FEA

Assumptions:

(numbers taken from here: weight & flight time calculations)

• weight of electrical parts is 2.54kg

• weight of mechanical drone is 1.624kg

• payload is 2kg

• not considering frame spacers and other attachments breaking

Carbon fiber properties here: http://www.performance-composites.com/carbonfibre/mechanicalproperties_2.asp

Plates

Static load of 2.54+1.624+2=6.164kg, assuming F=mg , this is 60.47N.

von Mises:

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Strain:

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FOS: