Heres a summary of info that wasn't included in the video: - No you didn't read the name of this channel wrong, this is my second channel. - The flight controller runs iNav firmware for the GPS capabilities. - FDM 'carbon fibre' 3D printing is still far weaker than actual carbon fibre, but good luck. - The drone cost approximately £270 (approx $350), not including the carbon fibre sheet, multiple broken cnc bits, radio receiver and 3D printer filament and one set of batteries. - I won't sell kits as it takes a lot of time to manfacture, and there are many cheap kits available. - I don't sell racing drone kits anymore due to a lack of interest and lack of income. - Yes I will probably collaborate with Tom Stanton at somepoint if he wants to.

You really look like Tom Stanton. You even have a similar name!

Tom said that Tim makes "lOw QuAlItY cOnTeNt". wtf, this is great...

Please Collab with Tom Stanton, he's really cool and does similar stuff to you.

Well done. Your design is so simple and clean but yet it's beautiful to look at. No wires all clean. That's the frame I want.

What a fantastic project! Would love to see a more detailed tutorial video on the electronic and programming side of this build up. 5/5 will try this one day!

Haha I will probably like this channel more than your primary channel if it continues with such videos.

Such a clean design. Good job. Looks great.

Tim station LMAO

This is amazing of all the types of new built you made it look easy

I didn't expect to be Sketchup shamed when I got here... :P Looking forward to more build-centric videos.

oh my gosh!! i used sketchup when i was like 12-14 to just have fun making stuff! really helped me get down the basics and the learning curve for fusion 360 was easy after that.

For the propeller mounts, you should probably use locking nuts to prevent them from ever coming off

Hi, Tom. Thanks for the parts on thingiverse! It is exactly what I needed to replace my current frame that has plastic arms and have too much flex for the flight controller to handle for quality flight.

I really love your channel, you're like a Mk 2 Tom Stanton

Hi Tom. Helluva CNC you got there. I recently got up and running with my own CNC router mill. Learning how to cut CF and jot break bits has been an experience. I also cut under water, I actually cycle my water through a fultraion setup so my CF waste os captured and easily disposed of. The secret to my CNC bathtub is the toilet bowl overflow system(also similar to aquariums that use sump type filters). My method requires me to fixture the panels and machine with tabs. Seems most of the folks out there use a tape/crazyglue and spoil board method but then they are generating dust. I have already built several micros of my own design on up to very large tube frame 10-12inch builds. Currently in the design process for a possible 22inch monstrosity that will be running on 12s4p 18650 packs and 5215 300kv motors. Already having a ton of success using 18650 on everthing from 3in micros on up to Xclass with 6s2p packs running together for 6s4p. 18min flying time on 400kv 13in with 12000mah cruising 40mph the entire time is my best so far. Soon will have my Xclass running 8s4p. I learned with one of my builds that tube clamps and tube arms can suck for aligning all the screws/clamps if you use a bottom and top plate to sandwhich all the clamps.

I have designed drones from aluminum, cutting them out by hand like you. I really like your design of your heavy lift drone! It seems nice and simple.

Tom, you’re a bloody legend

You love to see it A channel using the metric system so that you have a clue of what he is talking about

Love the frame. Trying to finish my tarot 650, but loving your frame much more.

Great video. Love to see a 'how-to' guide on building this.

Dude I’m not much into big x class style drones but I do like this heavy lift idea. Very cool. Can’t wait to see the first lift or launch from it. Sub’d!

I know very little about FPV flying. You would be the perfect person to learn about that from, if you were so inclined. Thanks for the video and your second channel.

Awesome!! Added to my list of projects! Now to send the wife off somewhere so I can get building! Thanks

seems like modern art to me!

Love your work. Inspiring.

Great build, awesome! If you want to boost up the flight time (efficiency) oy your quad, use slower turning motors with bigger props. I had great success with Tarot 5008 Motors and 18 Inch props. They are a bit more expensiv but not much! This configuration will give you over 3Kg of thrust per motor and much higher efficiency. The bigger the prop, the better the efficiency at given thrust. Also, the Tarot motors have the t-mount hole pattern and are even 25g lighter than your turnigy ones.

Looks awesome! Also, thank you for taking your health into account and milling your carbon fiber in water.

Impressive build

Working on putting together a Lowrider 3 CNC right now, will have to put this on the list of things to try with it. 👍

good job tim

Looks amazing! Could you post links to the electronics in the description for those of us who want to build their own?

for such a big drone KV is quite high, I would recommend change motors to something like tarot 4108/380KV or 4114/320KV. It will definitely increase flight time and improve overall efficiency. In my setup, I was using 6A/4S with an 800mm frame. With all the equipment the weight was about 3kg. It allows about 30 mins of narrow flight time. FC was a custom one but based on Linux+Ardupilot...

Didn't we learn from the last decade that letting people chose names and things doesn't go well. You end up with things like Boaty McBoatface and that other thing that begins with B that I shan't mention. And now Tom Stanton is Timothy Stopping Place.

dude this is amazing

I don’t know why but I was really happy to be the 50th subscriber.

Haha looks so similar to the heavy-lift one I built on my channel! Great work!

When i first read the channel name i thought i had gotten his name wrong the whole time

I was literally typing a comment on the other video asking about this drone when you mentioned your second channel lol

Hey "Tim Station"! Thank you yet another great video. Your work is truly inspiring! By the way, there is a guy called Tom ...something or other ... who looks a little bit like you! ha ha

I love your Helicopter in the background just like mine

No Way I'm at UH second year Aerospace, just built my own racing drone over christmas! Nice vid keep up the innovation.

Really nice and clean design. Would be interesting to compare flight times with longer propellers and perhaps lower kv motors.

"-google sketchup-" *OH GO OH NO*

I think tom is missing the point of having a second cha- *cough cough* I mean tim station has such a wonderful and in-depth channel!

It's so stable

Cant wait to make my own

Huh you have your own race drone. Neat!

Omg, i want to have you on my team in an future apocalypse

Something I was wondering, motor arms are pretty much tuning forks, is there a clever way to attach wire and/or a thin rod between motor arms such that the vibration coupling damped the harmonics of the individual arms. Simplest, I thought, would be to connect the end of each motor arm to the adjacent motor arms with a tight wire.

Nice job ! Thanks for sharing :)

Gods you're good!

Hey Tom! Thank you so much for doing this video! I am in the process of building a Tarot 600mm drone. I am happy you went into detail with this video! I have also subed to this channel. Can you link your iNav settings for this FC?? Dump then copy and paste them here or something? I think the other trouble I'm having is the throttle on my QX7. I guess ill have to tighten up the screw to make the gimbal rest at 1500 instead of leaving is loose like when you fly rc planes.

holy shit.... are we just gonna not talk about the absolutely massive cnc mill behind you?? look at the size of that z stepper!! and the size of the main motor.. holy shit.. how have i never seen that before??

I think the tiny ones are more fun, but they are both good.

Can you make a video about your journey going to university, projects you've done, and what you are doing now?

Have you considered high-strength Aluminum or Titanium fasteners? I worked aircraft structures for 24 years. Lots of options out there.

I love the name

For a moment, I thought KZfaq unsubscribed me from my most favorite channels, again... lol

Nice TSX900

Brilliantly inspirational😉👍

Very useful and informative

Very interesting! Thanks for this video! Would be curious to see a more in depth "how to cnc cut carbon fiber frame" and "how to design a quadcopter frame". Are you running arducopter or iNav on the flight controller? What is the weight of the frame itself (with and without the legs)?

Hello Tom. I only recently discovered your excellent series of videos and am filling these boring Covid-19 days with your demonstrations. In this video you gave an analysis of the various weights of the components and potential payload. That this drone can carry. I have ben contemplating the idea of a helium balloon type of space frame that could be designed with just enough structure to support the motors/propellers and let the helium filled soft structure filled with sufficient gas to off set the various components and potential payload. Additionally, have you ever considered a helium balloon attached to the batteries which could be tethered (such as 3 thin hollow rods) below a drone in such a manner to stay stable relative to the drone and supply enough lift to offset the battery weight?

I ❤ old SketchUp!

I see it has Inav on the flight controller. Writing this question before finish watching the video, do you mind posting your configuration, flight modes and some particular advice on such a big quad? Specially on the PID tuning methodology. Is it too much to ask about telemetry related Opentx Lua scripts? Thanks again, love the channel.

hey tom/tim, could please upload an image of the wiring. Thanks

I recommend You protect the ceramic gps antenna. It scratches very easily and becomes less sensitive.

Cool Tom!

Your skill is really cool! Hello from Russia!

Great work! How do you align the motors on round arms though, so they are pointed the right way?

You should make a video about adding optical flow sensing to it! GPS drift correction is okay, but optical flow is where it's at.

This is a really nice quadcopter! Is it running INAV firmware or something else to get the GPS return to home function? Also, have you considered using Li-ion batteries (18650 cells) instead? I know you made a video about it some time ago, this kind of drone is the perfect application for that. Would give even longer flight time.

curious if you could print those prop adapters out of TPU if they would add any dampening?

Interesting! You inspired me to build another drone😯😉. Question, was your drone frame cnc in the past profitable? What lessons did you learn from that experience?

3:04 tom... sounds like a challenge 😆

Nice built mate...I wonder where I can purchase the frame

Okay I’ve got to find someone with a CNC machine. This is pretty much exactly the project that I’ve been wanting to do only with FPV and a drop mechanism added.

This actually looks awesome. What is roughly the total cost for all the materials used?

Soon my esk8 projects will be complete enough for my to get an FPV quad. I have a Oculus Rift VR setup I want to try to use as a FPV headset.

Waddup tim!

ahaha, best channel name ever, I'm in at about sub 1000. xD

I actually did it too for my PAP project at school.

That's a cracking shed, thought it was the tardis until I realised ehat the set up might be. Tiled flor no less. Good for you, veryimpressed with your set up, what CNC machine is that please?

i like the second channel! how are regulations for drones in the uk (afaik in austria everything heavier than 250g needs some special license)?

I was wondering, helicopter blades are long and straight so have more lift at the end Would it not be better to have them wing or propeller shape ? I might be wrong

I would love to get into custom drone building, but is there any way I/we can just purchase parts from you?

Can you make a video on how you made the parts with carbon fiber sheets

Doctor: Cnc drone doesn't exist, he cant hurt you Cnc Drone

Great Video - I downloaded the dxf files and can't open them in any of my usual programs, Vcarve, Autosketch, sheetcam etc. Was able to print the stl files fine but would appreciate any help with dxf file. i really want to follow your great work. Thanks

How much thrust would a 1000kv motor with 1045 prop will provide on 2.2AH 3s 30c?

What battery level/voltage indicator did you use? Thanks!

Hi Tim! Does this have collision detections yet? It looks amazing!!!

Always wanted to build my own drone.

Racing quads can make 10kg of thrust, but weight around 600-800

This is cool..

Are you going to post anything about your trip to the US?

Seems like waterjet would be the ideal method for cutting frames out of carbon fiber sheet.

Great👍👍👍

What is the cost per drone if you were to mass produce them? I have a cool idea..