RandomChaos
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I've been flying my Electrohub Quad in the Spider layout for awhile now with my APM. It gets good flight times on a 4000mah 3S battery, roughly 15 minutes. It's nearly at its maximum weight though with the Yi camera mounted on it, and I know in the future I would like to add a Gimbal to it. The motors I was using with some 10 inch props were the Sunnsky A2212 980kv motors. I got them for fairly cheap when I built my first quad, and they have lasted me a good while. They just don't have the thrust numbers I want, nor the 4S capabilities. I had originally planned on just upgrading to some Sunnysky 2216 900kv motors running 4S, and still in the Quad layout, but that all changed when 3DRobotics put alot of IRIS+ parts on sale.
Enter the IRIS+ 2213 950kv motors! They appear to be T-Motors 6th anniversary release set. At $3 each, I snagged 6 and a few extras. Figured hey, why not go ahead and build up an decent AP rig with some redundancy, enough power to lift whatever gear I want, and all running on a 6000mah 4S battery. This also required me to upgrade from my older 30a hobbywing knockoff ESCs, to some BLHeli ESCs. I am pretty excited about the new setup, so on with the build!
I first started with painting the 3 booms. I did my usual flat black, but then added some red paint to the end of the tail boom, and blue to the ends of the front ones. This is more for looks and to match the LEDs than anything. After that, I added the FC mount from the store, and the rail system on the bottom. I ended up buying the rail system as seperate parts from Amazon. Cost a little more, but left me with some extra hardware. Also, the FT store was out of stock when I placed my order.
I needed a way to attach the battery to the rail system, so I cut 2 rectangular pieces from hobby plywood, and mounted them to the rail system with slits for the velcro straps. This will let me get the battery strapped down nice and snug, and still be able to slide it fore and aft to adjust the CG.
Next, I am working on the landing gear. I was thinking originally that I would just go with the same setup that comes with the AP Y6 in the store, but might try a different approach now. I was thinking I can model up some angled pieces that will attach to the side of the rail system, and then insert the square T dowels into those. If I can get them designed and printed to be strong enough, this might be a lighter option (less hardware), that still allows for me to move the landing gear fore and aft as needed.
Enter the IRIS+ 2213 950kv motors! They appear to be T-Motors 6th anniversary release set. At $3 each, I snagged 6 and a few extras. Figured hey, why not go ahead and build up an decent AP rig with some redundancy, enough power to lift whatever gear I want, and all running on a 6000mah 4S battery. This also required me to upgrade from my older 30a hobbywing knockoff ESCs, to some BLHeli ESCs. I am pretty excited about the new setup, so on with the build!
I first started with painting the 3 booms. I did my usual flat black, but then added some red paint to the end of the tail boom, and blue to the ends of the front ones. This is more for looks and to match the LEDs than anything. After that, I added the FC mount from the store, and the rail system on the bottom. I ended up buying the rail system as seperate parts from Amazon. Cost a little more, but left me with some extra hardware. Also, the FT store was out of stock when I placed my order.
I needed a way to attach the battery to the rail system, so I cut 2 rectangular pieces from hobby plywood, and mounted them to the rail system with slits for the velcro straps. This will let me get the battery strapped down nice and snug, and still be able to slide it fore and aft to adjust the CG.
Next, I am working on the landing gear. I was thinking originally that I would just go with the same setup that comes with the AP Y6 in the store, but might try a different approach now. I was thinking I can model up some angled pieces that will attach to the side of the rail system, and then insert the square T dowels into those. If I can get them designed and printed to be strong enough, this might be a lighter option (less hardware), that still allows for me to move the landing gear fore and aft as needed.