What would i need to build this?

[christian899]

Im very new to quadcopters in general, and I came up with an idea to make one myself, but I am not sure what parts to buy to make it. I want to build a quadcopter that has a wireless feed from a camera onboard that goes to a monitor, and also has a paintball gun mounted to servos that move on the x axis and y axis, which is mounted to the copter itself. The paintball gun, gas, ammo (50 rounds) , and mag weigh 4.93 lbs, so round that to 5 lbs. I have a gopro hero2 camera, but not a good wireless feed for it at all, the one I have is just a room to room one. I am looking for advice/parts for how to build this, with christmas close, I thought it would be perfect timing to get parts to build a quadcopter. Please help.

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate its going to have to be a heavy lift quad , it would be better as a octicopter to lift that much up , it can be done but is a big job for some one that has not done this before , a camera gimbal will hold the camera and you can mount the paint gun on it to , your need a lot of parts and some your have to make your self i will give you a list of parts to give you an idea
1... octicopter frame http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...ible_Hex_Copter_Frame_Full_Carbon_900mm_.html
2....... 8 motors http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...00W_Brushless_Motor_short_shaft_version_.html
3..... 8x esc 30amp simonk flashed
4.... kk2 board will do 8 motors plus camera gimbal there is a new one now kk2.1 http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...ntrol_Board_With_6050MPU_And_Atmel_644PA.html
5... 5.8ghz FPV system thats going to be about £600 for a good one
6.... 2x battery need to work out the power needed say 5000 mah 6 cell
7....... props 4x cw 4xccw will need to be carbon fibre about 10x4.7 or 15x5 to get the lift
8........ extra parts and wire links
9....... transmitter and receiver
10....camera gimbal
so this will give you an idea of what you need you may be able to go for smaller battery like a 4 cell but still has to be 5000 mah or greater
go to this site and this will help you work out if you need to change things http://www.ecalc.ch/xcoptercalc.htm?ecalc&lang=en

 

[christian899]

Hi mate its going to have to be a heavy lift quad , it would be better as a octicopter to lift that much up , it can be done but is a big job for some one that has not done this before , a camera gimbal will hold the camera and you can mount the paint gun on it to , your need a lot of parts and some your have to make your self i will give you a list of parts to give you an idea
1... octicopter frame http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...ible_Hex_Copter_Frame_Full_Carbon_900mm_.html
2....... 8 motors http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...00W_Brushless_Motor_short_shaft_version_.html
3..... 8x esc 30amp simonk flashed
4.... kk2 board will do 8 motors plus camera gimbal there is a new one now kk2.1 http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...ntrol_Board_With_6050MPU_And_Atmel_644PA.html
5... 5.8ghz FPV system thats going to be about £600 for a good one
6.... 2x battery need to work out the power needed say 5000 mah 6 cell
7....... props 4x cw 4xccw will need to be carbon fibre about 10x4.7 or 15x5 to get the lift
8........ extra parts and wire links
9....... transmitter and receiver
10....camera gimbal
so this will give you an idea of what you need you may be able to go for smaller battery like a 4 cell but still has to be 5000 mah or greater
go to this site and this will help you work out if you need to change things http://www.ecalc.ch/xcoptercalc.htm?ecalc&lang=en

Thank you holtneil! I'll check out the part list you gave me.