Hello,
I have a 1mm CF sheet i would like to cut. Can I cut it with a scissor suitable for metal sheets like this one ??
http://www.stanleytools.com/en-us/products/hand-tools/cutting-tools/snips/fatmax-long-cut-snips/fmht73561
Is the scissors going to break the CF sheet instead of cuttting it ??
THank you
Try! 
Iām sure it work fine, but the thicker the sheet, the more coarse the edge will be. But nothing worse than a little sanding will take care of.
I second this, a dremel with this kind of cutting wheel makes easy work of cf
Cool design Ole! Have been following your builds for a while now. Really have to say that you are a big inspiration with your builds. Just the idea of cutting the carbon with a scissor, easy and smart(no dustā¦). Hadnāt seen that one before : )
All your builds seems very compact(bottom to top plates ~2cm). It looks to me that you aināt using any dampening boards for the Navio board, is that correct? I havenāt seen (on any build) the use of a PDB either? This quad is using the 4 in one ESC-concept and i guess you are matching the correct bat to that. Or what is your magic, how do you supply the power to the ESCās? : )
Grymt Ole, hƤlsning frƄn grannlandet!
Hi Matias!, Iām still waiting for some parts in the mail, but should be ready for first test flight soon.
The 4 in one esc is connected to the battery, via the current sensor in the APM power module. The small regulator to the left is for the modem. I use the regulator in the esc to power the NAVIO servo rail. (for the camera tilt servo). The 4 battery cells, will fit around the esc.
Hilsener fra nabolandet! 
Kanskje jeg flyr over en dag !
Your build is very impressive. Iām currently in the process of doing something very similar, but I want to make it as small as possible thus using 4" rotors. Iām basing my design on yours and I have a few questions:
Thank you for your help and keep on building!
jak4
1 - Not yetā¦ been busy with other things and still waiting for some new parts in the mail. Iāve flown it for about 30 secā¦
2- just 2d drawings, Iāll post the PDF file if you want, I use and old CAD program called Vellum. There really is no magic to designing quadcopters, pay attention to matching the motors, propellors and batteryā¦ the rest is not critical
3- No, due to the flight controller almost any configuration will work quite well. However, I think it is better to have the props quite close to reduce propwash and wobbling on decent, and symmetric designs are easier to tune, and behave better at the extremes (when the motors close to max power)
4- No I do not thinks so, at least not for hover or slow flying, for fast foreward flight I guess there will be some differences as the airflow over the props will differ when the height vary. You are right in that you could do without the slots in the arms if you allowed for different heights of the motors, but with the three layers of beams it does not make much of a difference.
Thank you for your answer and please keep us posted on how your 4th build works out.
My father in law helped design a frame, because, well I think he also has the ānot invented hereā syndrome. It looks quite nice but I have my doubts about the stability compared to your design. It is lighter but also much smaller, I think 150 mm compared to your 208 mm motor distance.
If itās done Iāll post it here to get some expert opinions.
Finally got the last pieces in the mail and put the quad together. The new GPS antenna is working very well and I get a good GPS lock while the camera is streaming over the modem:
Iāve just had the first test flights and I am trying to get the PID settings right, but I suspect there could be some problems with vibrations or the accelerometers. Here is a graph of the IMU log:
AccX: blue, AccY: red, AccZ: green
The y and z signal seems good, and the amount of vibrations is quite low, but the x signal looks strange to me. First of all the amplitude it is very large and all in one direction. Is this normal?..
Further, if there were serious problems with vibrations, should it not be present in the other axisās too? Could it be a hardware problem with the sensors?
The props are well balanced, and by just holding the quad it does not seem to vibrate much at all.
You could strap a gopro on their without dampers and watch the vibrations that way. If it is not noticable and the flight time is as expected I wouldnāt worry about it.
Good idea, I might try that!..
Did you ever crash the Navio you are using with this copter? This looks really strange and I doubt this is the result of a physical vibration. Did you try to setup the RPi/Navio from scratch?
No, no crashes. Not really sure how it affects flight. Iāve only hovered it inside so far. Itās been very windy and raining latelyā¦
If it was due to vibrations on the quad, should it not be present in the other axisās too, at least a little?
I have two Navio 2 boards, I might swap them to see if makes a difference. If it does, I suspect a hardware problem with my Navio 2 boardā¦
Yes, it should be present in the other axis, too. Only a hard push in the direction of that axis might produce a result like shown in that picture.
Swapping the Navios sounds like a good idea. If both show the same behaviour, I would reinstall Ardupilot and Raspbian perhaps. I had to start from scratch two times up untill now with my rover, because APM suddenly gave full left steering output in any mode except manual. I suspect something got corrupted on the SD-card. Strange thing, that it produced the same error twice. But I could even load the old settings and everything was still fine.
Hi Ole, great project and posts so far. Any update with the latest build? Iām curious to see if your 4 NCR18650GA circular battery configuration is working out well. With 10A max discharge, I wonder how the control would feel (snappy vs. slower drift)? Iām actually basing my build on your latest build as a prototype due to its compact size and light weight, so every little bit counts Thanks in advanced, Ole.
for such setup, where would you reckon the HI of the antenna? Or to put it another way, where is the origin elevation of the of the rover receiver ?
