 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Jul 02, 2012, 05:45 PM
|
|||
Marietta Ga.
Joined Apr 2005
615 Posts
|
The American made Sphere
Came up with this with staggernaut my long time friend. Using a beach ball we built carbon fiber round frames for our tri's. i lost all my build pictures on my phone. But will do my best to advise if someone wants to try this.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 05:49 PM
|
|
|
United States, NJ, Phillipsburg
Joined Jul 2011
39 Posts
|
Awesome idea! Would be ideal to make the copters a bit safer when they bump into something.....now....build one for my droidworx AD-6 HL...please?...:-)
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 05:50 PM
|
|
United Kingdom, England, Herefordshire
Joined Jun 2011
1,493 Posts
|
Very elegant! I want to see some crash testing
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:00 PM
|
|
|
Marietta Ga.
Joined Apr 2005
615 Posts
|
one thing i learned is i dont like forming carbon fiber. not even a little bit. its messy sticky nasty stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:06 PM
|
||
|
Marietta Ga.
Joined Apr 2005
615 Posts
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:06 PM
|
|
|
United Kingdom, England, Herefordshire
Joined Jun 2011
1,493 Posts
|
There's very little I like about CF. It's harder to work with than GF, the dust is very bad for you, and what you gain in longitudinal strength you lose in torsional strength.
I reckon 2mm GF rod might be just right for this cage application. Still need to bond the rings together somehow, perhaps GF cord + resin. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:08 PM
|
|
United States, MN, Minneapolis
Joined May 2012
1,836 Posts
|
awesome idea.... but do you bring the bucket all the time for landing?
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:13 PM
|
|
|
Marietta Ga.
Joined Apr 2005
615 Posts
|
landing is not the problem. takeoff is. i used my feet to hold it upright.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:49 PM
|
|
|
United States, MI, Goodrich
Joined Mar 2004
3,657 Posts
|
Very cool. I'm thinking rod and connectors like you use in a tent. Hmmmm....
|
 |
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:50 PM
|
|
United States, CA, San Diego
Joined Apr 2011
2,522 Posts
|
That would look really cool with lights on the outside of the sphere
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 06:58 PM
|
|
|
Joined Feb 2012
403 Posts
|
Can you get that to roll? I did notice that you kind of rolled around objects.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 07:03 PM
|
|
|
United States, TX, San Antonio
Joined Feb 2007
12,902 Posts
|
|
 |
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 07:06 PM
|
|
|
Marietta Ga.
Joined Apr 2005
615 Posts
|
the idea of this build was to do just that. we wanted to land roll than take off again but even with multiwii auto stable it would not do it. it would get stuck in a down position. kinda let us down.
|
|
|
Last edited by hallstudio; Jul 02, 2012 at 07:12 PM.
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 08:09 PM
|
|
|
Joined Feb 2012
403 Posts
|
I actually think you guys are onto something big here. I can see this for commercial use.Maybe going into buildings like searching.Better see if Dyson has the patent LOL.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 02, 2012, 08:30 PM
|
|
|
South Carolina
Joined Mar 2009
3,895 Posts
|
This is really cool. it is what the hobby is all about great build.
|
|
|
|
|
|
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Discussion American made Tx/Rx? | acetech09 | Radios | 18 | Jun 09, 2012 04:48 AM |
| Is there an American made micro helicopter? | mo-jord | Micro Helis | 23 | Jan 28, 2005 08:58 PM |
| American made brushless motors | jaywatay | Power Systems | 54 | Apr 07, 2004 01:06 PM |
|
|