shawdreamer
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well I suppose the title pretty much covers the essentials
Names Lee, Im a Brit in the UK, Im 41, born in Liverpool.
In regards to the hobby I started with ww2 foamie replica's yeeeeeeeeears back but quickly became a multirotor fanatic as the hobby grew.
no real surprises with how it progressed I suppose, started with buying RTFs, then moved onto self builds, then diy builds and ultimately with the increasing popularity of 3d printing I now design from scratch, build, Fly and inevitably crash my own stuff.
Wont go into much more details about myself as Im pretty sure most dont really give a flying crap (has to be "flying" as appose to your standard "crap" given the subject matter), so without further ado.... here's a few of my creations.
Project Sparkie...
the names not a coincidence....its shape is based loosely around the Dji Spark but thats were the similarity ends, My current favorite creation, 150mm frame, AUW of around 280g, 2205 2600kv motors, 20a 4in1 esc, Dal q5040 props, naze32 rev6 fc, she's an absolute little flying tank so far (think theres a couple of these zipping about the skies in the US already, aswell as one in Germany).
Twinboard CF250
designed and made more as a experimental platform to see what I could come up with if I minimized 3d printed parts and maximized Carbon Fibre parts, true250 H-format, 2306 2600kv motors, RaceKraft 5050 props, CC3dv2 fc, I forget what 4in1 esc I used, despite it being meant only as a first experimental prototype the original is STill flying over a year later and I regularly chuck it about.
QAV250 Reaper
always had a soft spot for the QAV250/Nighthawk frame (very long in the tooth design now but still got life in it), this was my play on creating a low profile more compact version using the original CF plates and arms, been so long since I made it I cant even recall half the hardware spec I used
Podracer250 V1
One of my first all 3d printed frame designs, I was very pleased and proud of her right upto the point she was viciously set upon by a rogue rabid tree that jumped out and attacked her while she was innocently minding her own business taking a brisk leisure flight through the local woodland...RIP Poddie....
welcome Podracer v2
basically Podracer v1's internals salvaged from the devastation of the totally uncalled for tree assault and transplanted into her new frock to live again
The ViceVersa 250
made this design with aerial video in mind (wanted a smaller format semi-cam ship), called it the ViceVersa as it looks exactly the same whether right way up or upside down, gave it lots of flat surfaces and various strapping points so it could accommodate any cam I decided to slap on it. (A Norwegian bloke made himself one of these and proceeded to chase his girlfriend around a field with it so Im happy to know its found productive uses)
the minimlalistic
ugly and cluttered BUT thats just how its supposed to be (no really, honestly), this is my test bed frame, used for testing all my hardware setups before there used on my finished designs, its can carry any electronics I might be testing and has the facility to use various arm lengths that can make it anything between 250 - 500 frame format, she's been very useful over the years
Now Im looking Im quickly realising Ive made far to many designs over the years and I could be here all day walking through them so Ill finish up with my current heavy lifter Cam-ship
The H-copter
my primary 550mm cam-ship, Its spec is actually quite old and outdated now but thats only because its never gave me reason to update it as its only ever gone wrong when Ive caused it to go wrong, 750kv motors spinning anything between 10" upto 12" props (depending on workload), APM2.8 FC, SimonK K-series 30A escs, recently underwent a frock change from its original frame but thats more because I wanted to update its appearance rather than actually needing it (new frame is made up of ABS/Petg and Carbon Fibre now), with 12" props she'll lift a DSLR with reduced flight time and with a much lighter actioncam she'll happily trundle about the sky on a half hour mission then loyally return like a faithful old dog when she's done eveytime (thankfully though she doesnt have the gas issues a faithful old dog also usually comes with)...
atleast one of these flying about Colorado (iirc) right now.
Think Ill finish up with a snapshot of my current "ready to fly" round-up (or this thread could go on forever)...
oh and a link to thingiverse account if anyones interested in grabbing some of the designs....
my toybox
Names Lee, Im a Brit in the UK, Im 41, born in Liverpool.
In regards to the hobby I started with ww2 foamie replica's yeeeeeeeeears back but quickly became a multirotor fanatic as the hobby grew.
no real surprises with how it progressed I suppose, started with buying RTFs, then moved onto self builds, then diy builds and ultimately with the increasing popularity of 3d printing I now design from scratch, build, Fly and inevitably crash my own stuff
.Wont go into much more details about myself as Im pretty sure most dont really give a flying crap (has to be "flying" as appose to your standard "crap" given the subject matter
), so without further ado.... here's a few of my creations.Project Sparkie...
the names not a coincidence....its shape is based loosely around the Dji Spark but thats were the similarity ends, My current favorite creation, 150mm frame, AUW of around 280g, 2205 2600kv motors, 20a 4in1 esc, Dal q5040 props, naze32 rev6 fc, she's an absolute little flying tank so far (think theres a couple of these zipping about the skies in the US already, aswell as one in Germany).
Twinboard CF250
designed and made more as a experimental platform to see what I could come up with if I minimized 3d printed parts and maximized Carbon Fibre parts, true250 H-format, 2306 2600kv motors, RaceKraft 5050 props, CC3dv2 fc, I forget what 4in1 esc I used
, despite it being meant only as a first experimental prototype the original is STill flying over a year later and I regularly chuck it about.QAV250 Reaper
always had a soft spot for the QAV250/Nighthawk frame (very long in the tooth design now but still got life in it), this was my play on creating a low profile more compact version using the original CF plates and arms, been so long since I made it I cant even recall half the hardware spec I used
Podracer250 V1
One of my first all 3d printed frame designs, I was very pleased and proud of her right upto the point she was viciously set upon by a rogue rabid tree that jumped out and attacked her while she was innocently minding her own business taking a brisk leisure flight through the local woodland...RIP Poddie
....welcome Podracer v2
basically Podracer v1's internals salvaged from the devastation of the totally uncalled for tree assault and transplanted into her new frock to live again
The ViceVersa 250
made this design with aerial video in mind (wanted a smaller format semi-cam ship), called it the ViceVersa as it looks exactly the same whether right way up or upside down, gave it lots of flat surfaces and various strapping points so it could accommodate any cam I decided to slap on it. (A Norwegian bloke made himself one of these and proceeded to chase his girlfriend around a field with it so Im happy to know its found productive uses)
the minimlalistic
ugly and cluttered BUT thats just how its supposed to be (no really, honestly), this is my test bed frame, used for testing all my hardware setups before there used on my finished designs, its can carry any electronics I might be testing and has the facility to use various arm lengths that can make it anything between 250 - 500 frame format, she's been very useful over the years
Now Im looking Im quickly realising Ive made far to many designs over the years and I could be here all day walking through them so Ill finish up with my current heavy lifter Cam-ship
The H-copter
my primary 550mm cam-ship, Its spec is actually quite old and outdated now but thats only because its never gave me reason to update it as its only ever gone wrong when Ive caused it to go wrong
, 750kv motors spinning anything between 10" upto 12" props (depending on workload), APM2.8 FC, SimonK K-series 30A escs, recently underwent a frock change from its original frame but thats more because I wanted to update its appearance rather than actually needing it (new frame is made up of ABS/Petg and Carbon Fibre now), with 12" props she'll lift a DSLR with reduced flight time and with a much lighter actioncam she'll happily trundle about the sky on a half hour mission then loyally return like a faithful old dog when she's done eveytime (thankfully though she doesnt have the gas issues a faithful old dog also usually comes with)...
atleast one of these flying about Colorado (iirc) right now.
Think Ill finish up with a snapshot of my current "ready to fly" round-up (or this thread could go on forever)...
oh and a link to thingiverse account if anyones interested in grabbing some of the designs....
my toybox
