I like to try new things and thought making a really tiny octocopter would be fun. Since I couldn't find a frame I had to get one built.

I used Autodesk Fusion360 to design my frame (my first attempt at drawing a custom frame) and had Armattan Productions cut it for me.

This is just an initial prototype so I can test things out. It lacks a camera mount as I'm primarily concerned with mounting the flight controller, ESCs, motors and batteries. I have an XT30 connector and several pigtails made up so i can try different battery combinations (2 x 1S in parallel, 2 x 1S in series, 2 x 2S in parallel or just straight 2S) as well as fight controller and ESC locations.

Once I have a configuration that works well I'm going to get Armattan to make a second generation frame as my final design.

I'll update this page with the final version (which should be in a month or two given the time it takes to get custom parts made). I'll then make the frame available on Armattan's store is anyone wants to try their own.

Update: Aug 26, 2019 After fooling around with this for some time I have decided to move on to my next project. The main problem I'm having is that I can't get all the components into the build while keeping it as compact (elegant) as I wanted. Whoops usually have a flight controller/ESC in a single unit but I had to use a separate controller and a pair of 4-in-1 ESC's. This meant my "stack" ended up being far too tall for my liking (and that doesn't include adding in the receiver and camera/VTX).

That said, I had a lot of fun building this and learned a fair bit (including how to use Fusion360 to design my frame pieces properly so they can be cut by Armattan) along with wiring and setting up/tuning an octocopter in Betaflight.

I'm now moving on to my second octocopter....