satshacopter 150X is a quadcopter built around the satshakit mini flight controller and derived from its big brother satshacopter 250X. It is designed to be simple and cheap as much as possible, and to be easily made inside any Fab Lab.
150X specifications:
- 150mm mdf frame and supports
- open source flight controller
- MPU6050 IMU located exactly at the center
- 4 x 3100kv brushless motors
- 4 x 6A ESCs
- MultiWii compatible
- Hobby King 4 channel remote and receiver
- 1000mah 2S 65C LiPo battery
- costs around 100€
Here you can look about the MultiWii pin mapping of the satshakit mini flight controller board:
And here you can che the required components in the Bill of Material table:
| name | description | vendor | link | price | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4Ghz4Ch TxRx V2 | 4ch mode 2 remote control and receiver | Hobby King | link | 23.14€ | - |
| Turnigy Graphene | battery 1000mah 2s 65C | Hobby King | link | 8.42€ | - |
| LDPOWER D150 Multicopter Power System | 4 x MT1306-3100KV motors and 4 x 6A esc | Hobby King EU | link | 59.26€ | propellers Included |
| IMU 6DOF | MPU6050 Gyro + Acc IMU | Ebay | link | 5.39€ | - |
| LiPo Charger and Balancer | 800mah 3s LiPo charger | Hobby King | link | 6.99€ | - |
| Fligh Controller | satshakit mini flight controller | various | link | 4.00-8.00€ | depending on the quantity |
| Total price | 103.2€+4/8€ | - |
NOTE: prices may change over time on the respective vendors, and also it is highly dependand on the quantity of drones you want to make.
If you want to build by yourself a satshacopter 150X, please download the detailed satshacopter 250X build manual as a reference guide:
Following you can find all the design files you need to make it:
- satshakit mini flight controller eagle board
- satshakit mini flight controller eagle sch
- satshakit mini flight controller internal traces png
- satshakit flight controller cut png
- mini frame and supports Rhino
- mini frame dxf
- mini supports dxf
- mini foot Rhino
- mini foot STL
Some images of a satshacopter 150X:
Please try always to fly safe.
Here are my personal safety recommendations, especially for experimental drones of which you are not sure on how they can behave:
- make sure to always keep an HUGE distance between you and the drone
- always place yourself on the back of the drone before starting flying
- always have the direct sight to the drone and make sure that its orientation is clear for you (use different colors or LEDs)
- fly in private areas where no public can access
- make sure that nobody can come near the drone while you are flying
- make sure that you cannot destroy anything that you have around you with the drone
- check the wind and the weather before flying, if outdoor
- never go too high (no more than 1/2 meters in these cases)
- do not fly on top of someone (neither yourself)
- first try to fly few cm above the ground to see if everything is correct
- try to avoid using carbon fiber props (they are really like rotating knifes) but use plastic props
- try to use smaller drones with smaller props for really experimental tests
- triple check all the screws and that the frame is not cracked somewhere
- triple check all the DIY electronics, if it fails in-flight can be extremely dangerous
- make sure that the batteries are full charged (both transmitter and the LiPos)
- Daniele Ingrassia
Aldo Sollazzo
Noumena
Carrer de Pere IV 29-35, 4-1, Poblenou, 08018, Barcelona, Spain
t: (+34) 652964886
aldo@noumena.io
Fablab Kamp-Lintfort
Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
fablab@hochschule-rhein-waal.de
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