Improving and Reinforcing (4)

I reached a HUGE milestone this week. I reached a point in my piloting where I could increase the maximum angle of bank, AKA exponential rate, so far that a standard camera angle could not properly allow me to see in front of the craft. I increased the maximum angle of bank to allow the craft to go much faster. This means I primarily see the floor. I gave my camera a 23 degree tilt so that when I am at full bank, the camera is only angled down 7 degrees instead of the 30 it was before the up tilt.

Here is a picture of my super ghetto tilt mount made with my 3d printer and rubber bands.

I also used some UV activated adhesive compound as to secure to power connectors. I had to do this after the battery ejected in a crash, pulling the negative terminal of the JST-XH connector with it. Luckily, the wire ripped above the joint and it didn't pull a PCB pad with it.  After re-soldering it, I applied and activated the glue because next time I may not be so lucky as to not lift a pad. If that happens, I would have to rebuild the entire quadcopter. This little protective step should go a long way.












Finally, I upgraded lens assembly once more to a lens with better optics. This new lens has significantly less distortion in the center of the field of view. This works great with my new higher bank angle and faster flying as important objects now are solely in the center of my headset instead of to the sides like previously.