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Carbon SCARAB Quad/Octa 12mm airframe 175mm Core - Multiwii
Product Description
QuadOcta ships with V2 boom holders and v2 Engine Locks
The worlds strongest creature is the Scarab beetle, thought by the Egyptians to have rolled the sun across the sky. SCARAB Quad/OCTA is a big 175mm carbon airframe for maximum rigidity and smooth video!! We are commercial photographers / FPVpilots ourselves and we live to make our airframes efficient and stable for photography. We live for soft sunlight and beautiful video images. 4 Engine Multicopters have massive lifting power even with 4x10Amp ESCs - thats 48amps at WOT on 4S - 800w ! Aircraft flies/hovers normally at 330watts - Deck drill holes are 45mm and will fit MikroKopter electronics. Full 100% carbon - only 495grams airframe!..
the new Carbon Quad/Octa 175mm SCARAB 12 Aerial Photography Airframe. This RCPilot kit airframe Full Carbon version, and it requires assembly and advanced model making skills - excludes electronics and engines. Has the properties of a strong CENTRAL CORE - with three decks - PARIS electronic can be mounted on a TOP-DECK - slender booms & light weight mounts have been designed to reduce airflow drag and tested to improve stability. Central to the design is the idea that it has to be strong but light weight ; aerodynamically clean and efficient with low drag under the propeller wash zone ; Use of the common 12mm helicopter tailboom parts to provide a cheap replaceable crumple zone in the event of a crash ; that part being quickly replaced at the flying site (or simply replaced with a spare boom-pod without needing a full rebuild or a soldering iron at the flying site). For this reason we supply our own carefully selected electrical plugs with this kit. We recommend 20AWG silicon wire as per our Gear-list page/material section. 20AWG is the perfect weight and current handling wire. The booms can be rotated/offset by small increments to provide positive-offset-thrust lines rather than the poor yaw control associated with rectangular boom frames. This is critical for Aerial photography where multicopter have good stability but slow yaw corrections.
Our aim is promote up and coming young film makers to use Multicopters to challenge the limits of the existing film industry
QuadOcta flown by QuadSlo ; as Quad with CarbonBird 775kv motors and 9050 triple props - GoProHeroHD cam (above)
(above) a demonstation of the smooth camera platform - SCARAB QuadOcta 175mm frame - Slovenia during Autumn
(above) a Cyclocross event filmed from a QuadOcta 175mm SCARAB/PARIS
(above) a Cyclocross event filmed from two Scarabs - a QuadOcta 175mm frame in Quad configuration ; and a Scarab Stealth 110mm Quad
Features
- Strong 175mm diameter central core - 2mm 3K twill 90° weave FULL carbon - 3 layer decks (included)
- 4 removable 12mm tubular CF booms 260mm (included)
- 4 removable 12mm tubular Aluminium booms 230mm (included)
- Pre-determined crumple zones - the cheapest part - the common helicopter 12mm Carbon booms. Keeps the engines and the core from absorbing the impact forces - should that ever be necessary.
- 3xTrii landing gear stable on any surface - full reflex - insect syling - carbon 3K weave (included)
- Designed to use 65g brushleess motors similar to the CarbonBird® motors sold on this site (not included - sold separately here) these come with 270mm wires include 20AWG
- Positive yaw control. The Tail rotor tilt mechanism is pre-built in by being able to tilt the motors in minor increments - simply loosent he boom and then tighten it - no servos
- Wires can installed internally or externally.
- Simple strong and light weight CF Carbon Firbe engine mounts (included)
- Quad/Octa can be crossgraded to OCTiiKopta by adding 4 booms/boomholders for a total of 8 engines
Specifications
- Optimised for AP/FPV SCARAB Quad/Octa 175mm (can be fitted with a GoPro® camera mount underslung - NOT included)
- Standard 600mm diameter between opposite engine centres
- Airframe 495 grams - excluding engines/electronics/LiPo cell
- 3 x CF Landing Gear is pre-drilled.
- Weight - Carbon SCARAB Quad/Octa 175mm typical weight with 4 engines and all electronics, GoPro and GoPro WaterProof housing ins 1025grams (CarbonBird® engines) plus the recommended LiPo battery weight is 175-350g on top of that. see the gear-list section
- Recommended props are - 4S 16.8v 9050 Triples (included) - sold separately for spare on this site
- RoHS lead free - GREEN PRODUCT
- Fully tested by experienced RC MultiwiiCopter pilots - in house
- Designed and manufactured by us. Not available on any other website.
Includes
- Everything you see in Photo #1 at right
- 4 x 12mm Carbon booms 260mm (crash kit available separately)
- 4 x 12mm aluminium booms 230mm
- 3 x 2mm Full Carbon 3K 90° weave decks (2 large 175mm and one small 100mm)
- 4 x 12mm adjustable anodised aluminium boom holders (choose red or black)
- 4 x Full Carbon engine mounts
- 4 x Red Prop adapters(collets)
- 1 x GroPro® Fixed camera mounting (variable height type sold separately)
- 3 x Custom SCARAB Full Carbon landing gear - Insect style legs curved - 120mm ground clearance
- 4 x Props 9050 CW (x2) and CCW(x2) suitable for 4s Ops on 775va Carbonbird motors
- 4 x 15mm nylon stand-offs for lower mezzanine deck
- 4 x 6mm nylon stand offs for PARIS board
- M2 and M3 stainless steel bolts, nylon bolts and nuts - see photo at right
- 140mm circumference Velcro strap for recommend LiPo size (1800-2650Mah 4S)
- Adhesive Velcro for LiPo postioning
- 4 x Zip-tie ropes for recommended 10a ESC
- 2 x 1.57mm (1/16th ") Allen wrench L keys for tightening the boom holders in pairs
- 1 x building guide 12 pages - .pdf file
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Tips
- Follow the building guide carefully - allow at least three days to complete the project. Measure twice - cut once.
- MultiWiiCopters are nearly twice as efficient as a RC Helicopter providing the props are matched to the ESC and engines.
- 6 x 10amps is 60amps continuous power (72amps peak if your 40C lipo can cope) this is massive on 4S - your HEX will be climbing like a interception rocket - You do NOT need 18Amp ESCs - it's a common mistake with multi engine ops - especially 6 engines to go past the humble 10Amp Turnigy ESC - these things are perfect - in the hover the ESC is running at about 3.5amps on a HEX. You don't need the extra weight of a HEX.
- Recommended props are - 4S 9050 Triples with 65g 775kv CarbonBird motors available on this site to give a large amount of slow moving downwash. In the hover the throttle should be 1/3 to 1/4 maximum. The HEX is very powerful
- Use a magnetic-balancer to balance all props statically; then run them individually to check they are centred true and the tipshave the same path; any vibration will reduce the effectiveness of the Wii gyro or anyother gyro.
- Never screw/glue or bolt the Wii Motion+ to the board - use good quality FOAM TAPE. Make sure the wires to the WM+ are soft, curved and not tight.
- For Aerial Photography do not use an ESC to power the Vcc line. Use a seprate independant switching BEC and solder the Vcc and GND lines to the board. Select 5v. Note the MCP1825S has a maximum Vcc of 6v.
- Keep your PROPS OFF - not installed - until you are fully conversant/understand in full the functions of your Tx in full including TRAV (end Points), the arm and disarm procedures - realise that for a noob skiping or out-of-order set-up steps or moving sticks, or even static - PROPS may start at anytime without warning. Never install props prior to calibration of the ESC and testing the gyro orientation, and arm/disarm testing of the board - YOU are responsible - make sure your actions and your Copter is safe - remove the prop -remove the risk.
- Always maiden on default PIDs' - If the copter is not almost perfect on default PID's then DO NOT go straight to altering the PID's! MultiwiiCopters require good quality ESCs such as HobbyWing® or turnigy Plush® (Not SuperSimple) then do full calibrations of all the ESCs, the correct timing set/programmed into the ESCs and lastly good quality wiring and soldering (not short 3.5mm press fit connectors) - Use FLUX PASTE to complete all soldered wires.
Safety in Australian Skies
- Keep more than 30m from persons,choose an empty sports field for your first flights
- Do not fly near pets, houses or cars
- Never fly within 3nm of an airfield or above 400ft
- Never install your props until after the Multicopter is fully tested and 100% correct without props. Engines can start suddenly and without warning IF YOU FAIL to understand how they work or skip any steps.
- Set your Tx/Rx binding to low throttle 1/4 position so that if the link is lost the copter will descend slowly.
- Always keep your Copter in line of sight for one pilot ops - FPV is only legal in AU with a buddy on a buddybox - 2 person FPV is 100% legal using the buddybox system below 400'. See CASA Part 101 Regs
- RC Flying is a privilege - please enjoy it. Don't show off and don't get over confident
- Home movies are fine, but in Australia professional paid photography or videos from an RC aircraft requires CASA Part 101 compliance, including exams and approved ops manuals and pilot competency tests by CASA official which will cost several thousand up front.
Shipping
We ship worldwide (mon-fri) prior to 3pm AU EST time - using either Fedex Express or the trusted AU Post Office for AU. However for customised items like this kit with user selected options requiring specific options such as colours and boom lengths - please allow up to 1 additional working day.
All business is conducted by direct eMail or you can phone - RCGoups PM's are not used for a registered business such as ours.
- Shipping is calculated by weight.
- AUSTRALIA - Shipping is US$28 Platinum insured - signature required - insured - 2-4days delivery(excluding weekends)
- WORLDWIDE - Shipping is US$33.85 Fedex Express Economy to USA - other countries vary - add to cart and select your country to see - signature required - 4-6 USA - 6-9 EU working days (depending on weekends)
NOTE: Some countries have not signed the International Postal agreement and we cannot send to some countries - Other Countries require FEDEX insurance as POST insurance is NOT available. If you are unlucky and your country imposes these restrictions - we will refund your Paypal payment and cancel your order.