Design, assembly, and flight testing of a custom X-configuration 8-rotor UAV, from avionics to bench diagnostics.
Technical Overview
Assembled and configured an X-configuration multirotor testbed built around Pixhawk 6C flight controllers and T-Motor motors.
Designed a modular arm layout with a clean wiring path from the power distribution board to all eight motors.
Ran system-level bench diagnostics and signal analysis to resolve initialization issues, verifying synchronized motor response and eliminating throttle latency across all eight rotors.
Designed a modular physical internal avionics system in Onshape with vibration-isolated sensor mounts to protect the flight controller and IMU from high-thrust vibration.
Skills & Hardware
Pixhawk 6C Flight Controller
T-Motor Motors / DShot ESCs
Onshape / SolidWorks
Bench Diagnostics & Signal Analysis
Matlab
Build Gallery
01Full octorotor frame assembly, X-8 configuration, with all eight T-Motor arms mounted.
02Pixhawk 6C and telemetry radio mounted in the central avionics tray, wired to the power distribution board.
03Onshape model of the drone.
043D-printed motor arm mount with a keyed locking clip, used to seat each carbon-fiber boom against the central frame.
05Locking clip disassembled from the mount, showing the keyed geometry that keeps each boom from folding under load.
