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Carbon UAV Quad build

Carbon UAV Quad build

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Matt (Staff)	Matt (Staff) posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 680, Visits: 1.9K	Hi John, It was great to see the (almost) finished pattern on Friday, I think people will be amazed too see what a great job you made of it and in only a week as well. When people see the pictures of the pattern I hope they will be inspired to make their own designs too - like you said, once you can make a pattern from scratch and then make a mould from that pattern then you can do anything! I can't wait to see pics of the pattern on here and also to see your mould layup and of course, the first parts! Keep us 'posted' Matt Matt Statham Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Sales Tags carbon copter quad rotor uav
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JohnH	JohnH posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 151	Hi Wabba I am using CF with Soric as reinforcement, multiply layers of CF at the motor mounts, the cats whisker aerials will be outside of the shell so should be OK with the radio signal. I think I will use Hoverfly with the GPS aerial mounted in the dome, I have had some problems with this system but hopefully the updates will sort this out. Or DJI Nazza, at the moment I am using are DJI Wookung which is amazingly good and so stable. Hopefully this week I will cast the moulds after I have finished polishing the Patterns, I will post pictures before doing this. Cheers John
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Wabba	Wabba posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 21, Visits: 64	Hi John, Very interesting project you have there. I have been thinking about something similar, but is still far away from beginning. Are you planning to use just CF or a mix of CF and Kevlar? Please keep us posted, looks promising. Off topic (or should I say off-forum), which UAV system are you planning to use? Wabba
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JohnH	JohnH posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 151	Hi All I have to thank Matt for his guidance and assistance with my various projects over the last six months or so, I would not have managed without your help along with this website. Up to this point I have moulded my own Carbon sheet using various thickness of "Soric" to produce truly professional finished Carbon sheet which I have used in building various Tri's Quad's and Hexacopters, I have also made Canopies used to cover the fragile electronic components, all of which have used the vacuum resin infusion technique. Now I am going for the totally moulded Quad, 500mm between motors, consisting of a top and a bottom moulded shell, with internal (own made carbon plates). Up to this point I have used the high density polyurethane foam block as a core to build a pattern, this has now been covered with one layer of 163g woven glass cloth, I will add another layer once this is cured (not sure if I should have used two layers up front). I have attached a photo of progress of the pattern, I intend to use the pattern to make internal moulds (guided again by Carbon Mods) which I will mould Carbon Fibre shells that house all equipment and hopefully will fly. I will try to let you know how I go on along the way. Attachments Image0044.jpg (1.2K views, 99.00 KB)
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