The 3D-printed kit itself is minimal, all you’ll need are four motors and one control unit stabilised with clamps, bars, bolts and handles, all of which can be made from ABS plastic. The control unit features a receiver, four electric circuits for controlling the motor speed and an OpenPilot CC3D flightcontroller (the hardware that keeps the whole thing stable and hosts the OpenPilot firmware). The whole kit is Bluetooth-enabled, and any drone-maker will need to source parts such as motors, propellers and batteries from a retailer, but Loenen has posted a shopping list with suggested websites (hobbyking.com, apparently being king in this area). The design, which consists of clamps bolting the four interconnected propellers to the object, is fairly straightforward, but Loenen encourages a little creative licence and says makers should put their own twist on it.
By: Liat Clark | July 10, 2013 | Wired.co.uk
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