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'''Kramer's documentation of his build'''
*got a little lazy at the end of day 1
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    <ownerEmail>kramer102@gmail.com</ownerEmail>
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    <outline text="Tricopter Build" >
      <outline text="Legs" >
        <outline text="sanded Legs" />
        <outline text="Assemble Motors " >
          <outline text="attach the bottom braket" >
            <outline text="get counter sink side correct" /></outline>
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        <outline text="Attach 2 non-servo motors to legs" >
          <outline text="opposite side of screw holes" />
          <outline text="align wires with opening" />
          <outline text="use small cutout to enclose wires within leg slot" >
            <outline text="could glue" /></outline>
          <outline text="zip tie in place" />
          <outline text="Photo One" /></outline>
        <outline text="Zip tie and connect speed control" >
          <outline text="will need to determine direction after build by running the motor and noting direction so don't make permanent" />
          <outline text="photo 2" /></outline>
        <outline text="drill and file 3D printed gimble mount" >
          <outline text="use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot" />
          <outline text="photo 3" />
          <outline text="use super glue" /></outline>
        <outline text="screw motor on 3D printed mount" >
          <outline text="may need to drill to fit" />
          <outline text="align wires away from base end" />
          <outline text="photo4" /></outline>
        <outline text="Attach servo" >
          <outline text="use drill to reverse counter sink screw hole to get a flush connection" />
          <outline text="cut two edges of servo star to fit" />
          <outline text="ensure full range of motion and attach star to servo" />
          <outline text="superglue to gimble" />
          <outline text="photo5" /></outline>
        <outline text="Attach gimble and servo to leg" >
          <outline text="Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg" >
            <outline text="inscrewed and screwed" /></outline>
          <outline text="use zip ties" />
          <outline text="used super glue for spacer after zip tie" />
          <outline text="photo6" /></outline>
        <outline text="zip tie and connect speed controller" /></outline>
      <outline text="Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center" >
        <outline text="use shorter 1 1/4 inch screw on inside for gimbled leg" />
        <outline text="attach so that the motors face down and the wires are accesable " />
        <outline text="photo7" /></outline>
      <outline text="connect  wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire" >
        <outline text="pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers" >
          <outline text="cut and strip black and red wires " />
          <outline text="cut and strip speaker wire" />
          <outline text="cut shrink wrap and solder wire red to red black to black" />
          <outline text="photo8" />
          <outline text="lighter for shrink wrap" />
          <outline text="combine all neg and wire to neg for final wire" />
          <outline text="do the same for pos" />
          <outline text="don't forget skrink wrap(large)" /></outline>
        <outline text="Extend all control wires " >
          <outline text="only the white wire from the two legs without the gimble" />
          <outline text="all three from the gimble" />
          <outline text="leave about 4 inches past the hole through the center section to the top" />
          <outline text="takes a while; don't forget the shrink wrap" /></outline>
        <outline text="attach the top plate" >
          <outline text="I messed up the side I soldered the large wires and had to flip the legs to make the bottom plate the top" />
          <outline text="photo11" />
          <outline text="photo10" /></outline>
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