CN103350752A - Four-rotor aircraft - Google Patents

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CN103350752A
CN103350752A CN2013100635768A CN201310063576A CN103350752A CN 103350752 A CN103350752 A CN 103350752A CN 2013100635768 A CN2013100635768 A CN 2013100635768A CN 201310063576 A CN201310063576 A CN 201310063576A CN 103350752 A CN103350752 A CN 103350752A
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周强武
朱时栋
陈光耀
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Abstract

The invention provides a four-rotor aircraft. The four-rotor aircraft includes an upper aircraft cover including a first upper arm and a second upper arm; and a lower aircraft cover including a first lower arm and a second lower arm. The first upper arm and the first lower arm include a first upper buckle and a first lower buckle respectively. The second upper arm and the second lower arm include a second upper buckle and a second lower buckle respectively. The first upper buckle joints with the first lower buckle and the second upper buckle joints with the second lower buckle, so that the upper aircraft cover is fixed on the lower aircraft cover.

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Quadrotor
Technical field
The disclosure relates to vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Background technology
Quadrotor such as autogyro etc. can be applicable to military and civilian market.For example, a kind of quadrotor that is commonly referred to quadrotor is used for recreational use.Yet quadrotor never is confined to toy or telecontrolled model.Quadrotor also can be used for measurement, supervision, Aerial photography etc.
Many existing quadrotors comprise the many parts that are distributed in the whole aircraft.The parts of example comprise carbon fibre plate, carbon fibre bar and aluminium alloy plate.These parts have complicated shape usually.The quantity of these parts and complicated shape cause these existing quadrotors to have low anti-collision, low deformation resistance, low wind resistance, low fatigue resistance, low agility and/or low steerability (especially when carrying out complicated maneuvering flight).
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is provides a kind of simple in structure in order to overcome the deficiency of present technology, easy to assembly and quadrotor with high anti-collision, high deformation resistance, high wind resistance, high antifatigue, high agility and/or high steerability.
A kind of quadrotor comprises:
Upper hood comprises the first upper arm and the second upper arm;
Lower machine cover comprises the first underarm and the second underarm;
Wherein said the first upper arm and described the first underarm comprise hasp and first time hasp on first accordingly;
Wherein said the second upper arm and described the second underarm comprise hasp and second time hasp on second accordingly;
The described second time hasp of snap-engagement on the described first time hasp of snap-engagement and described second on wherein said first, thus described upper hood is fixed in described lower machine cover.
On wherein said first on the hasp and described second at least one in the hasp comprise slit and groove, at least one in wherein said first time hasp and the described second time hasp comprises projection and step; The described slit of wherein said bump bonds and described step engage described groove.
Wherein said lower machine cover comprises battery tray, and described battery tray is constructed to battery-disassembled ground is fixed on the described lower machine cover.
Wherein said upper hood is at the pit of each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm, and described pit is constructed to wherein hold one or more electrical motors.
Described quadrotor further comprises pcb board, and described pcb board is configured to: receive the signal from satellite, remote controllers; Transmit signals to satellite, remote controllers; Control position, speed, working direction and the track of described quadrotor; Process picture intelligence; Or their combination.
Wherein said pcb board is connected on the described upper hood.
Described quadrotor further comprises solar panel.
Described quadrotor further comprises two the first electrical motors that are installed on described the first upper arm and is installed in two the second electrical motors on described the second upper arm.
Described quadrotor, wherein said two the first electrical motors are configured to clickwise and described two the second electrical motors are configured to left-hand revolution; Perhaps wherein said two the first electrical motors are configured to left-hand revolution and described two the second electrical motors are configured to clickwise.
Comprise the rotor that is installed on each described first electrical motor and each described second electrical motor.
Be installed in the mirror image that rotor on each described first electrical motor is mounted in the rotor on each described second electrical motor.
The axis of described the first electrical motor and described the second electrical motor is parallel to each other and be positioned on the same face of cylinder.
Described rotor produces lift when rotation.
Described quadrotor further comprises battery.
Described battery is chargeable lithium ion battery.
Described battery is configured to removably insert wherein from a side of described quadrotor.
Described lower machine cover further comprises one or more ribs, and described rib is configured to prevent from the described battery of described quadrotor sudden outburst.
Described quadrotor, further comprise battery case, described battery case is installed in the described lower machine cover, described battery is installed in the described battery case, the battery loading port correspondence of described battery case is arranged on a side of described quadrotor, described battery is configured to removably insert described battery case from described battery loading port, and the battery loading port of described battery case is provided with elastic blocking key, and described elastic blocking key is configured to prevent skid off described battery from described battery case.
Described quadrotor, further comprise a shooting electronic module, described shooting electronic module comprises camera, described shooting electronic module is arranged on the described lower machine cover, described shooting electronic module is arranged on the described lower machine cover between described lower machine cover and described battery case, described battery case is provided with the camera hold down groove, described camera is installed in the described camera hold down groove, offer the camera via hole on the described lower machine cover, described camera passes described camera via hole, described camera is fixed between the endoporus shoulder and described camera hold down groove of described camera via hole, a side corresponding with described lower machine cover on the described battery case is provided with card column, and described shooting electronic module is positioned between described card column and the described lower machine cover.
Described quadrotor, the bottommost of described first upper arm of wherein said upper hood and the end of described the second upper arm all is lower than the least significant end of described lower machine cover to consist of the lifting support pin of described quadrotor, and the bottom of described lifting support pin also is provided with the flexible glue pad, described lifting support sole end is one-body molded T-shaped dop, what described flexible glue pad was complementary be located on the described T-shaped dop, also offer the wire casing that runs through on the described T-shaped dop, described wire casing is hidden in the described flexible glue pad.
All offer the electric wire storage tank in UNICOM end and the described upper hood in described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm, and the size of described electric wire storage tank and the thickness of single electric wire are complementary, the electric wire that passes described electric wire storage tank fixedly inlay card in described electric wire storage tank, wire casing UNICOM on described electric wire storage tank and the described T-shaped dop, and described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm and the first underarm and the second underarm all adopt triangular shape structure.
Each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm is equipped with the LED lamp, and the luminous end of each described LED lamp all arranges vertically upward, the outermost of each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm offers the caulking groove of setting the LED lamp line, wire casing UNICOM on described caulking groove and the described T-shaped dop, described LED lamp line is embedded in the described caulking groove and passes described wire casing and the electric wire storage tank is connected in the described upper hood.
Described first upper arm of described upper hood and each of described the second upper arm settle the equal hollow out in end of motor that the heat dissipation weight-reducing hole is arranged.
Each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm in order to the internal diameter of the pit that holds electrical motor all less than bore, interference fit between described electrical motor and the described pit.
Described first upper arm of described upper hood and described the second upper arm and the first underarm of corresponding described lower machine cover and jack and the inserting column that the second underarm is respectively arranged with corresponding coupling, described inserting column corresponding between described the first upper arm and described the first underarm is plugged in the described jack, and described inserting column corresponding between described the second upper arm and described the second underarm is plugged in the described jack.
Described lower machine cover is provided with hollow hole.
Described quadrotor also comprises a protective case; the rotor of described quadrotor is positioned at the inboard of described protective case; the fixed support of described protective case is connected to the part that protrudes from described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm on the described motor, and the fixed support of described protective case is positioned at below the plane of rotation of described rotor.
Owing to having adopted said structure, quadrotor of the present invention is simple in structure, and is easy to assembly, and has the characteristics such as high anti-collision, high deformation resistance, high wind resistance, high antifatigue, high agility and/or high steerability.
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Fig. 1 shows the exploded drawings according to the quadrotor of embodiment.
Fig. 2 A shows another exploded drawings of quadrotor.
Fig. 2 B shows the details according to hasp on the shell of the quadrotor of embodiment.
Fig. 3 shows battery is inserted quadrotor.
Fig. 4 shows the electrical motor of quadrotor and the hand of rotation of rotor.
Fig. 5 shows the upward view of quadrotor.
Fig. 6 A shows the lifting support pin decomposing schematic representation of quadrotor.
Fig. 6 B shows the lifting support pin cross-sectional schematic of quadrotor.
Fig. 7 show quadrotor the LED lamp cross-sectional schematic is set.
Fig. 8 A show quadrotor protective case birds-eye view is set.
Fig. 8 B is the cross-sectional schematic of A-A among Fig. 8 A.
Fig. 9 shows the motor setting of quadrotor and the hole post on the shell cooperates schematic diagram.
Figure 10 shows the embodiment decomposing schematic representation of another kind of quadrotor.
Figure 11 shows another angle decomposition schematic diagram of the embodiment among Figure 10.
Figure 12 shows the first upper arm of quadrotor and the cross-sectional schematic that the second upper arm matches with the first underarm and the second underarm.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1 shows the exploded drawings according to the quadrotor of embodiment.Quadrotor comprises hood 5, lower machine cover 6, PCB 9, one or more electrical motor 10 and 11, battery 12, four rotors 1,2,3 and 4.Quadrotor may further include one or more screws 8 and 7.
Fig. 2 A shows another exploded drawings of quadrotor.As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, upper hood 5 has the first upper arm 51, the second upper arm 52 and body 53.The first and second upper arm 51 and 52 are connected to body 53 and the first and second upper arm 51 and 52 are intersected with each other.On each end 51a of the first upper arm 51 and 51b, pit 510a and 510b can be arranged respectively.Pit 510a and 510b are constructed to wherein hold electrical motor 11 or any transmission device.On each end 52a of the first arm 52 and 52b, pit 520a and 520b can be arranged respectively.Pit 520a and 520b are serving as the effect of wherein holding electrical motor 10 or any transmission device.
Shown in Fig. 1 and 2 A, lower machine cover 6 also has the first underarm 61, the second underarm 62 and body 63.The first underarm 61 is corresponding to the first upper arm 51 of upper hood 5; The second underarm 62 is corresponding to the second upper arm 52.In an embodiment, lower machine cover 6 comprises battery tray 66, and battery tray is constructed to battery 12 removably is fixed on the lower machine cover 6.
According to embodiment, each end of the first and second underarms 61 and each end of 62 and the first and second upper arm 51 and 52 comprises hasp and is constructed to and is engaged with each other when fit on hood 5 and lower machine cover 6.Fig. 2 B shows the details according to the hasp of embodiment.Dull and stereotyped A among Fig. 2 B is corresponding to the dotted line frame A among Fig. 2 A and show the details of hasp on arm 61 and 62.Dull and stereotyped B among Fig. 2 B is corresponding to the dotted line frame B among Fig. 2 A and show the details of hasp on arm 51 and 52.Hasp on the underarm 61 and 62 includes projection 660.Projection 660 is narrower than underarm 61 and 62.Hasp on the underarm 61 and 62 includes step 670, and step separates with projection 660.Hasp on the upper arm 51 and 52 includes slit 560 and groove 570.Slit 560 has in fact and protruding 660 identical width.When fit on hood 5 and lower machine cover 6, the hasp on the snap-engagement upper arm 51 and 52 on the underarm 61 and 62, thus upper hood 5 is fixed in lower machine cover 6.Especially, protruding 660 engagement slot 560 and step 670 engagement groove 570.Dull and stereotyped C referring to Fig. 2 B.Upper hood 5 can further be fixed in lower machine cover 6 by screw 8.
PCB 9 can use any suitable method simultaneously, and such as screw 7, clip or adhesives etc. is installed on the hood 5.For example, PCB 9 can be installed in the body 53 times of hood 5.PCB 9 can comprise any suitable parts, for example remote control transport module, antenna, microprocessor, memory device, amplifier, gps receiver, altimeter and photographic camera.PCB 9 can be constructed to receive the signal from satellite, remote controllers; Transmit signals to satellite, remote controllers; Position, speed, working direction and the track of control aircraft, image data processing; And driving motor 10 and 11.PCB 9 can be by any suitable Power supply, for example battery 12 or solar panel.
As shown in Figure 4, the electrical motor 10 that is installed among pit 520a and the 520b is configured to rotate in same direction.The electrical motor 11 that is installed among pit 510a and the 510b is configured to rotate in same direction, but with the direction of the opposite direction of electrical motor 10.That is, be installed in the electrical motor clickwise on the arm of hood 5 and be installed in electrical motor left-hand revolution on another arm of hood 5, or vice versa.Electrical motor 10 and 11 axis are parallel to each other and be positioned on the same face of cylinder.
Rotor 2 and 3 is installed on the electrical motor 10 and rotor 1 and 4 is installed on the electrical motor 11.In an embodiment, rotor 2 equally with rotor 1 and 4 has an identical angle of attack with 3.Because rotor 2 and 3 rotates in the direction opposite with rotor 1 and 4, so all rotor 1-4 produce lift when rotation, the blade on the rotor 2 and 3 has the rotation opposite with respect to their maincenter spare.Rotor 2 and 3 can be considered as the mirror image of rotor 1 and 4.
Battery 12 can be any suitable battery, for example chargeable lithium ion battery.
As shown in Figure 3, being shaped as of lower machine cover 6 and upper hood 5: when assembling, battery 12 can removably insert the battery tray 66 from a side of aircraft (for example, the direction of four parallel arrows in the upper flat plate of Fig. 3).Lower machine cover 6 or upper hood 5 can comprise one or more ribs 690, and these ribs are constructed to prevent discharge battery 12 from aircraft suddenly.
Fig. 5 shows the upward view of aircraft.Fig. 2 B middle plateform C shows the details of dashed region.
Such as Figure 10, embodiment shown in 11, also comprise battery case 17 between described upper hood 5 and the lower machine cover 6, described battery case 17 is installed in the described lower machine cover 6, described battery 12 is installed in the described battery case 17, battery loading port 171 correspondences of described battery case are arranged on a side of described quadrotor, described battery 12 is configured to removably insert described battery case 17 from described battery loading port 171, the battery loading port 171 of described battery case 17 is provided with elastic blocking key 172, and described elastic blocking key 172 is configured to prevent skid off described battery 12 from described battery case 17.
Such as Figure 10, embodiment shown in 11, further comprise a shooting electronic module 18, described shooting electronic module 18 comprises camera 181, described shooting electronic module 18 is arranged on the described lower machine cover 6, described shooting electronic module 18 is arranged on the described lower machine cover 6 between described lower machine cover 6 and described battery case 17, described battery case 17 is provided with camera hold down groove 173, described camera 181 is installed in the described camera hold down groove 173, offer camera via hole 64 on the described lower machine cover 6, described camera 181 passes described camera via hole 64, described camera 181 is fixed between the endoporus shoulder and described camera hold down groove 173 of described camera via hole 64, a side corresponding with described lower machine cover 6 is provided with the card column 174 for fixing described shooting electronic module 18 on the described battery case 17, and described shooting electronic module 18 is positioned between described card column 174 and the described lower machine cover 6.
Such as Fig. 6 A, shown in the 6B, the bottommost of described first upper arm 51 of described upper hood 5 and the end of described the second upper arm 52 all is lower than the least significant end of described lower machine cover 6 to consist of the lifting support pin 54 of described quadrotor, and the bottom of described lifting support pin 54 also is provided with flexible glue pad 55, described lifting support pin 54 bottoms are one-body molded T-shaped dop 541, what described flexible glue pad 55 was complementary be located on the described T-shaped dop 541, also offer the wire casing 542 that runs through on the described T-shaped dop 541, described wire casing 542 is hidden in the described flexible glue pad 55, thereby the electric wire that passes described wire casing 542 can be stashed.
As shown in figure 12, all offer the electric wire storage tank 56 in UNICOM end and the described upper hood 5 in described the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52, and the size of described electric wire storage tank 56 and the thickness of single electric wire are complementary, the electric wire that passes described electric wire storage tank 56 fixedly inlay card in described electric wire storage tank 56, so that on assembling is described, can not expose or the impact assembling that gets loose because of electric wire in the process of hood 5 and lower machine cover 6, wire casing 542 UNICOMs on described electric wire storage tank 56 and the described T-shaped dop 541, and described the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52 and the first underarm 61 and the second underarm 62 all adopt triangular shape structure, its structural stability of having utilized triangular shape structural reinforcing, and can reduce greatly air resistance, be conducive to the flight of described quadrotor.
As shown in Figure 7, each end of described the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52 is equipped with LED lamp 57, and the luminous end of each described LED lamp 57 all arranges vertically upward, so that the light that LED lamp 57 sends can be radiated on the rotor, to build better light efficiency, the outermost of each end of described the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52 offers the caulking groove 571 of setting the LED lamp line, wire casing 542 UNICOMs on described caulking groove 571 and the described T-shaped dop 541, described LED lamp line is embedded in the described caulking groove 571 and passes described wire casing 542 and electric wire storage tank 56 is connected in the described upper hood 5.
As shown in Figure 6A, the equal hollow out of end 51a, 51b, 52a, 52b of each arrangement motor of described first upper arm 51 of wherein said upper hood 5 and described the second upper arm 52 has heat dissipation weight-reducing hole 58.
As shown in Figure 9, each end of wherein said the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52 in order to the internal diameter that holds electrical motor 10,11 pit 510a, 510b, 520a, 520b all less than bore, described electrical motor 10,11 and described pit 510a, 510b, 520a, 520b between interference fit, and then can better fix described electrical motor 10,11.
As shown in Figure 9, described first upper arm 51 of wherein said upper hood 5 and described the second upper arm 52 and the first underarm 61 of corresponding described lower machine cover 6 and the jack 59 and inserting column 65 that the second underarm 62 is respectively arranged with corresponding coupling, described inserting column 65 corresponding between described the first upper arm 51 and described the first underarm 61 is plugged in the described jack 59, described inserting column 65 corresponding between described the second upper arm 52 and described the second underarm 62 is plugged in the described jack 59, utilize hole post close-fitting design, the assembling between convenient described the first upper arm 51 and the second upper arm 52 and described the first underarm 61 and the second underarm 62.
As shown in figure 10, wherein said lower machine cover 6 is provided with hollow hole 66, conveniently dispels the heat and alleviates the weight of described lower machine cover 6.
Shown in Fig. 8 A, 8B; also comprise a protective case 5a; the rotor of described quadrotor is positioned at the inboard of described protective case 5a; the fixed support 5a1 of described protective case 5a is connected to the part that protrudes from described the first upper arm 51 and described the second upper arm 52 on the described motor 10,11; and the fixed support 5a1 of described protective case 5a is positioned at below the plane of rotation of described rotor; described protective case 5a provides the shatter-resistant protection for described quadrotor, and does not disturb the rotation of described rotor.
Stable, wind resistance, crash-resistant, quick and controollable according to the quadrotor as herein described of one or more embodiment.
About claims, when example is such as the word of " ", " ", " at least one " or " at least one part " etc. before feature, be not to be intended to limit claim to be this feature only, unless make especially on the contrary statement in the claim.
Above explanation is intended to illustrative, rather than restrictive.Therefore, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that in the scope of the claims that do not break away from following elaboration and can make modification.

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1. quadrotor comprises:
Upper hood comprises the first upper arm and the second upper arm;
Lower machine cover comprises the first underarm and the second underarm;
Wherein said the first upper arm and described the first underarm comprise hasp and first time hasp on first accordingly;
Wherein said the second upper arm and described the second underarm comprise hasp and second time hasp on second accordingly;
The described second time hasp of snap-engagement on the described first time hasp of snap-engagement and described second on wherein said first, thus described upper hood is fixed in described lower machine cover.
2. quadrotor according to claim 1, on wherein said first on the hasp and described second at least one in the hasp comprise slit and groove, at least one in wherein said first time hasp and the described second time hasp comprises projection and step; The described slit of wherein said bump bonds and described step engage described groove.
3. quadrotor according to claim 1, wherein said lower machine cover comprises battery tray, described battery tray is constructed to battery-disassembled ground is fixed on the described lower machine cover.
4. quadrotor according to claim 1, wherein said upper hood is at the pit of each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm, and described pit is constructed to wherein hold one or more electrical motors.
5. quadrotor according to claim 1 further comprises pcb board, and described pcb board is configured to: receive the signal from satellite, remote controllers; Transmit signals to satellite, remote controllers; Control position, speed, working direction and the track of described quadrotor; Process picture intelligence; Or their combination.
6. quadrotor according to claim 5, wherein said pcb board is connected on the described upper hood.
7. quadrotor according to claim 1 further comprises solar panel.
8. quadrotor according to claim 1 further comprises two the first electrical motors that are installed on described the first upper arm and is installed in two the second electrical motors on described the second upper arm.
9. quadrotor according to claim 8, wherein said two the first electrical motors are configured to clickwise and described two the second electrical motors are configured to left-hand revolution; Perhaps wherein said two the first electrical motors are configured to left-hand revolution and described two the second electrical motors are configured to clickwise.
10. quadrotor according to claim 9 further comprises the rotor that is installed on each described first electrical motor and each described second electrical motor.
11. quadrotor according to claim 10 wherein is installed in the mirror image that rotor on each described first electrical motor is mounted in the rotor on each described second electrical motor.
12. quadrotor according to claim 8, the axis of wherein said the first electrical motor and described the second electrical motor is parallel to each other and be positioned on the same face of cylinder.
13. quadrotor according to claim 10, wherein said rotor produce lift when rotation.
14. quadrotor according to claim 1 further comprises battery.
15. quadrotor according to claim 14, wherein said battery are chargeable lithium ion batteries.
16. quadrotor according to claim 14, wherein said battery are configured to removably insert wherein from a side of described quadrotor.
17. quadrotor according to claim 14, wherein said lower machine cover further comprises one or more ribs, and described rib is configured to prevent from the described battery of described quadrotor sudden outburst.
18. quadrotor according to claim 14, further comprise battery case, described battery case is installed in the described lower machine cover, described battery is installed in the described battery case, the battery loading port correspondence of described battery case is arranged on a side of described quadrotor, described battery is configured to removably insert described battery case from described battery loading port, the battery loading port of described battery case is provided with elastic blocking key, and described elastic blocking key is configured to prevent skid off described battery from described battery case.
19. quadrotor according to claim 18, further comprise a shooting electronic module, described shooting electronic module comprises camera, described shooting electronic module is arranged on the described lower machine cover, described shooting electronic module is arranged on the described lower machine cover between described lower machine cover and described battery case, described battery case is provided with the camera hold down groove, described camera is installed in the described camera hold down groove, offer the camera via hole on the described lower machine cover, described camera passes described camera via hole, described camera is fixed between the endoporus shoulder and described camera hold down groove of described camera via hole, a side corresponding with described lower machine cover on the described battery case is provided with card column, and described shooting electronic module is positioned between described card column and the described lower machine cover.
20. quadrotor according to claim 1, the bottommost of described first upper arm of wherein said upper hood and the end of described the second upper arm all is lower than the least significant end of described lower machine cover to consist of the lifting support pin of described quadrotor, and the bottom of described lifting support pin also is provided with the flexible glue pad, described lifting support sole end is one-body molded T-shaped dop, what described flexible glue pad was complementary be located on the described T-shaped dop, also offer the wire casing that runs through on the described T-shaped dop, described wire casing is hidden in the described flexible glue pad.
21. quadrotor according to claim 20, all offer the electric wire storage tank in UNICOM end and the described upper hood in described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm, and the size of described electric wire storage tank and the thickness of single electric wire are complementary, the electric wire that passes described electric wire storage tank fixedly inlay card in described electric wire storage tank, wire casing UNICOM on described electric wire storage tank and the described T-shaped dop, and described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm and the first underarm and the second underarm all adopt triangular shape structure.
22. quadrotor according to claim 21, each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm is equipped with the LED lamp, and the luminous end of each described LED lamp all arranges vertically upward, the outermost of each end of described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm offers the caulking groove of setting the LED lamp line, wire casing UNICOM on described caulking groove and the described T-shaped dop, described LED lamp line is embedded in the described caulking groove and passes described wire casing and the electric wire storage tank is connected in the described upper hood.
23. quadrotor according to claim 4, described first upper arm of wherein said upper hood and each of described the second upper arm settle the equal hollow out in end of motor that the heat dissipation weight-reducing hole is arranged.
24. quadrotor according to claim 4, each end of wherein said the first upper arm and described the second upper arm in order to the internal diameter of the pit that holds electrical motor all less than bore, interference fit between described electrical motor and the described pit.
25. quadrotor according to claim 1, described first upper arm of wherein said upper hood and described the second upper arm and the first underarm of corresponding described lower machine cover and jack and the inserting column that the second underarm is respectively arranged with corresponding coupling, described inserting column corresponding between described the first upper arm and described the first underarm is plugged in the described jack, and described inserting column corresponding between described the second upper arm and described the second underarm is plugged in the described jack.
26. quadrotor according to claim 1, wherein said lower machine cover is provided with hollow hole.
27. quadrotor according to claim 10; also comprise a protective case; the rotor of described quadrotor is positioned at the inboard of described protective case; the fixed support of described protective case is connected to the part that protrudes from described the first upper arm and described the second upper arm on the described motor, and the fixed support of described protective case is positioned at below the plane of rotation of described rotor.
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