My first Toothpick class drone.
Goals: indoor flyable, using 1s Batteries, no HD, suitable for acro/freestyle flying.
Techspec
- 0804 15000 KV motors
- 100mm wheelspan
- 33 g dry weight
- 55m 2-blade props
- Crazybee F4 pro v2 AIO FC and ESC and FrSky receiver
The frame is a 100mm carbon frame, 1.6mm thick, which is actually build for 8520 brushed motors. I used some two component epoxy to fill the wholes completely and drilled the required m2 wholes afterwards into the epoxy. This worked like a charm. Just some minor bumps are left on the bottom of the frame, as you can see in the images. To avoid the motors are mounted with a little slope/angle, I used sticky tape at one side of the frame to make a flat surface for the epoxy.
Update 01/2023
I did add a super lightweight LED-Strip (just 0,2g) and ELRS receiver (just 0,4g). Overall, just 0,9g added - which you can see in the last picture.
Soldering the LED strip was super challenging, but worth it - they are very bright.
Also, I switched to use GNB27 connectors, which make quite a difference.
Also, you spot in the last picture a new plastic strap, which secures the antenna from getting slices between the props.
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She looks super clean, and super lean!
How is the epoxy motor mount holding up?
How has that screw in the back done for you (as far as staying in, flight after flight)?
I applaud your material choices, so well thought out, and SO well exicuted.
Hi, thank you for the flowers.
The epoxy holds up super good. So far I just had wall and chair crashs at medium speed.
If you look closely, the screws and the motor bottom mount have ca. 1mm overlap with the carbon.
My thesis is, that the epoxy just holds 30% of the forces but the carbon the major 70% part (hint: thesis!).
In this line of thoughts, the epoxy does strengthen the carbon a bit and ensures the screwes don't move.
You had a very good catch of the screw in the back...
I have to admit it looks a little odd, but never moved a micron so far.
I did use titanium m2 screws (all screws), fixed with a nylon nut.
That feels rock solid and as said, never moved a micron so far.
Cheers.
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