Tuesday, January 24, 2012

An update from Luke!


We have received all the chassis parts for the Quad copter itself
including the motors, ESCs, and some of the IMU parts.

I have started design of the custom circuit boards that will be used on
the quad copter. Half the parts have been either ordered or sampled
from various manufactures.

We had planned to have the circuit boards designed, however that has
proved to be more difficult due to component availability.

We are working diligently to complete the tasks from last week and are doing
more research on parts and componets; and interfacing all the devices
together.

I have spent approximately 15 hours (this is a rough estimate and is
most likely even more than that).

Most Critical questions include:
What is the best way to ask for free parts from companies? Is there
some form letter or Tax ID we can provide the company?

The plan is to have the circuit board designed and shipped out to the
PCB mil factory. We hope to have more of our parts in. Lastly, we
would like to be able to get some sort of demonstration ready.

--Luke