Case for Taranis based Camera Controller v1.1

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I decided to create a complete new Housing to control the Gimbal for a Drone. I wanted a customized housing for the special needs of a camera operator. The topplate is laser cutted and made out of wood or POM. I recommend POM for the look and feel. Some parts I created/remixed to use with this housing: FPV Camera Mount to have a secondary small cam underneath the Gimbal Attachement of the payload. In case of slow motion recording or different camera is attached: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1343766 A Boscam 5802 Mount to attach the screen directly to the Housing and internal Powersupply is also included. This is a remix from Thing 1069007 Added also some parts of my other designs as they were designed to use in this project (FPV camera mount for Sony RX 100 IV and a servo mount as well to remote control manual focus). Due to the assembling phase I recognized the orignial bottons of the Taranis weren't quite useful. So I designed some new which will fit perfectly into the cutted holes of the topplate and have a nice feeling when using it. I used a Lasercutter to create the Topplate. It is made out of POM. Any other material like ply wood or acrylic glas will work as well. I engraved the Plate and painted it a bit to increase the contrast of the letters. Note: Due to printing my housing had a few deformations. So I adjusted the top plate for a perfect match again. Thw top plate will be uploaded in EPS format So you can adjust it as you want and as you need. Some more information (in german) about the project : http://fpv-community.de/showthread.php?72904-Kamera-und-Gimabl-Steuerung-auf-Basis-von-Taranis I added an expansion port and controller. For the axpansion controller I added a different thing. Please see: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1832030 Note: This is work in progress. I will update this thing. Print Settings Printer Brand: Ultimaker Printer: Ultimaker Original Rafts: Yes Supports: Yes Infill: 100% (to maximize stability) Notes: I printed the housing from bottom to top with an infill of 100%. Before I tried with 15% (just to save time and it felt stable) but it broke apart after a few months. It broke because of the weight of the screen. The screws are noe more loose and just hold the screen in place. Additionally I attached a wooden support which will hold the screen as well is support for a neck strap. Beside these tasks it is also the first point touching the ground. It so prevent the case from cracks when putting away (a bit more rough). Just want to have is as durable as possible as I want to use it and don't want to think about if it could fell apart. Changed position of Antenna Mount. Otherwise you have to re-solder your antenna (as me) as it cable is to short to reach the other side. Changed Thickness of mounting holes to increas durability I had some trouble printing the battery cover as it broke all the time as the layers were in the wrong orientation for the force. So I decided to print it upright. I uploaded a special stl with a thin 0.1 mm think shell on the top. You need to remove it, I added it just to make it printable and force the printer to add support. Otherwise I'm afraid it will fall over while printing. But it worked out well. I updated the mounting plate for the Boscam Screen as well. it broke appart. I designed it stronger now and printed it with 100% infill. Guess now the housing is the weaker part but the mounting plate is strong as I wanted it ;) There are two different faceplates. One is dedicated to use a small compact style camera like Sony RX100. The other one is designed for Black Magic Micro. I had a Sony before but switched to the Black Magic during the process. In the EPS Files you will find also some spare designs for internal parts as placeholder as well as placeholders for switches I used. Additionally I have there some leftover designs from former switches. Maybe use ful for somebody (like six position switch) Added layout for the wooden support. Not much to mention here. This was the part I developed/tuned less. So it will fit but not 100% perfectly. There are some gaps of around 1-2 mm, but it will do its job. I cutted it from 5 mm plywood. The big holes are designed to use bigger antennas. Added an extension port (one switch/channel isn't used yet), I want to have it accessible from outside as well as the trainer port. It would be great to have some expansion controllers for different tasks, features, payloads (for example motion tracking or combined auto focus and shutter release for photo cameras) The expansion port will use Sub-D 15 Connector. Please see the link for more details:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1832030