PHugger
Church Meal Expert
This is my first multirotor build. I’d like to share my experience with you and selfishly get a lot of priceless help. My son built a BatBone tricopter last year and has had a great time with it. I saw the advertisements for the Fortis Frame on FliteTest and started reading reviews and watching videos. My wonderful family gave me some generous gifts this year with the intention that I build a multirotor to keep my son company. I have flown a bit of multirotor (mostly NanoQX) and a lot of simulator time (Realflight). My goal is to get most of my crashing out of the way by first learning LOS and then moving into FPV when I become more comfortable.
I ordered parts and patiently waited for the UPS man -
Fortis Titan Frame with 16” CF booms
Board Camera Mount
Mobius camera mount
Transmitter Mast
Wiring Harness
RCManchild 2212 1000KV brushless motors
RCManchild PreFlashed SimonK ESCs
RCManchild 10”x5 carbon/nylon props
Naze32 Flight control board (acro)
The ESCs are opto-isolated so I needed a BEC
Cobra Motors U6A - 6 amp UBEC
Hitec HS-508MG yaw servo
FrSky 6 Channel FASST receiver
Fortis Airframes
http://www.fortisairframes.com
RCManchild
http://www.buildrcdrones.com/index.html
Here are the parts –
The frame is made out of laser cut Delrin. The cuts and etching are perfect. You have to spend a decent amount of time punching out all of the cut-outs from the frame pieces. Did I mention that the cuts are incredibly precise? Next comes tape removal. The parts are covered on both sides with blue papers tape. You’ll want to clean the parts and ensure that all of the tape residue is gone.
I admit to being slightly disappointed that the frame went together so quickly. You will need to buy a large package of 4” 18lb zip ties. One of the features most often cited in reviews is that when you crash, you only break zip ties, no frame parts.
The landing gear are two pieces that slot together at 90 degrees and are held together with zip ties.
Everything attaches to the frame with zip ties.
The booms are attached with a single bolt that allows the boom to swivel. They are held in place with O-rings. A hard landing allows the O-ring to pop off and the boom pivots to absorb the shock.
Fortis offers several boom choices – length and material. They come in 13”, 16” and CF or Poplar. I know I’ll be crashing so I was interested to read about how you can make Hybrid Carbon Fiber - Poplar booms.
The CF booms are square with a round bore that a 5/16” dowel fits perfectly into. Polyurethane glue (the foamy stuff) makes it solid and stiff as all get out.
His instructions are here –
http://www.fortisairframes.com/how-to-carbon-hybrid-booms/
They were fairly quick and easy to make. The added weight is around 10g per boom.
That’s all for now. I am waiting for some machine bolts for mounting the motors (not sure why they weren’t included). I may put the Tilt Mechanism together and work on the Mobius Mount tomorrow.
Best regards,
PCH
I ordered parts and patiently waited for the UPS man -
Fortis Titan Frame with 16” CF booms
Board Camera Mount
Mobius camera mount
Transmitter Mast
Wiring Harness
RCManchild 2212 1000KV brushless motors
RCManchild PreFlashed SimonK ESCs
RCManchild 10”x5 carbon/nylon props
Naze32 Flight control board (acro)
The ESCs are opto-isolated so I needed a BEC
Cobra Motors U6A - 6 amp UBEC
Hitec HS-508MG yaw servo
FrSky 6 Channel FASST receiver
Fortis Airframes
http://www.fortisairframes.com
RCManchild
http://www.buildrcdrones.com/index.html
Here are the parts –
The frame is made out of laser cut Delrin. The cuts and etching are perfect. You have to spend a decent amount of time punching out all of the cut-outs from the frame pieces. Did I mention that the cuts are incredibly precise? Next comes tape removal. The parts are covered on both sides with blue papers tape. You’ll want to clean the parts and ensure that all of the tape residue is gone.
I admit to being slightly disappointed that the frame went together so quickly. You will need to buy a large package of 4” 18lb zip ties. One of the features most often cited in reviews is that when you crash, you only break zip ties, no frame parts.
The landing gear are two pieces that slot together at 90 degrees and are held together with zip ties.
Everything attaches to the frame with zip ties.
The booms are attached with a single bolt that allows the boom to swivel. They are held in place with O-rings. A hard landing allows the O-ring to pop off and the boom pivots to absorb the shock.
Fortis offers several boom choices – length and material. They come in 13”, 16” and CF or Poplar. I know I’ll be crashing so I was interested to read about how you can make Hybrid Carbon Fiber - Poplar booms.
The CF booms are square with a round bore that a 5/16” dowel fits perfectly into. Polyurethane glue (the foamy stuff) makes it solid and stiff as all get out.
His instructions are here –
http://www.fortisairframes.com/how-to-carbon-hybrid-booms/
They were fairly quick and easy to make. The added weight is around 10g per boom.
That’s all for now. I am waiting for some machine bolts for mounting the motors (not sure why they weren’t included). I may put the Tilt Mechanism together and work on the Mobius Mount tomorrow.
Best regards,
PCH