LOOKING FOR A FRAME THAT IS SAME SIZE AS Q500 4K

[Luitenant Roastabotch]

HI. I RECENTLY HAD A FEW NASTY CRASHES WITH MY Q500 4K AND ENDED UP HAVING TO COMPLETELY TEAR IT DOWN . THE PLASTIC SHELL WAS OBLITERATED LEAVING ME NOTHING BUT THE GUTS. SO I ABSOLUTELY DONT WANT TO BUY ANOTHER CHEAP PLASTIC SHELL BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT SERVED LITTLE PURPOSE IN THE WAY OF PROTECTION. IT SEEMED VERY BRITTLE SO IM LOOKING INTO AN ACTUAL CARBON FIBER FRAME BUT NOT THE ONES THAT ARE ADVERTISED AS MADE FOR Q500. LIKE THE RAKON HELI CNC FRAME BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT SIZE FRAME DO I LOOK FOR THAT CLOSELY MATCHES THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE ORIGINAL. OF COURSE THE PROPS ARE 13" ACROSS AND FROM MOTOR TO MOTOR IT MEASURES ABOUT 420mm. I ASSUME WEIGHT IS ALSO A FACTOR SO CANT WEIGH MUCH MORE THAN THE STOCK WEIGHT WHICH IS 1,700 GRAMS (w/battery and camera). Thnx

 

[RiverRunner]

You will probably have to build your own. I have considered making my own folding frame for the Q500 4K parts.

 

[Luitenant Roastabotch]

You will probably have to build your own. I have considered making my own folding frame for the Q500 4K parts.

Yeah...I was thinking maybe like a 550 mm prebuilt frame because even though the Q500 is only 420mm diagonally, i couldnt seem to find any 450mm frames that accepted 13" props.

 

[RiverRunner]

Yeah...I was thinking maybe like a 550 mm prebuilt frame because even though the Q500 is only 420mm diagonally, i couldnt seem to find any 450mm frames that accepted 13" props.

I think you will find that the Q500 is way more than 420 mm diagonally. A 420 mm frame would just barely swing 11" props.
I want to rebuild my Q500 to fold up like this:

 

[RiverRunner]

Just measured my Q500. The diagonal distance between motor centers is 19 15/16" or about 506 mm.

 

[Luitenant Roastabotch]

I think you will find that the Q500 is way more than 420 mm diagonally. A 420 mm frame would just barely swing 11" props.
I want to rebuild my Q500 to fold up like this:

Yes!! Thats exactly what im talking about. Where did u find those pics?

 

[Luitenant Roastabotch]

I just came across this quote from an article written about it...(The Typhoon Q500 quadcopter is Yuneec’s first generation platform that is designed on a 565mm frame size.) So...i guess thats my answer. Ill try to find that size online i guess.

 

[RiverRunner]

Those are pictures of a quad I built. I would have to redesign the frame to fit the Q500 parts.
You can see more details of the project here:
New 500 size folding quad - RC Groups

 

[RiverRunner]

I just came across this quote from an article written about it...(The Typhoon Q500 quadcopter is Yuneec’s first generation platform that is designed on a 565mm frame size.) So...i guess thats my answer. Ill try to find that size online i guess.

The 565 dimension is to the outside of the motors, the overall diagonal width of the quad. The diagonal motor center dimension is about 506 mm.

 

[webbster]

HI. I RECENTLY HAD A FEW NASTY CRASHES WITH MY Q500 4K AND ENDED UP HAVING TO COMPLETELY TEAR IT DOWN . THE PLASTIC SHELL WAS OBLITERATED LEAVING ME NOTHING BUT THE GUTS. SO I ABSOLUTELY DONT WANT TO BUY ANOTHER CHEAP PLASTIC SHELL BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, IT SERVED LITTLE PURPOSE IN THE WAY OF PROTECTION. IT SEEMED VERY BRITTLE SO IM LOOKING INTO AN ACTUAL CARBON FIBER FRAME BUT NOT THE ONES THAT ARE ADVERTISED AS MADE FOR Q500. LIKE THE RAKON HELI CNC FRAME BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT SIZE FRAME DO I LOOK FOR THAT CLOSELY MATCHES THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE ORIGINAL. OF COURSE THE PROPS ARE 13" ACROSS AND FROM MOTOR TO MOTOR IT MEASURES ABOUT 420mm. I ASSUME WEIGHT IS ALSO A FACTOR SO CANT WEIGH MUCH MORE THAN THE STOCK WEIGHT WHICH IS 1,700 GRAMS (w/battery and camera). Thnx

Do you still need a Frame for the Q500?

 

[Thomas111]

You could go down this route since it's just guts u have

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