Thursday, 18 June 2015

In  this  post  let  us talk  about  weight  of  the  quadcopter  and  the  selection  of  motors  with  respect  to  the  weight

         First  thing we should  take  into  consideration  is  the thrust  produced  by all  the  four  motors  should be  greater  than  the  weight  of the  quadcopter.  Generally  brushless  dc  motors  are  used  in  these  rc  models  because  of their  high  effecieny.  Lesser the  kv  means  higher  the  thrust,  motors  which  I  used  was  935  kv  motor and  each  motor  gives thrust  of 850  gms  if  use  decrease  the  kv  you  can  increase  the thrust.  Generally  the  octocopters which  are  used  for  aerial  filming  uses  300  kv  motors  which  produces  high  thrust.

        The  speed  of  these  motors  are  controlled  by  the  electronic  speed  controllers.  When  coming to the  selection  of  esc  we should  take  the  current  drawn  by  the  motors  into  consideration.   For  example if  your  motor  draws  18  amps  of current  then  you  should  select  esc greater  than  18  amps  may  be  20  or  25  amp  are  suitable.
       
        In  next  topic  I  will  tell  about  different  types  of  flight  cotrollers used.

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