Homemade quadcopter failure. Not even in the sky.

[photojunky]

I simply was unable to program the ESC's correctly, a rookie mistake. A day after dismantling the quadcopter, the light bulb in my brain went on and I figured out where I had gone wrong. By that time it was too late. It was very simple. I had a wire in the wrong slot on the receiver when programming the ESC's. Instead of the S.Bus slot, it should have been in the 7B slot. Now I know.

However, I would not have strapped a camera on the thing. The screws were constantly loosening and needed to be tightened about once. I plan on building another one from scratch but not as big, and instead of so many screws, I will use resin epoxy to keep the arms in place.

But now it is time to build the Tarot T960!

 

[safety3rd]

Please post your progress.

 

[photojunky]

This is the Tarot T960 I'm working on. I will post photos of the quadcopter I took apart and am rebuilding. I used a totally different approach this time. No screws, just a lot of resin epoxy.

 

[photojunky]

This is what is left of my homemade drone project. I am doing a different approach. Only four screws will be used. I have used resin epoxy and Gorilla Glue to hold the frame together. I'm going to drill a couple of holes and use zip ties as well.

 

[photojunky]

Unfortunately I took it apart prematurely I attempted to fly it several times but it kept flipping. Unfortunately the day after I took it apart i figured out what i had done wrong. The issue was programming ESC's. I posted explaining what is going on and what I did with it. Thanks for asking. http://www.dronevibes.com/forums/th...ailure-not-even-in-the-sky.36784/#post-234622

 

[Trevcharl]

I simply was unable to program the ESC's correctly, a rookie mistake. A day after dismantling the quadcopter, the light bulb in my brain went on and I figured out where I had gone wrong. By that time it was too late. It was very simple. I had a wire in the wrong slot on the receiver when programming the ESC's. Instead of the S.Bus slot, it should have been in the 7B slot. Now I know.

However, I would not have strapped a camera on the thing. The screws were constantly loosening and needed to be tightened about once. I plan on building another one from scratch but not as big, and instead of so many screws, I will use resin epoxy to keep the arms in place.

But now it is time to build the Tarot T960!

 

[Trevcharl]

Screws that come loose...ish! You will have to raid your wifes make up drawer, steal her nail varnish, paint a generous coat around the head and nut. The nice thing about this is if you have to loosen that screw, a hard jerk cracks the varnish off, so you can still do the odd alteration....er....sneak the nail varnish back again, just so it will always be available when you need it!) lol

 

[photojunky]

Or some loctite

 

[JCLs]

Loctite on metal to metal only. Stuff dissolves plastic. Proper screws in plastic should not vibrate lose. Can always touch edge of screw with CA if critical.

 

[photojunky]

Nail polish... Loctite... I just poured Gorilla Glue all over the nuts and bolts and I can assure you nothing is going to come loose.

In the below video I fixed a design flaw. It took me quite a while separating the parts.