Tricopter Build

[Angus]

Hi
I'm Angus and I have just started my first tricoptor build. I plan to make it neat and preferably look good. If you have any tips, feel free to post them below.
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[GGriffin]

How are you going to do the tail tilt and servo hookup on this?

 

[Angus]

I'm building it at my friends workshop so I cannot show you what I have done so far. I am drilling through the center of the rear arm and inserting a rod. Then a spacer ocer the rod to allow for the servo couplings. The rod fits into two ball races/bearings inside a block, on which the motor is mounted. The servo is underneath inside the legs of the tri with a servo coupling that joins onto the motor monut.
This is quite confusing but i will try to get photos up asap.

 

[Angus]

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[Angus]

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[Angus]

Pretty much finished, building a case/box for it to make transport easier, i am also aiming to sort out an FPV setup. The arms are not held in
the conventional way, they are secured with a thumb tight pin. The gimbal is detachable and on only one axis due to multitude of electrical faults.
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