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3D printed quadcopter

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This is a 3D printed quadcopter that I have made. The design is not entirely 3D printed, it uses 15×15 mm wooden spars as motor booms. My idea was to create a modular system to build quadcopters (and maybe other multirotors) using 3D printed parts. I want multicopters that are fast and easy to assemble, modify and upgrade. I also want them to be cheep in material cost, therefore I have tried to keep the weight as low as possible. Right now, one quadcopter frame is slightly below 100grams of plastic.

Right now I have 3D printed motor mounts, landing gears and a center piece as well as a top plate for mounting the battery and all the necessary spacers. The size of the quadcopter is determined by the length of the wood pieces. The quad in the images is a 250 size. I am using wood instead of 3D printed arms it to keep the weight down, I also think it is stronger.

I will continue to experiment with this 3D printed multirotor building system, and hopefully make all the STL-files available for download in the future.

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My new glider

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I bought this airplane used from a friend in my local RC flying club a few months ago. The model is a Windstar from Thunder Tiger. It is a three channel electric glider with elevator and rudder. The wingspan is about 2 meters. The airplane was old and used a lot. I started by removing all the covering film and replaced some broken wood parts. I rebuilt the nose of the fuselage to fit my needs with a large magnetic battery hatch. I also modified the wing tips and removed the original plastic ones and replaced them with balsa wood. After all repairs and modifications was complete I covered the airplane again using a Oracover, yellow and red on the top side and black on the bottom.

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Airshow: Västerås Rollout 2016

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Some videos I shot while visiting the airshow “Västerås Rollout 2016”.

Part 1/3: 
Douglas DC-3
Noorduyn Norseman
Piper PA-12 super cruiser
De Havilland DH 114 Heron
North American AT-16 / SK16

Part 2/3: 
Klemm 35
SAAB 91 Safir / SK 50
North American AT-16
De Havilland DH 115 Vampire
De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk

Part 3/3: 
Sukhoi Su-29
North American P-51 Mustang
Douglas A-26 Invader

Maiden flight of the BushBeast 2, my new balsa plane

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This video shows the first few flights of a new balsa airplane that I have designed and built during this winter.

The airplane has a wingspan of 90 cm and weighs around 700 grams including battery. I use standard RC equipment, no special functions or microprocessors in this one. I built this airplane just to havs something unique and fun to fly with. The plane is built using traditional building techniques. It is built out of balsa and covered using Oracover.

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Indoor plane of this season (2015-2016)

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Last year I designed the “Stick pusher” for indoor flying. This years airplane is new design. I took all the things that a liked with last years airplane and added some new features, ailerons being the biggest change. I have also moved to a twin boom pusher design to be able to have the motor and propeller more in the center of the air frame, this removes the effect that airplane wants to dive when you increase the throttle. It also makes the airplane fly more symmetrically. The airplane has large control surfaces and is capable of tight loops and turns. It has a relatively large speed envelope for being a small indoor plane, it is possible to fly quit slow, but it can also fly very fast if you want.

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APM copter V2 gimabl testing

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Here I am testing my homebuilt gimbal om my new APM quadcopter. It is a two axes gimbal based on the same Martinez Open Source gimbal controller and the same Quanum 2208 gimbal motors as the first APM quadcopter. I am not happy with how mush of the propellers that are visible in the video. Maybe a solution could be to extend the gimbal and landing gear further down.  During this flight I used my 13-inch propellers that I cut down to about 11.5 inches.