{"id":1085,"date":"2013-01-19T08:12:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T13:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2013-01-19T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T13:12:37","slug":"building-the-parallax-elev-8-quad-copter-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/building-the-parallax-elev-8-quad-copter-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the Parallax Elev-8 Quad Copter Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started building the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parallax.com\/StoreSearchResults\/tabid\/768\/txtSearch\/elev-8\/List\/0\/SortField\/4\/ProductID\/799\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Parallax Elev-8 Quad Copter<\/a> this week! In this first video I do a step by step build of the motor and boom assembly. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/?attachment_id=1086\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/elev-8-boom-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"elev 8 boom 001\" width=\"1000\" height=\"713\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/elev-8-boom-001.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/elev-8-boom-001-150x106.jpg 150w, http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/elev-8-boom-001-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/elev-8-boom-001-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ELEV-8 quadcopter is a flying robotic platform that is lifted and propelled by four fixed rotors. There are no fixed wings; all of the lift is created from the rotors. Unlike standard helicopters a quadcopter uses fixed-pitch blades, whose rotor pitch does not vary as the blades rotate; control of vehicle motion is achieved by varying the relative speed of each rotor to change the thrust and torque produced by each.<\/p>\n<p>The quadcopter uses a HoverFly board with a Propeller multicore microprocessor to electronically control stabilization of the aircraft. The benefits to this system are a stable platform, with no mechanical linkages for a small maneuverable and agile aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The kit provides an inexpensive way to get involved in the quadcopter arena. The kit includes; frame, mounting hardware, motors, speed controllers, propellers and the control board for flight stabilization. (the only thing you need to provide is the RC radio equipment, battery). We recommend a six channel RC radio.<\/p>\n<p>The ELEV-8 platform is large enough for outdoor flight and has plenty of room for payload and attachments (up to 2 lbs).<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> This kit is not for beginners, it takes a moderate amount of mechanical skill, for building and flying. The ELEV-8 quadcopter kit requires an average of 8 hours to assemble; RC experience is highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the video and&#8230;<br \/>\nKeep on hackin!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKGULf6ocI8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started building the Parallax Elev-8 Quad Copter this week! In this first video I do a step by step build of the motor and boom assembly. The ELEV-8 quadcopter is a flying robotic platform that is lifted and propelled &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/building-the-parallax-elev-8-quad-copter-part-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hackaweek.com\/hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}