2015 Tricopter Build
The HackRVA 2015 Tricopter Build will be a group build of made from scratch tricopters that sprung from Andrew and the common interest of HackRVA members on the email-list.
We've also started a seperate robotics for hackrva GoogleGroup/MailingList here. Feel free to join and start chatting all things robotics.
Purpose
- We're doing a group build of tricopters. More info to come as we progress.
- Anyone interested should be able to get a copter going pretty quick and have plenty of people/knowledge resources around for help
Resources for Build Participants
BOM
Schedule
- Check the HackRVA google calendar for the latest updates
- Sat. the 31rst 11am kickoff
- Followed by two more full Saturdays of building
- After the build, some members as well as the organizer will make themselves available to members who could not attend this initial build.
Build Process
Overall
- Work together to learn some new skills
- Have fun making something
- Contribute by documenting and helping those with less knowledge
Goals
- learning goals
- introduce people to some common concepts in electronics/robotics
- ESC's
- how radios work
- the ideas behind IMU - or gyro, accelerator, etc.
- In addition there will be opportunities for 3D printing for mechanical parts and to CNC route or possibly laser cut parts
- introduce people to some common concepts in electronics/robotics
- Use as an opportunity to experiment with the group build process in order to help future builds at hackRVA
Applications or After the Build
- Help others build
- have fun flying our copters
- Improve and document
- Taking cool pictures from the sky
- dropping candy on children
- Look towards using as an autonomous vehicle
- following someone
- SWARMS???
- burrito delivery