SCAMBO-1
lvl.3
United Kingdom
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The End is here (more or less) !
So Here we are at the end all but a couple of slight jobs........
Made room for a LiPo battery checker (top right) so I can check to see how much juice is in the parachute systems battery. The only thing
left to do is a small hole so I can pop in a small roll of sellotape, this will be for helping with the repacking of the chute when its been deployed.
Once the upper layers were glued together I had a 5mm gap all the way around, this meant the upper block would wiggle around once inside
the box. In the pic you will see 'Wedges' on all the corners which stopped this problem, these are all at the bottom of the block. At the top, the
5mm gap looks a little unsightly although the block is tightly in place, I will be getting some black rubber draft excluder next time I am in my
local hardware store to fix this. This will be in a P profile and the O part of the P should quite happily fill the void here.
With the parachute kit came a little collapsible 'Cheap' plastic jig to help when the need arises to repack the chute, as you can see I did a little
cutting under the drone and managed to find a home for the bits there. It's presence does not interfere with the drones seating and all is well.
Got this little reminder to remove the camera cover before powering up, I have forgotten a few times now and one day this will end in tears
for sure LOLOLOL I have a very small M3 size ring on it's way which will help me connect it to the cover.
Deliberate mistake number 35896 LOLOL Foams glued in place with the cut's done for access to the files and landing pad. See if you can
guess who forgot to mark up the foam 'ON THE BACK' before gluing in the styrofoam insert into the lid ? ? ? ? ? Your right.......MEEeeeee !
Anyway, we live & learn, hopefully I can find something which will not dissolve the foam but will get most of the marker off.
So here are the 'Spongy Doors' open to give me access to the contents, cuts were not exactly perfect but Hey !, it does the job and the foam
is keeping everything nice and snuggly buggly in place. On first opening the lid the raised parts of the foam has small 'flats' on them which
puff up after a few mins and proved to me that the exerted pressure of the foam is not too much on the kit.
One more thing left........I dragged my box out for a fly Yesterday, all perfectly when when I arrived at the field except that the Camera cover
had popped open, not a killer but to solve this I will glue in a couple of blocks of foam into the bottom of the mavic 2's hole on the left and right
so a little pressure is applied to the bubble, hopefully this will sort that out, mind you, it was one hell of a lumpy bumpy track to the field.
One more little present coming which is a nice flashy vinyl sticky which is my birds Call Sign to stick on the lid (and another later when the UK
makes us register our drones and we get issued with the G-**** designation) LOLOL
OK People, so there we are, I shall bother you no more, it's been a long road but I got there, not a perfect result but i'm not a CNC machine,
would I do it again...........YES ! with the benefit of hindsight I feel sure I would do it better next time, Is it just too big ? NO but I will still use
my Fly more case for quick trips.......Is my MRS happy.....HELL YES ! No more drone shyte all over the place.
WIN WIN for everyone concerned
May I take this opportunity to thank you all for following me on this journey and also for all your kind words and may I wish you all
many safe flights and endless happiness.
Many Regards
Paul
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