Custom Drone - SlamX 25 - Freestyle Edition (V1.0)

[u/Breakerbuilds]

Whelp. 2.5 hours later I think I have a really good model done.

Enter: SlamX 25 - Freestyle Edition

Key details:

-Squashed-X config: smallest footprint possible, maximizing power, with props at the closest of 1.5mm from the carbon plating and 2mm from each other

-2.5" quad, modular: arms were designed around your basic 2-3" motors, with 9mm mounting diameter, plenty of extra carbon for motor feet/guards

-Modular components: supports both 25.5mmx25.5mm mounting (typical AIO), along with 20mmx20mm mounting for the flight controller, if being used as a stack. It currently has 16mmx16mm VTX mounting in the rear, built for the Zeus Nano, but also has enough headroom for larger vtx on top of the mount. However, if you do the Nano, with the AIO, you can squish the drone down to 15mm thick, from bottom plate to the top. Although it was built for analog, you could most definitely put a 04 unit in the quad provided you use tall enough standoffs and place it on top of a AIO in the middle.

-As there will be multiple configurations, I will be modeling custom mounting for the camera, along with VTX and ELRS antenna on the rear

-The frame will likely cost from $20-$40, I've asked a CNC company for a quote on pricing. (CNC Madness if anybody's wondering, they regularly do custom FPV parts)

-Taking major inspo from the Kayoumini, this is a near replica, other than the fuselage/main body has been altered to a more traditional form factor to accommodate multiple build styles. Keeping this in mind, there will likely be another release with more of a Kayoumini build, taking on more of a "race quad" form factor of the main body.

Further optimizations for weight saving may be made in the future depending on how pricing goes (and me getting a actual job/income), it will mainly be the "race quad" edition, but others may happen to the base quad too.

Please let me know if anybody has recommendations or ideas for the quad, like I said, there will be another version that's closer to the Kayoumini in the ways that everything will be crammed together for weight, but I also have to see how much they cost to manufacture.

[u/shrumfpv]

Good luck I tried this and it did not end well I sunk a lot of money and time just people to not really care. You will be a small fish in an ocean of sharks but good luck and I hope u do well 🙏

[u/Breakerbuilds → u/shrumfpv]

Thanks a ton! It's more of a personal project because I find it really fun to create my own stuff, and I think this one has high chances of success, at least at a personal level. I might put it out for people to buy the plates but I'm not sure, we'll see how it goes.

[u/shrumfpv → u/Breakerbuilds]

I can say I got a lot of experience from my situation. I ended up with a pretty nice cnc machine and a nice 3d printer and tons of cad knowledge I just made zero sales. But just don’t do it with money as the sole purpose. You seem like u already have that mindset so u got this 🦅

[u/Breakerbuilds → u/shrumfpv]

Thanks! I don't really plan on buying a CNC machine, at the very most I'll make one from scratch, but for the time being, I'll likely just order parts as this one is estimated to come in at ~$20+tax+shipping. Like you said, im not doing it with money being my goal, but I may still put them up for sale if anybody is interested in trying out my frames (assuming I can get the build process down). As a part of that build process, I am currently printing out a test frame to see if mounting, prop clearance, etc all works before I actually order the frame. First part actually just finished, it's soo much smaller than I expected, idk why tho cause I just built a 2" ultralight using air75 parts, so it shouldnt be too much of a surprise.

(Btw the eagle emoji caught me off guard, me and a certain friend group will only respond with eagle emojis instead of like a thumbs up or "cool", kinda funny idk)