170mm FPV night racer by NHAdrian

Last crawled date: 1 year, 10 months ago

This is another FPV racer based on my original project:
https://grabcad.com/library/170mm-fpv-racer-by-nhadrian-1
I modified my 170 racer according to a friend's wish. The goal was to build a night racer with built-in IR LED illumination for night flying.

Here is a more detailed description, along with some test results. Please note that the model files uploaded are slightly differ from the first prototype shown in the blog.
http://fpvlair.com/index.php/3d-printed-170-sized-night-vision-drone/

Technical data:
Motor to motor distance: 170 mm
motor mount: 4 x M3 screw (on 12 and 16 mm diameter)
frame weight: around 130g with suggested print settings (top + bottom covers)
motor angle: 0 degree
camera angle: 30 degrees up

Suggested FDM printer settings for Polymax-PLA:
4 layers all around (top/bottom and perimeter)
40% infill (3D honeycomb suggested)
0,2mm layer height
Support as needed
215C print temperature, BUILDTAK print surface.

Electric components:
- BeeRotor ZoeFPV 1806 2900 KV motor + 4" prop or similar
- FVT Littlebee 20A_S ESC (or similar, max. dimension: 24x13x6 mm)
- F3 or F4Flight Controller, any FC can be used with 30,5x30,5 mm hole spacing, but maybe USB port will be covered by frame)
- PDB - optional
- 200...600 mW mini 5.8 GHz Video TX (ie. BeeRotor 25-600 mW) + antenna
- miniature transmitter RX according to transmitter system
- Runcam OWL camera (or other with same housing)
- 12mm diameter buzzer (optional)
- led stripe (optional)
- OSLON SFH4725S IR LED on a 4-LED arrangement plate
- 1A LED Driver, ie. RECOM (mount in the frame is for RECOM)
- RC switch for LED to prevent over heating when on the ground - optional