Diy Prop Balancer

A diy magnetic prop balancer.

Diy prop balancer. Balanced propeller is very if not the most important thing for multirotors. With the du bro balancer the mandrel has a solid stop and a movable spring loaded stop. Glue first to the propeller second to the motor body at 90 degrees it turns out as 2 perpendicular axes.

Now place the propeller on the balancer. Doityourselfdrones basically this is a fairly high precision dynamic balancer for motors and props that can be built for 60 or less. You really can t balance a prop without it.

Then move center of mass to the center of rotation by ajusting these 2 flyweights. Here is a diy magnetic balancer made from some scrap balsa and other parts. So you have spent a lot of money on your diy quadcopter or any multirotor and refuse to give any more but you still need a propeller balancer.

Posted by jethro hazelhurst on may 7 2014 at 12 01pm in my zeal to get started on my first multirotor i forgot to add a prop balancer to my cart. If a propeller is unbalanced it will create unnecessary vibration throughout the airplane s entire airframe which will eventually cause screws and nuts to loosen which would further. Or maybe it ll be worth a chuckle.

The shaft was salvaged from an old dvd drive. Guess what you can make your own from old computer components. Total cost is 6.

If you want to create jello free video this type of tool is what you need. So i set out to make my own out of parts i had laying around. Here s a diy low friction magnetic prop balancer for us penny pinching mortals who don t have fancy wood or metal working tools skills.