Hi 3D Hubs fellows,
To those who still do not know about us, we are a team of five young tech lovers that on April 6th we presented our project on IndieGoGo: the Mosquito, 3D printed, modular and customizable drone and it comes in a kit format, so the user can assemble, configure and, eventually, enjoy evenmore the flying expirience. (www.indiegogo.com/at/bonadrone)
After few days on IndieGoGo we want to make a turning point in our campaign featuring new perks. We hope they have a good welcome in the maker’s community. It is true that the experience is worthwhile if you assemble the drone. However, there is still a step which many people are missing and probably they do not want to: 3D printing. For this reason we launch the version “Mosquito to print”. This pack includes all the necessary electronics, all STL files so the makers community can enjoy printing, modifying and customizing their own Mosquito. Thanks to 3D Hubs, whoever get this Perk will have a $10 voucher off on printing through their portal (www.3dhubs.com).
The news about the BonaDrone’s campaign on IndieGoGo do not stop here. We have decided to launch an Educational Mosquito, which will be a perfect starter drone for children and beginners to learn the basics, at a fraction of the price. Sacrificing some features of the original Mosquito, this is an ideal pack for those who want to check if the DIY Drones is what they have been looking for. The Educational Mosquito can be upgrade to a Mosquito, so you are not buying a final product.
In addition, we give the printing files (.stl) with all those perks including a Mosquito (either assembled or disassembled). Thus, the perks with which you can get to printing files to print your own Mosquito are:
- Mosquito frame to print
- Educational Mosquito
- Mosquito Disassembled
- Mosquito unique Disassembled
- Mosquito Disassembled +gadget
- Mosquito Assembled + gadget
- Mosquito premium Assembled
We hope you will enjoy making modification on our Mosquito and changing the functionality of your drone with the different accessories, the Gimbal or the Hook, we are working on the development of new ones. Remember that after a crash you could repair the Mosquito just printing the damaged part.
Looking forward to your feedback to keep on working!!
BonaDrone Team
www.bonadrone.com
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Jaimie
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Why?
I don’t understand this project.
Its cheaper to get an injection molded frame and parts from hobbyking. Injection molded parts and milled parts will be stronger and lighter. You’re also competing with a phantom 3 on price which is an amazing out of the box experience.
If you’re trying to be a ~450 sized printed quad, these sized frames are openly available on thingiverse (and other places) and printable for much less, one of the major boons of 3D printing is to remove suppliers and print ideas.
I’d recommend you sell your frame CAD files on a closed source 3D repository. It’s a nice looking frame.
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KDan
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I agree completely. You’d be paying a huge premium for “the experience”. A RTF Phantom 3 (with 2.7K camera can now be bought for around $450 USD. The RTF version of this thing appears to cost twice as much.
Building your own equivalent from a frame kit and sourcing your own parts from HobbyKing, RCTimer, or ReadytoFlyQuads would be cheaper yet. Plus, you’d get “the experience” 
