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Multicopter Crash Expert
At the suggestion of one of the mods, I am splitting up my previous request thread.
The meat of this one is this: There doesn't seem to exist anywhere a good guide to the differences, advantages, disadvantages, and best uses of the various kinds of multicopter configurations. I am considering building a multi of my own for Aerial Photography/FPV. I am debating the various layouts, though the Y-6 is my current favorite because it provides motor redundancy and folds.
So, how about a multicopter layout guide? This would be a great chance to show off the ElectroHub's versatility too
Layout suggestions:
Tri-copters:
Y 3 (Like the Windestal Tricopter)
T 3
Quadcopters:
X4 (Pretty much all of the current quads, with some exceptions)
I4 (Don't know of any of these)
H4 (The major competitor to the X-style quad)
Y4 (A Y-shape with double-motors on the tailboom)
Hexacopters
Standard Hex
+ Hex (With the two orthogonal motors positioned front and back)
X-6 (A quad with two extras on the sides)
H-6
Y-6 (Three booms, two motors, one CCW the other CW)
Octocopters
Standard Octo
X-8 (Four booms, two motors per boom, one CCW, the other CW)
H-8
V-8 (An H-8 with the booms diverging. Facing the camera to the diverging end allows your camera to tilt down *and* up without obstruction from the blades.)
I think that's all the layouts I've heard mention of. It'd be nice to see them all at least mentioned, with the most popular (Especially the Y-6, the one I'm considering) actually tested.
What do you all think?
The meat of this one is this: There doesn't seem to exist anywhere a good guide to the differences, advantages, disadvantages, and best uses of the various kinds of multicopter configurations. I am considering building a multi of my own for Aerial Photography/FPV. I am debating the various layouts, though the Y-6 is my current favorite because it provides motor redundancy and folds.
So, how about a multicopter layout guide? This would be a great chance to show off the ElectroHub's versatility too
Layout suggestions:
Tri-copters:
Y 3 (Like the Windestal Tricopter)
T 3
Quadcopters:
X4 (Pretty much all of the current quads, with some exceptions)
I4 (Don't know of any of these)
H4 (The major competitor to the X-style quad)
Y4 (A Y-shape with double-motors on the tailboom)
Hexacopters
Standard Hex
+ Hex (With the two orthogonal motors positioned front and back)
X-6 (A quad with two extras on the sides)
H-6
Y-6 (Three booms, two motors, one CCW the other CW)
Octocopters
Standard Octo
X-8 (Four booms, two motors per boom, one CCW, the other CW)
H-8
V-8 (An H-8 with the booms diverging. Facing the camera to the diverging end allows your camera to tilt down *and* up without obstruction from the blades.)
I think that's all the layouts I've heard mention of. It'd be nice to see them all at least mentioned, with the most popular (Especially the Y-6, the one I'm considering) actually tested.
What do you all think?