Bored? Build a Wooden Quadricopter in Your Free Time
Bored? Build a Wooden Quadricopter in Your Free Time
Posted 10/05/2010 at 5:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Last week we posted our review of the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricopter, an awesome piece of remote controlled machinery with a not-so-awesome price tag -- the thing streets for around $300. Don't have that kind of Skrilla to plunk down on a toy? Maybe you'd be more interested in building your own.
Greg "Grease" Lehman of St. Paul, Minnesota did exactly that and took 2nd place at the 2010 Minnesota State Fair with his wooden DIY quadricopter. Even better, he posted a fairly exhaustive worklog on Instructables.com.
Lehman used a blueprint that came with a Roswell Quadricopter he purchased back in 1999 as his general guide. The end result is a rad home-brewed quadricopter constructed from ash, oak, walnut, and padauk.
Checkout the entire worklog here.
Image Credit: David Lehman via Industructibles.com
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Muerte
October 05, 2010 at 1:40pm
Actually 300 bucks isn't bad for the Quadricopter. Its only slightly more expensive than beginner hobby grade helo's of the same size. If it includes the rechargeable batteries, its about the same.
I can't remember if it actually has 4 motors or runs all 4 props from one motor but if it has 4 that changes things considerably.
Paul_Lilly
October 05, 2010 at 11:15am
That's actually how he spells it throughout his worklog, and might have been how the original "Roswell Quadro/Quadricopter" was spelled.
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