Motor and ESC Mounting

To make all the connections you'll eventually need to take the frame apart, so you might as well do it now because it will make mounting the motors and ESC easier.

Mounting the motors is easy - all you have to do is use the motor mount (you have to use it to make sure included mount plate so it can spin freely) and then screw it to the frame  Then you run the wires out through the arm of the frame.

Top view of mounted motor and ESC.

The ESC is something that you'll have to attach via alternative means.  I chose to mount it on the top of the arms, using a quick strap and some electrical tape.  The ESC needs some airflow so you don't want to tape the hole thing down.  Many people use velcro, but when I tried it seemed a bit flimsy.  Hence the cinch strap and a bit of tape.

As you can see from the top the ESC is about the same width as the quads arm so it looks nice and clean from the top except for a few wires off to the side.

Side view of mounted motor and ESC.

From the side view you can see that the wires are a little longer than needed, so you'll have to thread them through the bottom of the arm and then to the ESC.  You'll run the input wires from the ESC through the end of the arms.

From here we'll have to connect the newly soldered on ESC inputs to the power distribution bard and then we'll assemble the frame again.The control connector will then be plugged into the control board.

We will also need to consider programming the ESC, but this requires powering the system up, and we'll need some connection adapters because the battery came with HXT connections which stupidly don't connect up with the XT60 connectors on the power distribution board.

Another order has been placed, and I'll update this once I get that shipment in.  I'm also still waiting on the male to male servo connectors.