In the last episode, I was looking for robustness. We parted with a beautiful image of our future Pioupiou: I received emails saying “cool, the new Pioupiou is finished! ". Uh, no… Not really actually. There, it was just an assembly made with glue and rubber bands to show you the approximate shape I had in mind. Besides, it's true that she has changed her form a lot in the last few months… I…
Last week, small problem of propellers flying away. Finally, the problem was mainly due to the “do-it-yourself” manufacture of the prototypes. But that's no reason not to take it into account. I have therefore devoted this week to improving the mechanical resistance of our Pioupiou. A balancing act The centerpiece is the propeller. Suffice to say that it must be treated. And it's not that simple. It must be large enough to start in very light winds, while…
Prototyping isn't that easy. In fact, it is often even a disaster. When I made the very first Pioupious, in June 2014, I was very happy. I naively thought I had finished the project 🙂 But in the end… When it smokes, it's not a good sign And then the first bug happened: the batteries were boiling hot when I installed them. There was obviously a short in some cases with the battery connector touching the board. It was smoking. SO,…