It’s alive!

Today I made alot of progress and actually got to test my Tricopter out for the first time (video below).

Yesterday I finished attaching the servoarm to the tilt mechanism.
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This is what I have done today:

– Finished attaching the tilting motor mount and servo.
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– Mounted the KK2.0 foam box inside the Bat Bone and put the KK2.0 safely inside that.
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– Built landing gears out of cheap plastic IKEA hangers and mounted them
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– Attached the ESC:s to the arms using zip-ties

– Analyzed where the CG should be using some strings
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– Attached the reciever and it’s antennas

– Connected the power distribution cables (this needs to be re-done, because it’s quite uggly)

And here is the test flight!