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Yay, the first parts arrive!

A project log for Spare propellers for Propel Batwing mini drone

Have never flown this christmas gift due to breaking all the props, and replacements are like rocking horse poop.

robgRobG 04/17/2020 at 15:350 Comments

I picked up some props for the Parrot minidrones (Ariborne, Mambo and Swing) from eBay, that claimed to be the same size - about 66mm long. The hole diameter is only 0.8mm, so won't fit without drilling out to the required 1.2mm (or a smidge under for a tight fit).

But of course, they're puller props (designed to go above the motors in normal flight), and the Batwing needs pushers. No problem, just fit them to the opposite motors so that they turn backwards and push, or so I thought.

Nah. It's surprising how little thrust you get from a prop running backwards.

Puller prop fitted upside-down!

So next I drilled straight through the prop so that I could fit them upside-down. Success! Enough thrust to get the thing airborne at least. Now just need to wait for a calm day so go for some 'exercise' to a nearby field. :)

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