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Step 6,7,8 - Mount Motors, Finish Wiring, Setup CC Board
Posted by YouMadeMeDoIt,
20 January 2012
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setup soldering motors mounting fly
Ok, so at this point I am cramming the last few steps together after receiving my motors from Hobby King in China. At the time I am writing this I have already accomplished my maiden flight/crash test. Basically, these are the final steps I took prior to getting her out and in the air:
1. Mounted motors - I used 2 sheets of some tub lining rubber I had lying around to mount the motors on. This served a 2-fold purpose - to dampen vibrations and to make some space for the motor shafts since they were rubbing on the wooden motor mounts a little bit. It definitely worked for the second purpose! As for vibration dampening, I don't think it can hurt.
2. I scrapped the wooden roll cage provided by Blue Sky R/C in this Mega Quad kit because it interfered with my access to the bolts holding the boards in place. I bent myself a nice piece of aluminum bar. I found it to be simple, and really sturdy. It's also a nice carrying handle. It is bolted all the way through the arms (with their basswood centers) and the wooden frame. As you'll see in my first crash test video, this little aluminum guard was worth its weight in gold. It saved all my electronics on each of my 4 crashes.
3. Next, I mounted the battery with two velcro straps and a piece of foam taped along the bottom of the frame to protect the top of the battery from being damaged by machine screw heads. During my crash testing, I came to find that I should probably add some velcro on the actual battery.
4. Changed the 4mm banana connectors on the ESCs to male Deans connectors so that they would plug into my power board.
5. Wired everything up (Receiver, satellite, ESC's, Motors, Battery, CC Board) and arranged things as neatly as I possibly could at my current skill level!
6. Proceeded to read and follow Matt's 101 Guide and watched the Copter Control Basics videos...then proceeded to run into some problems I addressed in the forums, followed by some minor crash testing.
1. Mounted motors - I used 2 sheets of some tub lining rubber I had lying around to mount the motors on. This served a 2-fold purpose - to dampen vibrations and to make some space for the motor shafts since they were rubbing on the wooden motor mounts a little bit. It definitely worked for the second purpose! As for vibration dampening, I don't think it can hurt.
2. I scrapped the wooden roll cage provided by Blue Sky R/C in this Mega Quad kit because it interfered with my access to the bolts holding the boards in place. I bent myself a nice piece of aluminum bar. I found it to be simple, and really sturdy. It's also a nice carrying handle. It is bolted all the way through the arms (with their basswood centers) and the wooden frame. As you'll see in my first crash test video, this little aluminum guard was worth its weight in gold. It saved all my electronics on each of my 4 crashes.
3. Next, I mounted the battery with two velcro straps and a piece of foam taped along the bottom of the frame to protect the top of the battery from being damaged by machine screw heads. During my crash testing, I came to find that I should probably add some velcro on the actual battery.
4. Changed the 4mm banana connectors on the ESCs to male Deans connectors so that they would plug into my power board.
5. Wired everything up (Receiver, satellite, ESC's, Motors, Battery, CC Board) and arranged things as neatly as I possibly could at my current skill level!
6. Proceeded to read and follow Matt's 101 Guide and watched the Copter Control Basics videos...then proceeded to run into some problems I addressed in the forums, followed by some minor crash testing.
nice job!