u/Breakerbuilds

I was trying to swap to tri-blades, but it's kinda impossible to find 4" t-mount props, so now we have this, honestly, it flies great. I'm posting videos later today (if I remember). last night I also modeled and printed a GoPro mount for it, it's gonna be really heavy, but I think it can carry it if it's only for like cruising or something like that.

Lmk what you guys think!

(Btw the batteries really far back in the later images so the GoPro can fit and tilt back a bit for camera angle)

Well, my creation and solution to the breaking the frames is done, and I think ts is peak. Needs a slight adjustment on the left/right beams on the model cause currently their slightly too tight due to the battery but here it is.

Basically; frame was cracked in 3 spots, all on the outer ducts, I decided I didn't wanna spend like $10 a frame, and I removed said errors and re-did the reinforcing the outer ducts did by printing out 4 cross beam pieces that come in at .25g each. Yes, the frame will likely be about a gram heavier overall, but also I printed out a so called "race canopy" I found (in PETG), and bent it into shape.

2nd pic is all the removed material

Makerworld model to support beams

Makerworld link to canopy model

Basically dead battery, didn't know what to do with it, went back into the woods behind my house to see if it would explode

Lokey just bent it in half attempting to put it in a battery holder

For anybody who doesn't know me, I like to create a lot of different random projects. Right now, I'm designing a lot of different Air65 frames for fun and testing.

Currently (designed today) I modeled a Y4 style frame for it, and I think this will be the first one I actually build. I've modeled about 5 different frames for the Air65, only one has been actually flown before, and it flew ok.

I think the main reason why it hasn't worked yet is because I'm still using the basic settup on a 550mAh, and I just got some 300mAhs for it. I'm also considering just completely DIYing my whoop/micro drone with the DarwinFPV 15A AIO for some more power for roughly the same price.

This one should work, Ill just have to configure betaflight for toss launches and the Y4 configuration, along with some pid running, cause I imagine it will be worse vibrations with the rear props on top of each other.

Edit: currently has 31mm props cause that's what I have on hand, but is compatible with up to 40mm. Also, looking back on it, the rear props could be reconfigured at least so that the bottom one isn't below the top one cause the motor allows the prop to clear the battery. This might help with overall thrust and lift.