Hey All,
I'm currently working at a lab that wants me to build a quadcopter out of mycelium (a part of mushrooms). This material is incredibly light and durable (more so than many commercial plastics), so we thought this would be a cool application for such a material. However, my own experience with quadcopters (especially building them from scratch) is quite limited. Is there any general advice to be given for a copter such as this? The body itself is still being constructed, but it's likely to be about 8-9 inches between corners (where I plan to attach the motors). It'll likely be under a kilogram. I'm especially curious how to figure out what motors (and of what strength) I'll need to make this thing fly well.
I'm currently working at a lab that wants me to build a quadcopter out of mycelium (a part of mushrooms). This material is incredibly light and durable (more so than many commercial plastics), so we thought this would be a cool application for such a material. However, my own experience with quadcopters (especially building them from scratch) is quite limited. Is there any general advice to be given for a copter such as this? The body itself is still being constructed, but it's likely to be about 8-9 inches between corners (where I plan to attach the motors). It'll likely be under a kilogram. I'm especially curious how to figure out what motors (and of what strength) I'll need to make this thing fly well.