Monthly Archives: November 2014

Q-Bot Tx Module for Taranis

Most micro (palm sized) quadcopters are RTF and comes with a crappy cheap transmitter, and I really want to use my awesome expensive Taranis. I found out that Q-Bot comes with a tiny transmitter module that I can connect to my Taranis.

I didn’t want some ugly thing dangling off of my Taranis so I decided to 3D print a module that will contain the Q-Bot transmitter circuitry and plug into the Taranis’ module bay, which fits “JR” style transmitter modules.

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and here is what it looked like before:
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The 3D files (SLDPRT, STEP, STL) Continue reading

My First 3D Printed Quadcopter

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3D printed using my Ultimaker2 and many colors of PLA plastic at 100% in-fill. It is my first design, featuring folding arms, tucked away electronics, and anti-vibration mounted flight controller. It is designed to be friendly with FDM 3D printers, employing some special techniques. The frame is extremely strong.

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I need more practice. I need to buy a few more propellers and few more batteries as well so I can practice for longer.

Flight controller is a Continue reading