Warpquad 230mm Drone Build

The very fast warpquad quadcopter drone.

Richard Hogben

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Description

The warpquad is a 230mm carbon fiber X frame that weighs in around 66 grams.

Total weight with battery 360 grams. The ~2800 grams of thrust from this setup is nearly 8:1 thrust to weight ratio.

Details

SBUS input
DODO FC flashed with BorisB firmware
Looptime ~700
Updated Luxfloat PID controller
ESC flashed with BLHeli 14 and OneShot enabled

Components

1 × Warpquad 230mm cabron fiber frame http://www.warpquad.com/frames/warpquad-string-theory-230mm.html
4 × RCMC 2204 2100KV motors http://www.buildrcdrones.com/store/p84/RCMC_2204_2100KV.html
4 × DYS BL20A BLHeli electronic speed controllers http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4051
1 × Dodo flight controller http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_156&products_id=4221
1 × HQ 6030 propellers

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Project Logs

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Lost nut
Richard Hogben • 09/02/2015 at 20:23 • 2 comments

Brought this build out to a field for some flying. About four feet off the ground and ten seconds of airtime and a propeller and propeller nut flew off...
Black propeller nut in green grass = lost. Lesson learned, make sure nuts are tight, and bring extra nuts.