DIY-Quadcopter (1)

Already a long time ago the idea was born to build a quadcopter completely from scratch.
During the past days i started with the frame construction.

The initial specs i made were

• overall weight <5kg
• able to lift ~1kg payload
• >15min flight time

based on this i started some research on the hardware and the outcome are the following components

• Frame 
• selfmade frame of 15mm Aluminium rod / 70cm frame diameter.
• rubber damper between frame and electronic (M4 screw thread).
• M4 spacers.
• Flyduino HE4108 700KV Brushless Outrunner Motor with ~13" props.
• Dys 40A Multikopter ESC Opto "SimonK" V2.
• 3DR Pixhawk autopilot.
• FrSky Taranis RC.
• depending on the power consumption i will decide on a battery later.

After seeing the following video i decided to stack two frames as well to get more stability.

 

I hope i could fly one day this way as well. But this will be a long way to go. Especially for me as a weekend only pilot.

Frame components