MrBen's Spanky 6 Quadcopter Ultimate Beast Build Thread

[MrBen]

Cheers guys, gopro has the official gopro lense protector on too 

[xxpitt]

You'll need more than a nose protector if it face plants at speed

[MrBen]

yeah gonna 3d print a tilted casing for it

[Smit80]

Looks epic Ben,

Do you have any pics fully loaded with FPV gear? Oooow and a video from today's outing? What motors are on there and what sort of price are we looking at for those motors?
lol so many questions, what vTX and receiver freqs did you opt for in the end?

[Smit80]

lol full list of specs wouldnt go a miss either,. ESC choice, Naze firmware ect 

[MrBen]

Full specs on first post, fw is cleanflight 1.7.1 which is latest at time of writing.

It flew awesome today Martyn.

[Smit80]

Doh! must learn to read and not just look at the pretty pictures lol

[bigMouse]

Ben, are you using the gopro as fpv cam?

[xxpitt]

no he wasn't BM he had a board cam in a 3d printed mount, think he said it was a 800L one

[MrBen]

Yup as Dave said but it's a temporary arrangement until I design (testing my limited skills) and 3d print a servo tilting cam mount to go on the top plate, will probably incorporate vtx slot into it as well so its a single unit.

[motofox]

i name that beast the HULK

[JAB1a]

This is going to fly so good, awesome setup and build Ben, I look forward to the maiden FPV video

For FPV I got the Runcam PZ0420 in its plastic case and holder, I drilled an extra hole between the two holes that are just behind the GoPro on the top plate to attach it and its a good spot, survived many hard knocks which tested the mount but didn't bend at all, only trouble is the tiny screws that hold the camera are the weak point and worth some locktight.

My finger is still hovering over the Cobra 2208 2000Kv motors, I got the 18a KISS just sitting here needing a pairing.... its just that huge cost that's putting me off.

Well done on the neat build