180 FPV drone racing platform. Depending on the infill settings and printing materials used it will withstand crashes.
Recommended hardware:
- 4 x 4.5 inch props
- motors between 2450kv to 2650kv and a 12N14P frame work
- small 36mm x 36mm flight controller (tested with Dodo)
- 4 in one 36mm x 36mm electronic speed controller (tested with Favourite 20Ax4)
- small 25mw VTX with fixed antena mount (tested with Foxeer TM25)
- small FPV camera (tested with Foxeer Arrow V1)
- VTX antena
- 30mm round aluminum standoffs used to secure the POD (5mm diameter)
- steel screws to hold motors (6mm recommended thread length)
- 4s 1300mah lipo
Printing recommendations:
- POD should be printed with flexible filament, 70% infill and 1mm wall thickness.
- Landing skids should be printed with flexible filament, 35% infill and 1mm wall thickness.
- Bottom plate must be printed with a rigid filament such as ABS or PLA with the flat part towards the building plate. 35% to 70% infill (anything higher will be to heavy), 1mm to 2mm wall thickness and 3mm to 4mm bottom and top layers.
Setting low infill values will make the frame as light as it carbon fiber counterparts or maybe lighter. Unfortunately this will sacrifice strength. On the other hand setting higher values will make it stronger but heavier. With todays common 3d printed material such as ABS and PLA this frame will never be stronger than CNC carbon fiber parts. If you test the frame with better materials let me know how it goes.
Dimensions:
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