the Firefly project - Page 70

**Dabeer** · #**691** 04-20-2016, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mirco

Just a thought: the stern is going to be quite heavy with all the machinery inside, so I'd rather place the batteries in the bow to keep it balanced. The N7+N8 panel should be quite easy to make detachable (magnets?) and there's a big cavity above it.

I'll look into that, and start planning for routing wires where they'll be needed. Thanks.

Current status: annoyed with epoxy, and screwed up by being impatient so I have to start over for the ~5th time on the cargo bay. Looking forward to moving on to the rest of the ship.

**Papa Oneal** · #**692** 05-13-2016, 06:36 AM

This is my first attempt at the working grav rotor, glued everything together and had it derail the first time it turned it on.

So on to the 2nd attempt.

**Papa Oneal** · #**693** 05-21-2016, 07:04 AM

Success!! I rebuilt the grav rotor and after trying three different motors pulled from a tape player, CD drive and a servo, none of which worked, I broke down and ordered one from Ebay, but it works perfect so I'm happy. So here is a couple pics of the completed "beehive' and grav rotor. It's not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it.

Mirco- I changed the spring layout a little bit, I made them a little longer so they aren't so stiff, it seemed to help.

**Papa Oneal** · #**694** 06-19-2016, 10:31 PM

Almost finished...

**southwestforests** · #**695** 06-19-2016, 11:36 PM

Success is energizing, especially after a few unsuccessful tries.

Looks like a lot of gear reduction on that little motor.

**imcold** · #**696** 06-20-2016, 02:37 AM

That's a real beauty!

**Mike1158** · #**697** 06-20-2016, 07:33 AM

Amazing, nice build.

**Jadriancz** · #**698** 06-20-2016, 09:03 AM

I am in awe!! Awesome build!

**paulhbell** · #**699** 06-20-2016, 11:24 AM

Looks good papa. What's the centre of gravity like. I'm thinking of stripping a quad copter, to see if it will fit, some how

Would love to see this flying.

**Dabeer** · #**700** 06-20-2016, 11:25 AM

That looks quite cool. I had been wondering if you were test-building Mirco's colored version, but it seems that's your own styling? Very atypical, but also very cool looking. And a good build, too. Hard to believe you were new to the hobby when you started helping!