3D Printable Micro Drone

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Have A High School Engineering class 3D print and design their own micro drones. Students must test different body parts to find out what helps their drone fly best, then battle and race them, exciting students about 3D printing. A Project No Student will Ever Forget! Total Build Cost: $37 (drone + $0.05 Plastic) Took apart a Hubsan and 3D printed an even lighter/smaller body that is fully customizable, allowing students to replace prop guards, landing feet, and add extra protection for battling other drones. The electrical parts are all taken from the Hubsan drone shown in the video below. Print Settings: * Printer: PowerSpec * Rafts: No * Supports: No * Resolution: 0.3 mm * Infill: 30% Notes: You might want to slow down the first layer by another 50% on all parts if your bed is not that adhesive. For shells/walls, make them 1 thick. Flight Demonstration How I Designed This: Hubsan Take Down Buy or grab a Hubsan H107 and solder off the LED lights and motors. Remove the motors using a wrench with little force to avoid damaging them. Remove the two screws connecting the main circuit board to the Hubsan body. Now 3D print or buy the kit (http://ThomasJohnMcLaughlin.com). Attach the motors as shown in the photos, and solder their wires to the correct locations on the circuit board. There are two different motors that spin in opposite directions, so make sure to look at how they're wired in the pictures. Once all the motor wires are soldered to the main board, screw the main board onto the mainframe using the same screws that held it in place on the original Hubsan body. Put the propellers in their correct locations on the drone. The propellers have a letter on them near the center labeled either A or B, but be aware that the color of the props never corresponds with their location. Configurations Config 1: This Drone Requires Parts: A-Smart Drone Body x1 (print 1) B-Smart Drone Guards x4 (print 4) This design is the sturdiest, as the guards won't move or rotate on impact and the motors are held more in place. The main board snaps into place, requiring no screws. Config 2: This is the Original Drone Parts for printing: toes x4 mainframe x1 topframe x1 propguards x4 This design is not as sturdy as Config 1. Its motors tend to slide out of place on impact, and its propeller guards are hard to attach and rotate out of position. Config 3: This is the Citadel Micro Its stronger and heavier but may not fly as fast as the others. Print: Citadel Frame x1 Citadel Guard x4