QAV250 clip on camera mount for FatShark camera

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This is a simple mount designed for my QAV250 and FatShark camera. I didn't have the camera plate with the parts I bought so I wanted something mount it in the same place between the pillars. A youtube video by Painless360 (youtu.be/mLSfupL_Aoc) gave me the idea to use a hairband to hold the camera in place; Neat!. He makes a mount from foam board. In a crash the camera has the springy-ness of the band to save it but also the clipped in frame can break free. I did include notches for Zipties if you want to make sure it doesn't come loose however. The OpenSCAD file has settings you can tweak for different frames and cameras. Instructions There are settings at the top of the OpenSCAD file to help you customise it to your own frame and camera: PLATE_WIDTH: Is the edge to edge width. Default is 48 which is the same as the QAV250 top plate. PLATE_HEIGHT: Is the height between the base and the top plate, as determined by the height of your pillars. Default is 34.8 however I didn't have the genuine QAV250 pillars. PLATE_THICKNESS: The printed thickness of the camera plate. Defaults to 1. PILLAR_DIAMETER: Used to calculate the clips. Defaults to 5 PILLAR_SPACING: Is the horizontal spacing between the pillar centres. Defaults to 36. BAND_NOTCH_WIDTH and BAND_NOTCH_DEPTH are for the cutout used to hold the hairband. This depends on the type of band you use ZIPTIE_WIDTH and ZIPTIE_THICKNESS are for the ziptie holes and, for the ones I had lying around, are set to 4x2 CAMERA_HOLE_DIAMETER: The diameter for the camera to fit through. I found that this value worked to fit the FatShark camera through with the focus locking ring in place: 15.6 ADD_ZIP_TIE_HOLES: This is an option to add the ziptie holes or not.