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Supernova said
Raptor, may I make a suggestion, I changed the rotor blades on my 107 for the blades of the 111g and the lift was greater? dunno just a thought. 

have you compared the blades side by side? i've been looking for replacement blades that would offer an advantage over stock

Well, I guess I'll chip in a little more...

http://compositeenvisions.com/.....e-606.html

(found by a guy on the rav4 forums that wanted to make some custom work for his rav)

My dad made millitary helmets for a living for about 8 years, (until his job was sold off) and according to both him and verything else I've read/heard, the strength comes from the hardened resins, not the material itself, and you really can use anything to have strength, just not for balistics quality... that requires kevlar. I would assume the same would be true of carbon fibre.

If you asked me, I would layer one layer with the grain going one way, then layer one layer up one side, down the bottom, and back up the other. Then annother down one of the other two sides, across the bottom and up the other, then once more around the sides, with the seam in a different spot, and continue for more layers. Just remember to have the "grain" of the cloth going opposit for each layer for more strength.

I'd also use a scrap peice of wood cut to the right shape and covered with wax paper, then maybe mold release or something as a die. Then, just use a heat gun to cure it, and pull it off of the die.

If it's still too heavy, just drill some holes in it in some places very carefully and with a sharp drill so you don't fray it out.

Woo, Ive finished all of the electronics. Tweaked the code until i was happy it would give reasonable full power, and a bit extra for pitch and roll.

I did my first test flight today, and it barely lifted off the ground

So thinking it was a fault with the electronics, I fiddled a bit, and then fiddled some more.

Finally after checking EVERY wire, it crossed my mind to see how heavy it was, it turned out to be 170g (without a battery)

I think it needs to go on a diet

Back to the drawing board for the frame then 🙁

I will probably try it with aluminum tube next

Ive not really had much time to work on this for the last few days, But i've finally got the ESC off breadboard and onto a circuit board.

The code still needs a safety algorithm adding, and some general fine tuning.

I see what you mean about embedding Vimeo :/

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That guy branded his video "openpilot", Is he by any chance part of the open pilot team, if he is that would be ideal for a contact.

That's a fantastic video, hopefully i could do that someday, its a much cheaper and safer way of flying than getting a pilots license and a 2 seat plane.

As for starting a Quad copter section, it depends on how long it will be before the new multi-rotor site is up and running.

The board is now bolted to the frame, and sits quite nicely. However the bolts need trimming down

Running two motors in series from a 2S battery seems to be giving more thrust.

Added the base plastic from the S107 to form feet, and protect the gears on landing.

After realizing that there is a reason why quad copters don't have fly bars for a reason,

I started looking for a simple solution, that wasn't glue.

By removing the flybar completely, and pinning the rods to the central column, keeps the blades nice and steady

(and it also reduces the mass ). However it does reduce the slack in the blades, and ended up destroying yet another cog