Hi all,
Just putting the finishing touches to my 3rd scratch-built tricopter. This one is designed to be an FPV platform. Haven't got any pictures but it's built from 10mm square aluminium bar with aluminium plates (rather than the fibreglass in the "traditional" design). All the electronics and my beloved GoPro are housed in a plastic "project box" on top.
The idea is to make this as crash-proof as possible. I want to protect the camera and FPV gear as well as minimising the damage I do when I crash so I can fly for longer. I'm new to FPV and hardly an expert pilot line-of-sight so crashes are a fact of life.
Anyway, the issue is that the all-up weight, including battery, is 1.3kg. This is over double the weight of the RC Explorer tricopter. In high winds the DT750's really start to struggle.
So, what do people recommend? Assuming the weight can't go down much more.
Do I try different motors? Is there a more powerful motor that will work with my 18A plush speed controllers?
Do I extend the arms and add another three motors? Thought about going for the usual "one-up-one-down" Y6 configuration, but I think the bottom props would be too vulnerable!
Which is better: six motors at 30% throttle or three motors at 60% throttle when hovering?
Anyone been through this themselves? How have other made tricopters "bomb-proof"?
Dan
Just putting the finishing touches to my 3rd scratch-built tricopter. This one is designed to be an FPV platform. Haven't got any pictures but it's built from 10mm square aluminium bar with aluminium plates (rather than the fibreglass in the "traditional" design). All the electronics and my beloved GoPro are housed in a plastic "project box" on top.
The idea is to make this as crash-proof as possible. I want to protect the camera and FPV gear as well as minimising the damage I do when I crash so I can fly for longer. I'm new to FPV and hardly an expert pilot line-of-sight so crashes are a fact of life.
Anyway, the issue is that the all-up weight, including battery, is 1.3kg. This is over double the weight of the RC Explorer tricopter. In high winds the DT750's really start to struggle.
So, what do people recommend? Assuming the weight can't go down much more.
Do I try different motors? Is there a more powerful motor that will work with my 18A plush speed controllers?
Do I extend the arms and add another three motors? Thought about going for the usual "one-up-one-down" Y6 configuration, but I think the bottom props would be too vulnerable!
Which is better: six motors at 30% throttle or three motors at 60% throttle when hovering?
Anyone been through this themselves? How have other made tricopters "bomb-proof"?
Dan