Progress so faar

Here is where I am at atm.

                                              A 4s 5000mah Zippy lipo as comparison.

                                                                             UPDATE

                                And here is a pic with all motors in place with 12x3.8 APC props

DJI WKM

Today i recieved my Flightcontroller for the Heavy Lift Hexa. I am going to use the DJI WKM because it seems like a really nice FC.

I also recieved the 450 Flame Wheel frame by DJI. Not sure what to do with it but always nice with another frame :)

Camera gimbal

Here are 2 pics of my Nex5N with the 18-55 lens mounted to the gimbal. I will be using 16mm pancake when i fly.

Also a pic of the Gentled shutter so i can take pics while airborne :)

More HL

Here are a few pics of some things that i put together loosely just for test.

Now i need to cut my 600 CF booms to make it good size :)

It has arrived :)

Today i got a box with some goodies in it :)

The content was the Luis and DiaLFonzo frame and gimbal.

Frame parts, upper lower and batteryplate

                                                                     Motorplates

                                                          A bunch of boomclamps

                                                   Hardware for frame and gimbal

Camera gimbal with Hitec servos

More to come in abit...

770kv Tiger Motors

Today i got my 770kv Tiger Motors for the Hexa. They look and feel like good motors but i will see after i have flewn with them for awhile.

Now i am just waiting for the rest of the things to arrive so i can start building it :)

Props

Now i have all the props for the Hexa. Recieved my APC props the other day so now just waiting for the frame and motors :)

                                                                APC 12x3.8 props

                                              Graupner 11x5 and APC 12x3.8 side by side.

                                          All of the Graupner and APC props. 8 of each.

Heavy Lift Hexa update

Now the frame is on its way to me fron USA. Should arrive at my house next week some time so i can start building it :)

Here are 3 pics of the camera gimbal that i will be trying out.

More to come soon  ...

TIger Motors and Avroto

Ordered 6 Avroto 2814 Short shaft motors and also ordered 6 Tiger Motor MT2814 . Both of them i belive are made in the same factory but always good to have a set of extra motors for the future builds :)

Ordered the Avrotos from USA and the Tiger Motors from Sweden from a company called rcflight.se

Camera Gimbal for HL Hexa

Here are a few pics of the camera gimbal i will be trying on the heavy lift hexa. Still not 100% ready yet but getting there.

More to come ....

Heavy Lift Update

Today i got my 11x5 Graupner props and adapterrings. The quality feels really good. Will see how they perform once i have all the parts for the build.

I also recieved my new camera today :)

Sony Nex5N with 18-55 kit lens and 16mm pancake lens.

More to come ....

Hevay Lift Hexa Update

Just a small update on the frame parts. All the frame parts has been cut now :)

Heavy Lift Hexa

Just ordered Graupner 11x5 and APC 12x3.8 props. Motors next...

Heavy Lift Hexa Pics

Here are a few pics of the frameplates :)

                  Batteryplate that goes on top of upper plate. Made for 2 4s 5000mah Lipos.

                                                                        Upper Plate

                                                                      Lower plate.

You also see some of the boomclamps there. The plates are designed for the DJI WKM.

More to come soon :)

Heavy Lift Hexacopter Update

Havent written here in awhile but now its time for a small update.

Ordered a camera for the Hexa and i deicided to go with the Sony Nex 5N with the 18-55 lens + the 16mm pancake lens. Ordered 64gb of memory for it aswell. Getting it in the end of the week.

Also got some pics of the frame that is being cut atm but will upload them later this week.

But i have some other things at home now for the Hexa.

                          A 20Amp Castle Creations BEC for the servos on the camera gimbal.

                          2 5000mah 4s lipo batterys ( If they work fine i will order 4 or 6 more )

2 more recievers that can be connected together so i have 14 channels or use them as 2 8channel recievers . U can never have to many channels.

More to come............... :)

OpenPilot CC

So i recieved the Openpilot coptercontroll earlyer this week.I have not started to setup it yet but will do soon.

And here is a comparison between the OP CC, MiniWii, Quadrino and HK KK

Thx for the OP CC Luis !!

Openpilot CopterControl

I was lucky to finally buy a Openpilot board :)

It should arrive end of next week so i am really happy. I have been wanting to try one of theese boards since i first heard of them but as u might know they are not easily found.

Now the waiting game has started.......

Hey hey

Sorry I havent updated in awhile. I have been really busy with work and planning my trip to Asia in the beginning of january.

The Heavy lift hexa is almost ready to be cut on the other side of the big pond ( USA ) .

Goinf to order servos for the camera gimbal soon and also the DJI and other small bits and pieces :)

Updates to come soon.

Heavy Lift Hexa

Heres a small update on the HL Hexa.

Got my carbon fibre booms today. Outside diameter is 21.5mm and Inside diameter is 20mm.

Hope they will be good enough for the hexa :)