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So I have designed and built my first quadrotor, and she is flying beautifully so far. Still need to balance the props and tweak the vibration damping, and learn to fly, but I am well on my way. Full thread is here...

Those photos are from the go pro, just set it to take one every couple seconds. Might need to upgrade to a GoPro 3 black edition, they can take photos at the same time as video, would be awesome for this! Only editing was a little color and noise reduction tweaking in lightroom.

Took it up with the camera today, and was reasonably successful. I haven't done any prop balancing yet, so the video is pretty shaky, and I think the gimbal may be a little too soft, but it flys great! I have almost no experience with flying anything really, so I am trying to learn the ropes...

Its alive! Got everything wired up and functioning, and it has flown! Still working on getting all the tuning done, and still need to balance the props, but it is working great so far. The frame has plenty of room for everything, is very stiff and rigid, the folding works great, and even with...

We usually export both a step and an Iges, and see which one comes in cleaner. I think this time it was Iges. All 3d. Then in Rhino we just extract the outlines and do a profile machining. The mass properties weight in solidworks was actually spot on, within about 5 grams, which was really...

I use Solidworks for design work. We use Rhino CAM for machining. We do have a small vacuum former, so I can machine a pattern and form a body without too much trouble. Just want to get the mechanics down solid before I invest in a pattern (the renboard material we use for tooling is pretty...

Parts are together and the frame is built! Hit my weight target, and it came out even better then I expected. Here is the main frame put together for the first time Here I am showing the hand release folding mechanism. It uses spring pins similar to an umbrella or EZ-UP, which lock the...

That is a good point on the landing gear, I am hoping that the extra wide stance will help mitigate the chance of flipping. I wanted them to serve as prop guards as well, without adding extra weight. If flipping becomes a problem, I may redesign the feet to act more like skis in the direction...

So I am new to multirotors, but have been browsing the forums and reading everything I can for a while now. I have decided that I want to jump in to building one, and I want one stout enough that I can haul a go-pro camera now, and possibly upgrade to full FPV later. I was originally going to go...