretty awful, so I incorporated a G10 copy into my airframe. Final airframe design looks like this: So, with the design...

Update time: Ok, so having seen the flexiness of G10 in a quad prototype at work, I figured my original design was a little on the insubstantial side (especially with torsional twist along the "arms".) Since then, I've redesigned the frame completely, making it semi modular so the arms are...

Hi all, I suppose this will be my build log for my first personal multirotor project :) Whilst I've designed a few UAVs before (I work as designer for a small UAV manufacturer,) this will be the first project where I've had complete creative freedom (and a limited budget!) I'm going with a...

Hi all, I'm Francis, a design student from the chilly north east coast of England. At the moment, I'm on a university placement at a UAV manufacturer in Ireland, and after 3 months working here designing multirotors, I'm utterly hooked :) Whilst I've never flown a heli or multirotor before, I've...