KD Drones - Cinelifters

seriously good loking cinelifters frames produced in the UK - this time a new 9" x8 open props - but he has a whole range with prop guards to get closer to fragile stuff :smiley:

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Thanks! It’s been great developing the range, and I really like being part of the UK offering for FPV frames

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Wow :clap:

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I love my KD25 Build.
Analog, Sub250.

KD Drones KD25 2.5"
RunCam Racer Nano 4
RushFPV Tank Tiny VTX + Cherry Antenna
GEPRC F722 45A AIO V2
iFlight XING2 1404 3800KV
Gemfan D63 5 Blade Props
Radiomaster RP1 V2
GNB 550mAh 4S 100C

Recently got a GoPro Hero 9 Naked on eBay.
Runcam Thumb Pro W I was using for a bit.


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Starting to receive bits for the upcoming winter projects :star_struck:

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Interesting design - just when I thought I had all the drones I need :sweat_smile:

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Milford listened to me?! What do I mean?: Look at the orientation the fibres are running at on the arm plates; they all parallel and perpendicular to the arm direction. Now look at the webs for the arms; all the cut outs are at 45 degrees. Now compare that to all his other designs; none feature this. I’m not sure whether it was the output analysis from ABAQUS FEA simulations on FAC Technology’s Ghost Squadron Leader drones or the blackbox data he logged from flying them over my explanations based on Classical Laminate Analysis but whatever it was, this design is a lot better engineered than any other truss based drones (e.g. 2raw, AOS, etc…) on the market besides the Ghost Squadron Leaders for Ukraine… which are not on the market to hobbyists so this is the first consumer FPV drone designed with proper consideration of the mechanics of fibre reinforced composite materials.

It is not a new thing tbh? I remember Chris Rosser mentioning it in a very early video. Just had a look (all my drones are littered around my ‘office’ :smiley: ) - all the arms are also cut in the direction of the fiber (bunch of AOS, Era 5, Crooked 5, Super G10, Kayoumini,..)