Switchblade 180 Quadcopter by Bsand1215 3d model
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Switchblade 180 Quadcopter by Bsand1215

Switchblade 180 Quadcopter by Bsand1215

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Last crawled date: 3 years ago
A small, 180 class quadcopter frame made of Electrical-grade fiberglass. This frame is lighter than any other I have flown and handles the best out of all of them. Most importantly, it can handle crashes extremely well, even better with carbon fiber.
Frame folds for traveling be removing 2+ of the center bolts on the base plates.
Designed for 5 inch propellers and 16-19mm motor bolt spacing. Includes optional spacers to be printed and placed under 2 motors to ensure propeller clearance.
All parts were cut on 4'X8' Shopbot with a 1/8" carbide bit.
1 in/s feedrate with 3 passes.
3d-printed standoffs and motor spacers printed on Flashforge Creator Pro with ABS plastic
Frame was only 77 grams on its own.
Pictured above:
Motors- Multistar Elite 2204-2300kV
ESC- Afro 12A esc
Control Board- Naze32 Acro
PDB- Hovership Micro (replacing soon)
Battery- Zippy 1800mAh 25c (normally Lumenier 1500mAh 45c)
Weight w/o Battery- 293 grams
The fiberglass was 1/8" thick bought from McMaster-Carr and was a cheap alternative to Carbon fiber. Links below:
Fiberglass- https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-fiberglass-sheets/=14so9lf
Carbon Fiber- https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-carbon-fiber-sheets/=14soc4f
Required parts (for frame):
Fiberglass or Carbon Fiber
4x Arms
2x Base plate
1x top plate
M3 bolts for motors
4x 12mm M3 bolts (for inner base plate bolts)
4x 8mm M3 bolts (for top plate mount)
4x 25+mm M3 bolts (for stacking CB and PDB)
4x Printed Standoffs (or your choice of standoffs)
Assortment of provided M3 spacers
P.S. I know my build is messy. I have plans on fixing it soon.

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