Ok. So it's a bit of an open secret that I've been working with Twitchity to design a power distribution board for his new quad design. The quad itself is still an experimental design and the PDB is even more experimental. So consider this a beta quality build 
I had planned on doing a really nice build log with detailed photos...but...well. First I got impatient waiting on the first round of PDB's and put my hardware onto my ubmq experiment. So most of the fiddly work was done already by the time I got the frame on my worktable. And with no wiring harness to build most of the rest of the fiddly work is eliminated (I HATE building power harnesses - the PDB is SO MUCH nicer!)
I did however remember to setup my mobius for a timelapse. So here's a 30x sped up view of me building this while my Daughter napped this afternoon
Hardware for the build consists of:
Twitchity Quad frame - not sure if he's ready to offer these yet or not but either way they're not in stores, contact Twitchity for details if you're interested in one.
Jhitesma/Twitchity PDB board for Twitchity Quad - More on this below.
DYS 1806 motors I got mine for just under $12 each from banggood.com and they arrived in under 2 weeks...but one had grit in it and had to be cleaned extensively before it would turn. Just in case I ordered a spare from MultiRotorMinis who had in the meantime pricematched Banggood and being in the US got me my spare motor in just 3 days (Maybe 2...they're pretty centrally located being in Texas and ship same day if you get your order in early enough.) Banggood has dropped their price even lower, but despite their "quick for China" shipping I'd spend the extra $2 per motor to get them from MRM if I ordered more since the shipping is so much quicker and you're dealing with a US shop if something goes wrong like the one with grit in it.
BlueSeries 12a ESC's from RTFQ running Simonk 5-15-13 for mini motors. I used these because...well...because I got them free when my friend upgraded his warpquad to KISS esc's.
For the FC I'm using an afromini32 ordered direct from abusemark. Despite going with the cheap shipping Timecop still shipped same day and the mini arrived just 7 days later. For $20 this is a heck of a great FC. It's tiny, light, cheap and is actually more capable than an afro Naze but lacks the mag of the Funfly Naze. It is not however beginner friendly, it's tricky to wire, tricky to mount and has no built in USB so it's tricky to configure and tune as well. I love it, but it's definitely not for everyone.
For the RX I'm using a LemonRX DSM2 sat. For about $5 this is a wonderfully simple and light choice. I did have to spend a bit more though to get the 8ch RX and sat set since I didn't have any sat capable DSM2 RX's which is needed for binding. Now that I have it though I can do future builds with just a $5.50 sat.
Next post...the actual build begins!
I had planned on doing a really nice build log with detailed photos...but...well. First I got impatient waiting on the first round of PDB's and put my hardware onto my ubmq experiment. So most of the fiddly work was done already by the time I got the frame on my worktable. And with no wiring harness to build most of the rest of the fiddly work is eliminated (I HATE building power harnesses - the PDB is SO MUCH nicer!)
I did however remember to setup my mobius for a timelapse. So here's a 30x sped up view of me building this while my Daughter napped this afternoon
Hardware for the build consists of:
Twitchity Quad frame - not sure if he's ready to offer these yet or not but either way they're not in stores, contact Twitchity for details if you're interested in one.
Jhitesma/Twitchity PDB board for Twitchity Quad - More on this below.
DYS 1806 motors I got mine for just under $12 each from banggood.com and they arrived in under 2 weeks...but one had grit in it and had to be cleaned extensively before it would turn. Just in case I ordered a spare from MultiRotorMinis who had in the meantime pricematched Banggood and being in the US got me my spare motor in just 3 days (Maybe 2...they're pretty centrally located being in Texas and ship same day if you get your order in early enough.) Banggood has dropped their price even lower, but despite their "quick for China" shipping I'd spend the extra $2 per motor to get them from MRM if I ordered more since the shipping is so much quicker and you're dealing with a US shop if something goes wrong like the one with grit in it.
BlueSeries 12a ESC's from RTFQ running Simonk 5-15-13 for mini motors. I used these because...well...because I got them free when my friend upgraded his warpquad to KISS esc's.
For the FC I'm using an afromini32 ordered direct from abusemark. Despite going with the cheap shipping Timecop still shipped same day and the mini arrived just 7 days later. For $20 this is a heck of a great FC. It's tiny, light, cheap and is actually more capable than an afro Naze but lacks the mag of the Funfly Naze. It is not however beginner friendly, it's tricky to wire, tricky to mount and has no built in USB so it's tricky to configure and tune as well. I love it, but it's definitely not for everyone.
For the RX I'm using a LemonRX DSM2 sat. For about $5 this is a wonderfully simple and light choice. I did have to spend a bit more though to get the 8ch RX and sat set since I didn't have any sat capable DSM2 RX's which is needed for binding. Now that I have it though I can do future builds with just a $5.50 sat.
Next post...the actual build begins!