Underslung mount on a Logo 600

[Wenlock]

I'm building a custom underslung mount for my Logo 600 3D, and I'm starting to be a little concerned about the strength of the Logo's landing gear mounts. Those little plastic tabs don't seem very strong or very rigid.

Has anyone slung a mount underneath a Logo 500/600 yet? Will the landing gear mounts take the weight? I'm planning to use a Sony R1.

I'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to attach the mount to the hexagonal spacers that run through the chassis just above the landing gear mounts.

[wlfk]

I wondered about making a c/f plate as wide as the inside of the battery compartment, then sliding it in on top of the spacers. Landing gear would go via the landing-gear mounts. Camera would be suspended from the c/f plate.

K

[Wenlock]

Hi K

I had to think about your idea for a while, but now I wish I'd thought of it myself! The battery tray gives a huge surface area for spreading the weight of the mount and camera, and with none of the issues associated with the landing gear mounting points. With a few countersunk screws dropped through a CF plate, the battery tray would give an excellent mounting point that should support quite a load.

I was just about to start cutting carbon fibre for a mounting frame that I designed to be slung between the landing gear mounting points. I think your idea is much better, I think I'll re-work my design to hang from the battery tray.

Sliding a CF plate in there also allows you to solve another problem "for free", as it were, because the plate could be extended out in front of the chassis to support the overhanging portion of a large LiPo.

I need to finish off the landing gear first, then I'll have a crack at the camera mount.

Wenlock