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Scratchbuilt QuadCopter V1

Specifications:

Diameter (with props): 735mm (29in)
Height: 245mm (9.65in)
Flying weight: 1000g (2.20lb)
Flying weight with GoPro Hero 2: 1178g (2.60lb)
Flying weight with GoPro Hero 3+ Black: 1198g (2.64lb)
Flying weight with GoPro Hero 3+ Black and Boscam 5.8GHz FPV Gear: 1300g (2.87lb)

QuadCopter parts list:

Flyduino Warthox Frame - 25cm arm (PR1037)
Flyduino 25A ESC SimonK Firmware Regulators (PR1192)
Flyduino Suppo A2212/13 1000KV Brushless Outrunner (PR1049)
Flyduino 9x4.5 Carbon Reinforced AP Propeller Set Black 2 CW and 2 CCW (PR1124) (no longer used)
aero-naut 10x5 CAMcarbon Light-Prop 2 CW and 2 CCW
Drotek MultiWii V2.0 Flight Controller Board - MPU6050 + HMC5883 + MS5611 + FTDI
Drotek XL Ublox GPS Breakout Board
I2C-GPS NAV Module
Bluetooth RF Transceiver Module RS232 (no longer used)
TTL 3DR Radio 3DRobotics Telemetry Kit 433Mhz Module
SLS APL MAGNUM 3700mAh 3S1P 11,1V 35C/70C

Radio equipment:

Graupner MX-16 HOTT 2.4 GHz
Graupner GR-16 HOTT Receiver

Software:

MultiWii_dev_2014_01_14__r1648 + r1649 1650 1663 1669 1713
MultiWiiConf release 2.3 (with personal modifications)
MultiWii EZ-GUI for Android

Frame with mounted speed controllers and lipo battery

Graupner GR-16 HOTT receiver

Drotek MultiWii V2.0 flight controller board

I2C-GPS NAV module

Drotek XL Ublox GPS module

All components...

Flight #	Date	Flight duration (min)	Location	Comments
1	06.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Maiden flight.
2	06.09.2014	unknown	Oberreichenbach	Tried GPS Hold + Home. Didn't work.
3	07.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	GPS Hold didn't work.
4	08.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	BARO Alt Hold works but needs some tweaking.
5	11.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Two short back to back flights. I forgot to take off the lens cap from the key chain camera that I had mounted on one of the speed controllers!
6	17.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Optimized ROLL PITCH PID settings with MultiWii EZ-GUI
7	18.09.2014	20	Oberreichenbach	Greatly improved ALT Hold via PID tuning
8	22.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Did more PID tuning...
9	23.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Did more ALT PID tuning...
10	24.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Fun flying...
11	27.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Fun flying with on-board videos.
12	28.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Starting to play with GPS hold.
13	29.09.2014	unknown	Schwabach	I taped my GoPro Hero 2 under the Lipo.
14	01.10.2014	16	Schwabach	Fun flying with GoPro Hero 2.
15	02.10.2014	unknown	Schwabach	PID tuning Roll & Pitch.
16,17,18	03.10.2014	unknown	Schwabach	PID tuning Level & Alt Hold. 3 Lipo charges.
19,20	04.10.2014	unknown	Schwabach	PID tuning Level & Alt Hold. 2 Lipo charges.
21	05.10.2014	16	Oberreichenbach	Super successful GPS Hold test. MAG interference was the culpit.
22	06.10.2014	16	Oberreichenbach	Fun flying and GPS Hold tests.
23,24	09.10.2014	32	Oberreichenbach	Fun flying and GPS Hold tests.
25,26	11.10.2014	32	Schwabach	Rotated FC by 90° to try to solve GPS Hold. No success.
27,28	12.10.2014	32	Oberreichenbach	Swapped position of the receiver and FC. Also used advanced MAG calibration. GPS-Hold & RTH now works perfectly!
29	14.10.2014	16	Oberreichenbach	More GPS-Hold & RTH tests done.
30	18.10.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Still trying to understand PID tuning.
31,32	18.10.2014	32	Oberreichenbach	Tried different PID numbers. Fun flying with RTH.
33	18.10.2014	14	Schwabach	Fun flying with RTH.
34,35	19.10.2014	32	Oberreichenbach	Fun flying.
36	25.10.2014	unknown	Schwabach	Reset PID's and retuned.
37,38	26.10.2014	31	Oberreichenbach	Fun flying. Set a personal altitude record of 182 meters (597 feet) in sight.
39	27.11.2014	5	Schwabach	Mounted new props from aero-naut. No more micro vibrations.
40	28.11.2014	5	Schwabach	First "scary" FPV test...

Lipo #	Number of charges
1	26
2	14

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