All The Parts!

Hello Again!

In the last few weeks all of our parts arrived, fully intact! Below are pictures of most of them.

The motor controllers and power distribution board

The propellers

The Xbee

The battery

Battery charger

Frame Number One

This frame was a bit of a disappointment. Being the first part we received, we were eager to start screwing it together. Sadly though, we ran into a few problems which we equated to the quality of the frame. A few of the screws did not fit in the screw holes, which meant we either had to buy new screws or drill new holes. Then we realized that this model is incompatible with the motors we had ordered due to weight. So, we went back to HobbyKing, figuring that was the best solution. We found a much much better quality frame with a fancy fiber glass (instead of aluminum) body. And here it is! Isn't it lovely!

This frame is the same as the one that Daniel suggests using on his guide, except that it is slightly larger. We made sure to look into the specs of our motors first though to make sure the weight increase would not render our motors useless. We did not go with the frame Daniel suggested  because there was still a lot of back-log and we only have a semester to build this quadrocopter. It just wouldn't have been worth the wait for a slightly more compatible frame. About a week after ordering, the new frame arrived! As you see, we have jumped ahead, plugging everything in. You'll hear more about that in our next update!