Quadcopter Frame

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Quadcopter Frame For Building Your Own Flying Platform Designed using FREECAD to easily customize it yourself. Print Settings: Printer Brand: Ultimaker Printer: Ultimaker Original Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.2mm Infill: 20% Notes: I built the parts using PLA. Post-Printing: No specific post-printing operations should be needed. How I Designed This Designed using FREECAD, available for most common operating systems including Linux, Mac and Windows. The source files are included to modify and improve them. For those who cannot be bothered, STL files are also supplied. Custom Section Parts and Assembly Notes Parts Required: Refer to the assembly.stl to see what parts will be required. You can see from the pictures that assembly is relatively straightforward. You may also need the following hardware at budget prices via popular online auction sites. Aluminium Square Section: Lengths of 10mm x 10mm aluminium square section Gaffer Tape: Some gaffer tape (also known as Duck Tape or fibre reinforced tape) Hardware Components: A handful of M3 screws and nuts Cable Ties: A few cable ties Decent Glue: Decent glue (e.g. Super Glue, Epoxy or Gorilla Glue seems good) Quadcopter Controller PCB: A KK quadcopter controller PCB (Lots online) Radio Control Parts: Minimum 4-Channel RC transmitter and receiver (6 channels is much better) Motors: 4 x motors (I used 1000KV type) ESC Speed Controllers: 4 x 30A ESC speed controllers Propeller and Shaft Spinners: 4 x Propeller and shaft spinners LiPo RC Battery: 1 x LiPo RC battery (mine was 3000 mAHr @ 11.1v) Battery Connectors: Battery connectors Heavy Duty Wire: Some heavy duty wire to carry the battery current Screw Connectors: Screw connectors for said wire Servo Extension Cables: 4 x Servo extension cables Radio Receiver Module: Radio receiver module Basic Hand Tools: Basic hand tools Common Sense: Some common sense Take Care: Take care not to fit screws or sharp parts where they could puncture your LiPo battery. Ensure that all wires are routed so that they cannot get caught in the motors or propellers. Take care when setting up motors and follow the usual safety instructions for setting up a multirotor aircraft. If you have never done this before, do some research first.