A Tensegrity Micro Quadcopter, Part 3
This is the lightest tensegrity micro quadcopter so far, with a flying weight of just 46g. That is exactly the same weight as the HubSan X4 that the flight controller, motors and battery are taken from. It doesn't fly like a HubSan, though, as the mass is distributed very differently. In the video above, you can see that it's a bit lively, but the tensegrity cage works very well when I smash it against the walls. I filmed the second part in slow motion as I wanted to see if the motors were twisting on their rods or vibrating. They look like they're held on quite solidly in the video, so that doesn't look like a problem. The version here has replaced the carbon rods of the last version with bamboo skewers which were bought online. I like the idea of bamboo as it's a more ecologically friendly material, but the carbon rods were slightly lighter. The carbon rods are 1.2g, while the bamboo ones are 1.3g, so it's not a huge difference. Where I save a lot of weight ...
