iD TX1 Tricopter by Gear127

by gear127 | February 10, 2014 | (5) Posted in Projects

Hi everyone,

This is a short introduction to my tricopter. Basically I designed the center frame plates of TurboCAD and had them cut out of 4mm thick acrylic ( waiting on my FP4 sheet) at a local sign shop on their 2-axis cutter. The arms, motor mounts and all mounting pieces for the arms are Tarot 16mm accessories. In all the frame cost about USD $50 to build here in Chengdu China.

Power and Flight control:

APM 2.6 w/ 6H GPS

1045 props

2217 - 950kv motors

Hobbywing 30A ESCs

Metal gear servo

3S 4200 mah

 

FPV equipment:

AEE S51 camera

5.8GHz 200mw Tx

cloverleaf antenna

11db patch Rx antenna 

WFT09 2.4GHz Radio transmitter 

 

 

Hope everyone likes it. .dwg

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COMMENTS

Trauma50 on March 6, 2014
Nice job. How did you make the Yaw Mech with Tarot parts? Just looked at their web page, they don't even make a Tri? Thanks
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gear127 on March 7, 2014
you can see the yaw mechanismI bought from Taobao here.

h5.m.taobao.com/awp/core/detail.htm?id=36387835618&rn=8L78H0MB2-XkERN0xg766PG06CD8-UwoZoXO-Ax3C&sid=c5e4570cdfce4341&abtest=7

the Mechamism bolts to the standard tarot motor mount.
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Trauma50 on March 7, 2014
Thanks
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Trauma50 on March 7, 2014
Could not find the English translation button on the web site?? My Chinese is a little rusty/non existent. I've seen similar ones on Ebay though, thanks again.
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nathanb62 on March 6, 2014
Yeah!!! Lets see some pics of the yaw mechanism!!!
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artemen on May 5, 2014
Hey, are you planning on producing the frame? if no could you share the plans?
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gear127 on May 19, 2014
Sure thing.
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kovacsadam on August 23, 2015
Hi!
Awesome frame idea-- can u share or send the CAD file? plz.. ty!!
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