QuadFloat - Float Your Drone or Quad
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I Wanted To Fly Over Some Pretty Deep Water In Situations Where A Rope Or Large Jets Of Water Might Take Out My Quad. The Quad Is Largely Made Up Of Junk Parts, So I Don'T Care Too Much About Losing It. That Being Said, The Gopro Is Not Something I'M Willing To Part With That Easily And Littering A Lithium Battery And Whatnot Into The Lake Is Something I'D Like To Avoid. The Formula I Used Was To Weigh My Quad With Everything Attached (Including The Float) In Grams. Find A Bottle With An Equivalent Number Of Of Ml (Which Is Equivalent To Cc'S Or Cm^3) + 15% Or So. A Displaced Ml Of Water Weighs ~1G And I Believe You'Ll Need To Displace About As Many Grams Of Water As Your Quad Weighs Plus Some. If You Float Only As Many G As Your Quad Weighs - The Quad Won'T Float As Much As Touch The Surface ... So You'Ll Want A Little Extra Floatation To Keep It On The Surface. In My Case The Nearest Bottle Size That Was Close To My Limit Was 23.7Oz Or ~700Cc. I'M Ignoring The Water That The Frame / Battery / Etc... Displaces Because I Couldn'T Think Of A Reliable Way To Calculate That Without Dunking The Quad. The Quad Is Waterproofed With Conformal Coating, But I Still Don'T Want To Put It In The Water Unless I Need To. **Two Versions**: Both Attach With Zip Ties / Cable Ties (I Also Used A Little Vhb Tape To Keep Things From Sliding Around). For Both - I Use Two For Each Side Of The Bottle (Front And Back) To Make A Flat Surface For Both The Base Of Your Quad And The Ground For Takeoff. Depending On Your Level Of Risk Tolerance There Are Two Versions One With Space For 4 Cable Ties And One With Space For 2 Cable Ties. I Used A Combination ... Plus A String Attached To The Bottle Top As A Last Resort. Because I'M A Wimp :) Anyways! Enjoy! Let Me Know If You Use It, Please!
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