Koopaquad

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THIS THING IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IS UNDERGOING DESIGN CHANGES TO IMPROVE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS! Who wouldn't want to pilot the legendary blue shell from Mariokart? This design is a novel FPV micro quad designed around pdiefend's spiked koopa shell. It prints in two parts which are held together with neodymium magnets. This flies, but really is too heavy for the 8.5mm motors and 1S 400 or 500mah batteries I used. The motors carry it, but the batteries lack the current needed to fly well. I am working to remove weight to improve the flight characteristics. More powerful motors or 2S batteries would probably make it fly fine, but I would like to be able to use the same parts as my other micro quads. I am attempting to remove unnecessary material and may redesign the magnetic closure as the magnets currently make up 10 percent of the overall weight and provide more holding power than is really necessary. I have the option to vacuum-form the shell and attach it around a 3d printed micro quad, but I want to keep this entirely 3d printable - which I believe is definitely possible. Print Settings Rafts: No Supports: Yes Resolution: Any Infill: 10% Notes: Print the top right side up and the bottom upside down with supports to make sure the surface finish comes out nice and clean. Post-Printing Parts and Assembly All the parts I used can be found on Amazon: Flight controller: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXU45O0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Motors: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SKUJL2K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Camera/VTX: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTO8RBM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Props: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RE5US38/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 After printing clean out the support material (use wire to get it out of the arms if you printed it in there) and glue 8mm x 2mm round magnets into the recesses (mine came from Harbor Freight). For the motors, wrap them with some electrical tape until they are a tight fit in the motor mounts. This helps reduce vibrations. For the power connector, run the wire in the channel under the flight controller so the battery connector is in the back. From here, you may need to extend the wires back over the flight controller so they can be soldered into place. Solder up the motors and camera, mount the controller, and go fly!