A few tips on 'wrapping your UAV'

[Saigondroner]

I live in Southeast Asia, and I have access to very cheap and substandard quality drone accessories. I have normally 'wrapped my rides' using various vinyl 'carbon fiber look' plastic sheeting.. My objective is to reduce scratches, and everyday wear and tear on the AC's surface. I've only used black, none of the day glo items. If someone is interested in applying a wrap, here are a few tips:

1. A blow dryer, or a heat gun (best) is required. Heat the wrap and the AC surface 1st. Heat guns are not blow dryers, and can start fires...be careful. My heat gun can blow 400 deg C/750 deg F. Less is more. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ANY MORE SERIOUSLY!!
2. Apply the decals on the batteries FIRST. Why? Batts are small, uniform, and give a 'feel' how the wrap reacts. LiPo's are dangerous, and sensitive to heat. I heat a LiPo using a 150deg heat gun for 10 SECONDS.
3. If wrap came from China, read the manual carefully....you'll eventually understand WTF the manual is explaining
4. Bubbles and creases are easily removed. A razor knife (Xacto) will trim overages.
5. Patience is a virtue; I have wrapped ~20 drones, and this was 2 hours effort. It is tedious.
6. Oh yeah, clean EVERY surface before application ;-)

Be safe....

 

[MavicFT1P]

Thanks for the advice SaigonDroner. I got rid of my last wraps as i was getting rid of every bit of weight possible
for a Range record, But..

Im thinking about doing a glow in the Dark Version using the product below

Glowing Wraps

Professional, high quality Glow In The Dark car wrap vinyl films in all available colors by Vvivid Vinyls. This is a gloss white film that glows in the dark with one of three colors. Use it on car wraps, bikes, quads, boats, architectural and any other surface you want to wrap with vinyl!

www.carwrapsupplier.com

The wrap is a little translucent, so over a carbon skin, hopefully
end up with something like this.

Glow Alpine white could be cool too

 

[Slade]

Hello Saigon Droner. Your post is interesting and helpful. I, however, bought my Asian Dragon Skin from @DecalGirl. Easy on. Easy off. The graphics are beyond awesome and sale priced at $21.99 USD. Also comes with skins for Three Batteries. Check em out.
Hello Saigon Droner. Your post is interesting and helpful. I, however, bought my Asian Dragon Skin from @DecalGirl. Easy on. Easy off. The graphics are beyond awesome and sale priced at $21.99 USD. Also comes with skins for Three Batteries. Check em out.
Xin chào Sài Gòn Droner. Bài viết của bạn là thú vị và hữu ích. Tuy nhiên, tôi đã mua Da rồng châu Á của mình từ @DecalGirl. Dễ dàng trên. Dễ dàng tắt. Đồ họa vượt xa tuyệt vời và giá bán $ 21,99 USD. Cũng đi kèm với da cho Ba Pin. Kiểm tra em ra.

 

[MavicFT1P]

Hello Saigon Droner. Your post is interesting and helpful. I, however, bought my Asian Dragon Skin from @DecalGirl. Easy on. Easy off. The graphics are beyond awesome and sale priced at $21.99 USD. Also comes with skins for Three Batteries. Check em out.
Hello Saigon Droner. Your post is interesting and helpful. I, however, bought my Asian Dragon Skin from @DecalGirl. Easy on. Easy off. The graphics are beyond awesome and sale priced at $21.99 USD. Also comes with skins for Three Batteries. Check em out.
Xin chào Sài Gòn Droner. Bài viết của bạn là thú vị và hữu ích. Tuy nhiên, tôi đã mua Da rồng châu Á của mình từ @DecalGirl. Dễ dàng trên. Dễ dàng tắt. Đồ họa vượt xa tuyệt vời và giá bán $ 21,99 USD. Cũng đi kèm với da cho Ba Pin. Kiểm tra em ra.

Was that a 'Wax on, wax off' diss?

 

[Deleted member 91193]

Thanks for the advice SaigonDroner. I got rid of my last wraps as i was getting rid of every bit of weight possible
for a Range record, But..

Im thinking about doing a glow in the Dark Version using the product below

Glowing Wraps

Professional, high quality Glow In The Dark car wrap vinyl films in all available colors by Vvivid Vinyls. This is a gloss white film that glows in the dark with one of three colors. Use it on car wraps, bikes, quads, boats, architectural and any other surface you want to wrap with vinyl!

www.carwrapsupplier.com

The wrap is a little translucent, so over a carbon skin, hopefully
end up with something like this.

Glow Alpine white could be cool too

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Maybe we can go 50/50 on some wrap.. I would be interested too!