Kategorie: Gadgets

Because of the shape of the new hexa style copter. I gave it the name of an insect – The Tick.(EDIT – Comment from Ronny: ticks have 8 legs not 6 =accepted but the name is branded right now)

First parts arrived already. The flight control was ordered from second hand and is a DJI Naza V2.

The next parts should arrive Monday.

Its one of the latest and the lightest gimbal to purchase at the moment – a xaircraft stella gimbal, which will be modified to fit the UAV. Plans are ongoing to make everything the most lightweight and versatile hexacopter the world has seen until today 😉 .

To start everything from scratch I decided to go for a complete new setup. My old and heavy used Turnigy 9x transmitter has already some defects from all the travelling around the world so I am hunting for a Taranis X9D+ remote. (See the cable ties to hold it together)

The time will tell me where the journey will end but I think I am on the right way to bring „The Tick“ to life.

So while is stayed in Hongkong and flying around with my quad I decided to go for a new project.

Plans are at the moment for a hexa style multirotor, lightweight, versatile, long flight time (15mins+) and equiped with a 2-axis gimbal which will carry a gopro for full video experience. For this I am actually finding back in to CAD-development. So FreeCAD is an open source solution for me to make 2D and 3D drawings to bring the successor of the Django into this world.

Here are the first ideas for getting the thing lifting up to the sky:

• DJI Naza V2 + Mini OSD (Naza already ordered)
• Gopro Hero 3+ or higher
• hexa layout with 6 Motors from T-Motor
• ESC below 10A
• 5.8Ghz VTX for sure(>= 25mW)
• Full 3S-Setup @ 11.1V
• Gimbal maybe the lightweight Xaircraft Stella
• around 15 mins flight time per battery
• carbon fiber folding nano frame (custom made because there is nothing on the market for these ideas)
• setup smaller than one A4 paper and carryable in a backpack
• no propellers or parts inside the view of the gopro
• gopro should be safe within a crash

I hope I can manage all points mentioned above. If so I am sure this will be the best setup for travelling and filming so far.