Thanks for the lovely comments Dillydally
I'm pretty sure I went over the 6k mark last fortnight (currently at 6300 total expenses). I am very happy with how well it has gone together and also how neat/clean it looks when assembled.
Which reminds me. There are only 3 of those motors left, so I better pick up a spare or two for replacements/upgrades (should I add that to the build cost?... probably yes
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I'd love to add a 7th axis at some point (continuous yaw).
Videos should be inbound this weekend. I've spent a crazy amount of time working on the control rods. I didn't trust msyelf to weld them sufficiently well enough (considering the relatively small contact ring between the rod and the tube) so I've gone to a more 'composite' approach, a combination of high-roughness/high-surface-contact JB Weld (epoxy) coupled with multiple high strength dowels which I calculate will give me at least 5400N (540kg) of longitudinal resistance in shear per control rod. I have allowed for a factor of safety of 10 to allow for the dynamic nature of the platform and the variability of the epoxy adhesion forces, creep, vibration and the fact that someone has to sit on it
(that's over 5 tonnes, when unfactored, per rod).
I guess patience and time will tell (coupled with a healthy maintenance and inspection regime)
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