Monday, November 1, 2010

Now I can say that the frame is finished.

Figure 1
In the figure 1 can be seen the finished frame. The sides (white square mesh) of the central box that are not fixed to show the interior. I'm not sure the final weight of the frame without the components since I do not have a scale to weigh the frame with rigor. However, I can say that is extremely lightweight. Another aspect of the design I wanted to see was the box with all the plastic parts in black. The reason that I chose the white plastic instead of black plastic material, is because the black plastic is more expensive than the white plastic.
Figure 2
In the figure 2 we can see the landing gear finalized. I opted for a rigid structure that is easy to build, but is not a good solution since there is no damping of the structure during landing. So the landing must be extremely smooth to avoid damaging the frame.
Figure 3
In the figure 3 we can see the frame on its side to see the underside and is now clearly visible the landing gear. The landing gear is held rigid by tension with the green line from the kites.
Figure 4
Finally, in the figure 4 we can see the 9DOF Razor IMU board already on the place at the base of the central box. The next step is to link all the components and start programming.

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