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The HexaKopter ( just way too cool)

iDaveiDave Posts: 252
edited 2010-02-16 21:21 in General Discussion
I wonder if this uses a propeller with all those propellers!?

www.wimp.com/thehexacopter/


Man...it hauls!!

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  • pacmanpacman Posts: 327
    edited 2010-02-15 10:07
    WOW, just WOW

    As best I can figure out from the web page mentioned at the end of the video it's an AVR chip (well the 4 bladed one was - so I would suspect the same family was used)

    still..

    WOW

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  • mugurmugur Posts: 105
    edited 2010-02-15 12:50
    i have one, it is based on the mikrocopter board. it can be done with 4-6-8-12 motors.
    Here are some parts (Flight controller , SerCon and 4 brushless controllers) after i have finished soldering:
    electronics.jpg

    See: www.mikrokopter.de for details about it.

    Post Edited (mugur) : 2/15/2010 1:12:21 PM GMT
  • MikerocontrollerMikerocontroller Posts: 310
    edited 2010-02-15 21:18
    Can you give us some prices?
  • iDaveiDave Posts: 252
    edited 2010-02-15 21:39
    Yeah, if the price is decent(which i doubt) I can use one to go get yummy left over food from my sister's house, instead of me climbing in the car & going the 2 miles. As the crow flies it would be .5 or .6 miles.

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  • mugurmugur Posts: 105
    edited 2010-02-16 19:58
    Hello again. You can find the prices in the shop section of mikrokopter.de
    As any thing like this, the price differ badly from basic to the advanced modes (autopilot, gps waypoint navigator, 4-6-8-12 engines, fly-by-video system, etc etc)
    It is far from cheap though...in any configuration. Even if you take my approach and decide to actually solder everything by yourself (wich i don't think is possible anymore) the price is anything but cheap. But depends who is asking, what is not cheap for me, it could be for Bill Gates...

    Post Edited (mugur) : 2/16/2010 8:03:48 PM GMT
  • Roy ElthamRoy Eltham Posts: 3,000
    edited 2010-02-16 21:15
    Here is a link to a Site that sells the kits and has prices in USD. http://www.nghobbies.com/cart/index.php?main_page=products_all&disp_order=4

    You have to get a·RC transmitter/reciever on top of those prices. Also the GPS, Compass, and NaviCtrl stuff are additional kits.·

    You'd be looking at somewhere between $2000-2500 for a complete hexakopter setup like in the video.

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  • mugurmugur Posts: 105
    edited 2010-02-16 21:21
    Roy, you are very close with that price.
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