Medusa build inspiration: Project linkall HK UAV

The Linkall team founded by Jiaqi Hu and Zebo has built an impressive drone that is a inspiration to our team. The Medusa UAV will be similar to the Linkall drone in size and shape, but will differ in design and construction. Our hats are off to the Project Linkall team. See more about their project on the DYI Drone site and the links below. Linkall HK flight video http://youtu.be/IuWmLhJBPzk DYI Drones Linkall Build http://diydrones.com/m/blogpost?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A1142725 Linkall...

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Medusa Visual Inspiration

All great projects come from great inspiration.When we sat down to discuss what type of UAV we wanted to create the Terminators HK Hunter killer and the Matrix Sentinel immediately came to mind.  I looked over hundreds of images trying to find the one that fit the communicate the final look and feel for the Medusa Project. These dark menacing designs with machine minds hovering in the smoke and darkness provoke the perfect combination...

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Medusa Project 26lbs Multirotor Power System

The Medusa's heavy lift UAV power system is being designed with the maximum thrust and lift capacity for a quad copter built with standard multirotor system components.  Follow the tech talk discussion on the RC Forum. Components for 1500+mm (Y4) vtailed heavy lift multirotors Latest Power System Configuration 4: Avroto 3520 LIFT Series KV:400 brushless motors 4: 18/ 6.1 Carbon Fiber Props 4:  Amp ESC's (Simon K flashed) 2:...

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Npower Software Sponsors Medusa Project.

Dave Gill and the Npower Software team have decided to sponsor the Medusa Project by graciously providing our team with a license of Power NURBS. The Npower software suite for Autodesks 3ds Max will provide our creative team with the advance surface and solid modeling tools necessary to prototype the vehicle.    As a long time user of Power NURBS user I can't express how thankful we are for the Npower teams much...

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Detroit TechShop Sponsors Medusa Project

Initial Medusa project sponsorship meeting with Will Brick at the Detroit TechShop. Will was great. He explained that the TechShop was all about the DYI community and is fully committed to helping us achieve our goal of building our UAV. He took the time to give me a full tour of the facility and let me tell you the space and the tools are amazing. Will asked me to make an initial presentation of the Medusa Project to community February the 8th....

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Creativity-CAD-Community>>>> It all starts here.

Our goal for the Medusa Project is to bring together creativity, CAD and community to develop an construct a custom UAV The Core Mackevsion Team of the project is myself Eric Pinkel and Vaughan Gernhardt with various concept input from Joe Palma. However, since the project was conceived as a community endeavor, I am sure the list will grow and grow. The Medusa Project is designed by nature to use a complete Autodesk Software...

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