Rotor bearing and shaft set up.
Rotor bearing and shaft set up.
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Hello. Thank you for reading this and or answering my requests. I am designing a triple rotor MAV. Each rotor is 5 ft in dia. and 5.25 in. wide. The structure is made up of 3ea. 6061 2in dia. .065 wall aircraft aluminum tubing. At the end of each tubing is a rotor. What Im asking help for is how do I attach the rotors to the tubing, how do I arrange the rotor shaft with the bearings. Im wanting to use 5206 bearings with each rotor. Solid 4130 steel for the rotor shafts. How do I arrange the shaft, bearings and mounting to the 2 inch tubing. any help and or suggestions welcome.





RE: Rotor bearing and shaft set up.
Are you going to implement pitch control on each rotor, or rely on differential speed control for direction and attitude control?
Why use three rotors and not four? I ask because the software to control four fixed pitch rotors has to be readily available somewhere, whereas three rotors have to make pitch and roll control with translation somewhat challenging...
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You might want to work backwards from your loads before selecting components.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Rotor bearing and shaft set up.