Multicopter Update

Here's a short update on ideas for the octocopter I'm going to make. I haven't spent too much time thinking of ideas recently as I've been too busy with basic electronics instead.

Core Multicopter Designs

So this post should be a very long post. I've compiled it since the last post but I've had a few days of clear thinking where a lot of ideas have come to me. Its mostly on designing of the copter I want to build but there is also a bit on electronics. From this post onwards, I'm going to try and have an introduction paragraph so that the posts are neater. I'll then add breaks so that the entire post is not on the blog home page, making it look messy.

So with the copter design in this post, I've split it up into sections, these are mechanical, electrical and a combination of both (which is actually first) plus some extras. The mechanical section is then further spit up into rotors (and related), centre console, material (carbon fibre/fibre glass), camera mount/gimbal, bearings and then finally the electrical influences of on the mechanical design of the copter.

Multicopter Design ideas and some electronics

So I've finally finished my tutorial on how to setup Eclipse with all the tools needed to program an ARM chip. It took me ages as I kept having issues with things not working as expected. I guess, the reason for this is that, people use propitiatory software and don't use these alternatives. The reverse can also be said though, people use propitiatory software as there are quirks with the free alternative. Anyway, I'll start some coding tutorials soon, but I have uni exams in 4 weeks so may take some time. I'll try to make them a series so are easy to follow. Talking of which, I haven't found any community websites for ARM chips (like AVR freaks is for AVR) so that's a shame. I think without this community, there is not an easy pathway to learning ARM coding without doing specialised courses at university's or learning on the job.

Multicopter Design Research

Since my last post I've done some research on how to design and build a multi-copter. I couldn't think of any interesting pictures to put aside the text so its all just writing unfortunately.

RepRap Funds and Multicopter

Well University has been pretty busy so I haven't been doing much on any projects at home since the last post. I did though, over Easter, have enough time to think up some more ideas. But a few small things before I start on these.