As mentioned in a previous post, I purchased an optional Power Distribution Board (PDB) from Hobby King that replaces the middle support board in the body of the quad. The Distribution Board provides an easy to connect mounting point for the main power lead (which connects to the battery) and the positive (red) and negative (black) power leads from each of the ESCs. The battery lead is soldered on the bottom of the Power Distribution Board and the ESC leads solder on to the top.
Each of the four arms attach to the Power Distribution Board with four screws.
Once the four arms are attached to the top Power Distribution Board (PDB), I then mounted 4 nylon spacers to the top of the PDB which will be used to mount the top SK450 body board.
With the basic structure of the Quad set, it is time to mount the ESCs to each of the four arms. I decided to mount the ESCs on the top of the arms. They could also have been mounted on the bottom of the arm, but I assumed they would be better protected on the top.
I used a Kester Flux Pen to put some liquid flux on each of the pads before I tinned the pad, prior to solder the ESC wires.
Once the ESC connections were made I then mounted the bottom body board below the PDB. Each of the arms has a built in spacer to provide the spacing between the PDB and the bottom board. The bottom board is where the battery gets attached. I mounted bottom board with two screws (with the ever popular threadlock) on the bottom of each arm.
Once again I am including two fantastic videos from eluminerRC - he mounts his ESC with connectors on the power leads, but the process is similar:
Now we are making some progress and this mass of parts is starting to finally look like a Quadcopter. All that is left to do is mount the KK2 board and wire it to the ESCs and receiver.
Next Post: Mounting the KK2 Board
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