Hey all, welcome to my 3rd build thread

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Rage240LR

Got me another Rage frame from smartshapes, this time a 240mm lowrider, or chop-top as some call it.
To get it a bit cheaper i actually only ordered the main plates and spacers, but still got sent some extras:



Rest of the parts list so far:

• Motors: RCX2206 2400kV
  
• Escs: Aikon 30a with "cap removed"-option from rtfq   Hobbywing xrotor 30a blheli-s 
  
• FC: Flip32 F4 (can take battery power, so no real PDB needed)   undecided yet
  
• VTX: Hawkeye 32ch, aomway antenna
  
• RX: Lemon sat with long antennas
  
• Cam: Runcam Owl mini old sony 600tvl ccd w/ metal case
  
• Props: HQ5545, maybe trying KK6040 later
  

FC, escs and motors are still on the way. Decided to quickly stick the frame together to have a look:



I think, after this one, i slowly but surely am reaching the point where i have enough quads...

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Cant wait to see it progress!

fftunes... there is no "enough quads" you will see that after your will finish this one .. you will have some spare parts laying around... and somehow a next one will be built

(31-Jan-2017, 09:07 AM)Grisha0 Wrote: fftunes... there is no "enough quads" you will see that after your will finish this one .. you will have some spare parts laying around... and somehow a next one will be built

+1
We can call it "Grisha0's Paradox"...


(Original image By Martin Grandjean - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph...d=39999636)

(31-Jan-2017, 09:07 AM)Grisha0 Wrote: fftunes... there is no "enough quads" you will see that after your will finish this one .. you will have some spare parts laying around... and somehow a next one will be built

(31-Jan-2017, 10:10 AM)sloscotty Wrote: +1
We can call it "Grisha0's Paradox"...

(31-Jan-2017, 07:06 PM)fftunes Wrote:

Quads are self propagating......or as I was going to say originally.......fat chance.......

What is USPS doing with my RTFQ package? They transport it forth and back... by bycicle or what lol?
And why is it stuck there since a week i.e. what does "Arrived at unit" mean? that's not where i live.



I did several orders from them before, always same cheapest shipping, never took longer than 6 days.
Gives me a bad feeling wether this ever arrives here in switzerland. RTFQ support known to be inexistent.

(31-Jan-2017, 10:10 AM)sloscotty Wrote: ...
We can call it "Grisha0's Paradox"...
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ill add it to my resume... and i've spitted my drink while reading this so... you owe me a screen cleaning

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No progress regarding the order, tracking says it's still sitting in Largo FL after 2 weeks. And of course RTFQuads does not respond to email... well i knew before that their customer service is non-existent, but so far i didn't need it. Sigh... will give it a few more days, but i fear it'll be the first time i'll have to go for paypal refund.

EDIT: Sent another mail to RTFQ Feb.16th, but i don't expect an answer. But i'll give it another few days.
EDIT: And submitted a search request on USPS.com ...

About the build... will use one of my old heavier fpv-cams, as i just can't figure out a good way to mount the owl mini. The sony cam will go well with the side plates.

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No update on tracking, and also no response from USPS, other than an automated search request confirmation mail. Tsss...
Anyway... even though i can hardly afford anything right now, wanna continue the build, so this had to be:



Local shop had them for a good price. From what i hear, these escs use best mosfets on the market.
And they're tiny! Even slightly smaller than Kiss18a, and ds600-ready. Will go for multishot first though.

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Did a first test with soft mounted motors today. Hard mounted FC, 1 motor, unbalanced reverse 5545 prop.




    Raw gyro roll axis, motor hard mounted (top) and soft mounted (bottom)

Comparison looks promising.  More pics here: http://intofpv.com/t-soft-mounting-fc-motors

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Some details on the motor softmounting... works out just right with m3x8mm screws:




Escs prepared and soldered to motors. For now i'll use an oldish CC3D Atom w/ case which will be taped in.

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Where can I find some of these 3d printed motor soft mounts?

(07-Mar-2017, 01:55 AM)Drone0fPrey Wrote: Where can I find some of these 3d printed motor soft mounts?

Hm, a friend printed those for me, in return for me rescueing his crashed quad off a roof... but there's a link to the public thingiverse model in the softmounting thread (i'll link it here later when on pc).

(07-Mar-2017, 07:43 AM)fftunes Wrote: Hm, a friend printed those for me, in return for me rescueing his crashed quad off a roof... but there's a link to the public thingiverse model in the softmounting thread (i'll link it here later when on pc).

Thx mate! Ill browse around on thingiverse too