Aerial Video of NIT Calicut from a Quadcopter

  • 11 years ago
I used two similar aircraft to shoot this video. From starting to 17:47 used a handmade Xcopter frame and the rest of the video is shooted from a plus config. Quadcopter with a DJI frame. The intension of shooting this video is to test and find out the different problems which we have to face for building a machine which will shoot really good Aerial videos.
KK Board v3.0 gives really good performance and cheap to buy. It has only 3 gyros and gain setting is manual so, putting this together with the rest of the equipment and stable flying needs time. I tried my best to fly stable and achieve maximum altitude.

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Aircraft I Specifications
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Flight controller: -Control Board (Atmega328 PA)

Frame: - Hand made with aluminum circular pipe section and plate.
Motor to motor length 80cm.
It is made in such a way that it allows cheap & easy repair if we crash and accept the future mods/upgrades.

Motor: - 2212/10 1400kv Brushless Motor.
Each motor produces 600g thrust on full throttle @110W

Propellers: - SF 8x4.5 and 8x4.5R 1pair each

ESC: - 30A Flashed with latest SimonK firmware
Allows high refresh rate which is good for multirotors.

Battery: - 5000mAh 3S1P 20C Lipo
It gives a flight time of 20min

Radio: -FrSky DJT and V8FR-II HV receiver

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Aircraft II Specifications
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Flight controller: - (Atmega328 PA) with stock plus config. Firmware.

Frame: - DJI f450 frame.

Motor: - 2812 1800kv Brushless Motor.

Propellers: - SF 8x4.5 and 8x4.5R 1pair each

ESC: - 18A Flashed with latest SimonK firmware
Allows high refresh rate which is good for multirotors.

Battery: -5000mAh 3S1P 20C Lipo
It gives a flight time of 25min

Radio: - FrSky DJT and V8FR-II HV receiver

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