Reverie by MantleQuads

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Updates:
28/4/18 - I've now been flying the Reverie5 for approximately three months as my main freestyle rig. It's certainly become my most favourite quadcopter to fly and it's perfect for the flying that I do. I did break my first arm yesterday after an awkwardly failed knife edge, the arm broke cleanly at the steel outer bolt and was easily replaced within five minutes.
I've also built a Reverie6 with a Crossfire Nano RX for a bit of mid-range exploration, I've flown about 20 packs through it so far and it behaves well, the lengthy 6" arms are not a problem when they are cut from 5mm carbon fiber.
Notes:

The Reverie's design has one minor flaw at the moment; the lower bolt holes are slightly to close to the front arms. This really isn't a major issue so I won't be fixing it unless it becomes necessary. It doesn't impact on the build process or flight characteristics and can easily be worked around by using a couple of nylon washers between the screw head and carbon fiber plate.

The head weighs 16g when printed in TPU with 30% triangular infill. A Reverie with 235 4mm arms weighs 90g with hardware and 3D printed head. A Reverie with 260 5mm arms and 3D printed head is ~100g.
The Reverie is a freestyle frame inspired by a variety of other quadcopter frames, namely:
California Quads FB-01(The 3D printed head, top/bottom plate style and 15mm body height)
XLabs Steez (235mm True X stance)
Hyperlite Flowride (Lingering Top Plate)
The Reverie comes in 5" (235), 6" (260) and 7" (285) arm sizes.
Reverie5 Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBbjuGPNyYwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzmHQjqxSXY
Reverie6 Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WT9uORtipM&t=35shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qA6rJwFP24
Carbon Fiber Cutting Instructions:
All Reverie frame parts can be found ready to order on my Armattan productions store: https://armattanproductions.com/pages/designer_shop_grid/7628/393
(I use a 0% commission rate so my parts and frames are as cheap as possible)
235 Arm: 4mm CF
260 Arm: 5mm CF
285 Arm: 5mm CF
Brace Plate: 2mm CF
Base Plate: 2mm CF
Top Plate: 2mm CF
Hardware:
4x M3 Nyloc Nuts
2x M3x8 Button Head Bolts
4x M3x8 Socket Head Bolts
4x M3x16 Socket Head Bolts
4x M3 15mm Standoffs
3D Printing Instructions:
All Reverie 3D printed parts should be printed in a flexible filament such as TPU.
Reverie Head: 30% triangular infill / 0.2mm layer height (Important to ensure the slit prints correctly) / Supports enabled.
Reverie Arm Guards: 100% infill optimal / may need to be scaled depending on the accuracy of your printer.
Enjoy! leave a comment if you have any questions.
Note:
All of my designs are free to download, print and cut for non-commercial use. Producing a remix of any of my designs for commercial purposes is permissible as long as credit is given to the original design. Please contact me if you are interested in using any of my designs commercially.