500mm quadcopter, fully enclosed, gopro mount built in, vibration dampened flight board, battery slide and hood

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Our first upload features the 12th revision of our custom-designed quadcopter, boasting impressive features such as motor cabling through 12mm arms, a slide-on battery clip, and a vibration dampened flight board that effectively eliminates all vibrations to the accelerometer. The quad is designed for a 4 in 1 Hobbywing ESC, is extremely strong, and has built-in LED holes in the motor mounts for orientation lighting. It's also lightweight and fully enclosed with a hinged hood, includes a GoPro mount, and uses landing gear made from the same tubing as the arms, which locks over the frame for an affordable, lightweight, and effective solution. There is also a general-purpose cargo slot, and the quad can accommodate 12mm diameter aluminum or carbon fiber arms, roughly 250mm in length. To assemble, you will need: * 12mm tube (carbon or aluminum), cut into 250mm lengths (2 meters total) * 8 M3 bolts * 8 M3 nyloc nuts * 8 small cable ties * 1 elastic band * 2 small foam pads for the flight board Printing instructions: We recommend using an UP! mini printer with ABS material, fine resolution, and a 0.2mm layer height with 25% fill. The main chassis piece should be printed in the orientation that the quad would fly in (battery slide down), while landing gear pieces, motor mounts, battery clip, flight board holder, and hood should be printed in their respective orientations as shown in the render above. The holes on the flight board holder are spaced at 45mm x 45mm. The quadcopter configuration includes: * AX-2810Q motor with a 750kv * 11x4.7 propellers (previously used 12x4.5 for better efficiency) * ArduCopter (MegaPirate) 3.0.1 flight control software * uBlox GPS * Turnigy ER9X transmitter * 2200mAh 20C 3S parallel batteries * 3DR 915MHz telemetry * 30A x 4 all-in-one ESCs. Stay tuned for photos of our quadcopter in action!