Angled Motor Mounts for FPV Drone Experiment (Part 1)

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The idea was to see how this 7" FPV quadcopter would fly when all the motors are mounted with a forward 25 degree tilt angle. BUT because I didn't take into account the arm geometry of this particular frame (Source One V1 7"), as well as the extra wire length needed, the motors ended up being angle inward (front) and outward (rear). That's pretty weird, and not at all ideal. However, I wanted to see if it could still fly like this and how it would handle. I was surprised. If nothing else, this is a testament to how good/resilient/flexible modern flight controllers are!
The 3D print files for this angled motor mount are not available yet because I want to do a bit more redesigning so that they are more useful right away.
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00:00 What are we doing?!
2:25 Adding mounts
3:27 Oopsies! The Problem
5:08 Let's fly it anyway (Line of Sight)
10:05 Yaw/Roll issue explained
12:06 First-Person-View flight
16:30 You probably guessed this
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@MrFadjule 4 ай бұрын

Usually people tilt the camera instead, the motor-tilt hardware ends up being a weak point if you use it in a high speed application like this. On the other hand, It is great to add dihedral to a camera drone, it adds a mechanical stability. I do like what you've done here. As I watch the video I want you to fly it fast and constant, like a plane, instead of stopping when you get up to speed. It feels like you are fighting the nature of the aircraft. I have often wanted to make something similar, I want to use an H style frame, and tube arms. I want an inboard servo for tilting the motor arms, all together. I've seen them for sale (years ago), and they didn't take off. I think the servo/tilt mechanism parts were too fragile, but I never met anyone in person that had one.

@Ice-FaceMedia 4 ай бұрын

hey Adam good seeing you......great trying new stuff

@RCwithAdam1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@EJ-74 4 ай бұрын

Awesome

@Todd_G_FPV 4 ай бұрын

Point all motors outwards!

@RCwithAdam1 4 ай бұрын

That's next!

@rockfordian23 Ай бұрын

Somebody get this guy a mic!

@kharkivoperator 4 ай бұрын

Nice video. I just had an idea: autoleveling camera. what if we put a camera on servo, so that when quad moves on a pitch, camera moves also and support consistent level. As you know, speed of quad depends on pitch. So at any speed of quad, camera angle stays the same, lets say 15°. That's easy to do, so Adam, can you try that?

@Todd_G_FPV 4 ай бұрын

So a dji fpv?

@RCwithAdam1 4 ай бұрын

Excellent idea! I've been interested in exploring the Medlin Drone Head Tracking Tilt system that uses that idea.

@RCwithAdam1 4 ай бұрын

@@Todd_G_FPV Yep that's pretty much the concept behind a camera on a gimbal!