FPV Camera & Battery Mount for the Parrot Cargo Drone - Spektrum 5.8ghz Cam by jimnance

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is a custom FPV mount for the Parrot Cargo Mini-drone which supports a Spektrum 5.8ghz camera and standard 1 cell battery.
The mount when printed with 100% infill weighs 4.1 grams and is 13.4 grams with the Camera, battery and two small rubber bands. We have still been achieving flight times of around 5-6 minutes with the standard Parrot battery. The Parrot is still pretty stable and well mannered with the mount in place.
Both the camera and battery "snap in" and stay in place but I am using rubber bands borrowed from my daughters "Rainbow Loom" kit. They are about 1.5 cm in diameter in their relaxed state. I think dental bands or even small hair bands may also work.
We are using this in an educational setting and are currently organizing a student competition as well as a platform for programming in the classroom using Tickle App, Tynker, node.js and python. We (Ramblewood Middle Engineeringm Broward County) are using this as part of Hour of Code as an extension and enrichment activity.
The base of the Lego block is remixed from wizard23's Parametric Lego Bricks using tinkercad. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:591
I think this design can still be optimized but this seems to be a good start. I left the lens support a little long to protect the lens from impact. I may also add an antenna guard in the future.
We look forward to your comments and feedback, especially if you are interested in using this for racing or education.