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This summer's Edgerton Center Engineering Design class produced four awesome projects in four weeks. One of the projects was a functional RC quadrotor built with commonly-available RC equipment and an Arduino microcontroller board. Here is the instructions on how to make the quadrotor. The video of the four projects can be found here.
Parts List:
- 1/32” aluminum sheet
- 2 of 8 x 3.8 slow flyer propeller
- 2 of 8 x 3.8 slow flyer pusher propeller
- 4 of Turnigy C2028 Micro brushless outrunner 1400kV motor
- 4 of Turnigy Plush 18 amp speed controller
- Turnigy nano-tech 1800mah 4S 35-70C Lipo Pack
- 1/2” 4-40 plastic machine screws
- 4-40 plastic nuts
- 1/2” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 5/8” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 3/8” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 2” threaded 4-40 plastic spacers
- Accelerometer + Gyros chip: Sparkfun 6DOF razor IMU
- Microcontroller: arduino mini
- Hobbyking 2.4 GHz transmitter and receiver + Controller
- 1.5” hex threaded 4-40 aluminum spacers
- 2 of Carbon Fiber square tube .25” x .25” (.180 ID) x 48”
- Strings
- Zip-ties
- Super glue
- Velcro
- Protoboard
- Female header pins
- 3.3 volt regulator
- Jumper Wires
Where to get parts:
Propellers- http://www.apcprop.com/pindex.asp?Page=2
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_index.asp
Carbon Fiber square tube - http://www.dragonplate.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
Parts List:
- 1/32” aluminum sheet
- 2 of 8 x 3.8 slow flyer propeller
- 2 of 8 x 3.8 slow flyer pusher propeller
- 4 of Turnigy C2028 Micro brushless outrunner 1400kV motor
- 4 of Turnigy Plush 18 amp speed controller
- Turnigy nano-tech 1800mah 4S 35-70C Lipo Pack
- 1/2” 4-40 plastic machine screws
- 4-40 plastic nuts
- 1/2” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 5/8” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 3/8” 4-40 aluminum machine screws
- 2” threaded 4-40 plastic spacers
- Accelerometer + Gyros chip: Sparkfun 6DOF razor IMU
- Microcontroller: arduino mini
- Hobbyking 2.4 GHz transmitter and receiver + Controller
- 1.5” hex threaded 4-40 aluminum spacers
- 2 of Carbon Fiber square tube .25” x .25” (.180 ID) x 48”
- Strings
- Zip-ties
- Super glue
- Velcro
- Protoboard
- Female header pins
- 3.3 volt regulator
- Jumper Wires
Where to get parts:
Propellers- http://www.apcprop.com/pindex.asp?Page=2
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_index.asp
Carbon Fiber square tube - http://www.dragonplate.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php
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Cut 2 of 14”, 4 of 6.125”, 4 of 8” carbon fiber square tubes
Drill 7/64” holes 3/8” away from each ends of the cut carbon fiber tubes.
Drill 7/64” holes 1 and 5/8” from both ends of 14” long carbon fiber tubes. Drill 7/64” holes 1 and 5/8” from only one end of 6.125” and 8” long carbon fiber tubes.
When drilling through the carbon fiber tubes, drill very slowly with caution. Carbon fiber tubes can split if you don't pay attention. Also use a drill press instead of a hand drill.
Drill 7/64” holes 3/8” away from each ends of the cut carbon fiber tubes.
Drill 7/64” holes 1 and 5/8” from both ends of 14” long carbon fiber tubes. Drill 7/64” holes 1 and 5/8” from only one end of 6.125” and 8” long carbon fiber tubes.
When drilling through the carbon fiber tubes, drill very slowly with caution. Carbon fiber tubes can split if you don't pay attention. Also use a drill press instead of a hand drill.
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easiest way cheapest and yet powerful way to make quadrotor using arduino pro mini
the 1400kv motors is out of stock , so i was wondering if i can use a different motor for example Turnigy 1400 Brushless Indoor Motor 4500kv , especially i need to put a heavy payload , and what ESC can be used if i used another motor ??
thank you.
This was the only guide to building a quadrotor with good code explanation , could you plz explain the whole code to me and how the direction input from the transmitter is decoded and what actions are taken to follow the direction of the joystick.
Thanks Could i pls get a quick response.
If you wanted to cut costs, where would you start cutting?
If you wanted it to carry a camera, how would you modify it?
If you wanted it to fly a programmed route and return, what would you change?
If you wanted to fly two (or three), back-to-back, 10-minute flights, how would you change it?
can i make a quadrotor without using an arduino..?? please answer me
So the pins for the sensor board the line up as such;
3.3v = 3.3v
GND = GND
Gx4 Y = Analogue5
Gx4 X = Analogue4
Gx4 Z = Analogue3
A Z = Analogue2
A Y = Analogue1
A X = Analogue0
The rest of the pins should correspond plainly to the ones on your UNO
Digital pins 6,7,8,9 to the control pin on your ESCs. Human controls are on pins 2,3,4,5 to your receiver. Personally I am using an Xbee module instead so I will not be using that last set.
cause my quadrotor have weight 1.5kg and my motor used 830KV
and you know what happen when i'm using full power?
nothing ; hahahhahahahha....................
so my quadrotor cannot lift up yet T_T
A lady, I can't remember her name brought it up at the st louis airport after the FIRST championship. I'm interested in coming to check out what you guys do, and maybe throw around some ideas. I also have a quad rotor, using just about the same things, I'm running an arduino mega because I plan to integrate heading and barometric pressure.
I'd like to get some help with software and trying out some autonomous flight.
Thank You
I'm eagerly waiting to hear from you :)
Hi to all of you .. Guys em stuck in a big problem .. can some one help me out ..
my problem is how to integrate the quad rotor with micro controller ..
details : Actually i build the quad rotor .. The RC which em using is for Aeroplane not for Quad rotor ... so it is not support with quad rotor .. because all rotors are not working simultaneously .. someone told me that you should use micro controlling .. i have no idea about that because em a software engineering student .. can some one give me the code of micro controlling for quad rotor ? please i shall be very thankful .. please guys .. Thanks
I've done a quick costing of the project using the links referenced, it's coming out at $320 plus postage (say another 20%) so $380
I'm looking to make this project but don't know where to find the plastic spacers nuts and screws you've specified. I'm in australia and don't have home depot :) any ideas where i can find this stuff on the internet?
First: Watched your video of it! I noticed that as soon as it takes off it starts to spin. Are all your rotors turning the same direction? If so, maybe try some combination of opposite directions. like two on a side opposite, or opposing rotors spin opposite (and adjust the props accordingly of course)
Second: I also noticed that it accelerated up and down really quickly. You could code your control to "soften" the acceleration by telling it to hold minimum motor voltage at no user input to be just slightly below what it takes to "hold
" position. Know what I mean? So at negative user input it will give it whatever corresponding voltage is, but zero joystick input means it gives hover or slightly below hover voltage.
My question- do you have a total cost? I want to build this, and I'm getting a board already. But when I looked at that accelerometer/gyro board I nearly crapped myself. It's like $90! Do you think I could build an analog IC with accelerometers and gyros? I was hoping to build this under like $150 :p
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
A delta wing of similar design can also hover.
No gyros or fancy expensive stuff needed. I intend to build 1 in a month or so when finished a couple of other projects.
Try Googling RC VTOL aircraft.
Check this out.
www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=rc+sidewinder+rocket&btnG=Google+Search
Cheers Kiwi.
Stuff about DIY Drones: http://diydrones.com/
Stuff about QuadRotors: http://aeroquad.com/content.php
Detailed build instructions: http://aeroquad.com/content.php?115
Here's the direct link.