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* Legs | |||
** sanded Legs | |||
** Assemble Motors | |||
*** attach the bottom braket | |||
*** get counter sink side correct | |||
** Attach 2 non*servo motors to legs | |||
*** opposite side of screw holes | |||
*** align wires with opening | |||
*** use small cutout to enclose wires within leg slot | |||
**** could glue | |||
*** zip tie in place | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo1.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** Zip tie and connect speed control | |||
*** will need to determine direction after build by running the motor and noting direction so don't make permanent | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricoper Photo2.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** drill and file 3D printed gimble mount | |||
*** use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricopter Photo3.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** use super glue | |||
** screw motor on 3D printed mount | |||
*** may need to drill to fit | |||
*** align wires away from base end | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo4.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** Attach servo | |||
*** use drill to reverse counter sink screw hole to get a flush connection | |||
*** cut two edges of servo star to fit | |||
*** ensure full range of motion and attach star to servo | |||
*** superglue to gimble | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo5.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** Attach gimble and servo to leg | |||
*** Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg | |||
**** inscrewed and screwed | |||
*** use zip ties | |||
*** used super glue for spacer after zip tie | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo6.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** zip tie and connect speed controller | |||
* Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center | |||
** use shorter 1 1/4 inch screw on inside for gimbled leg | |||
** attach so that the motors face down and the wires are accesable | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo7.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
* connect wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire | |||
** pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers | |||
*** cut and strip black and red wires | |||
*** cut and strip speaker wire | |||
*** cut shrink wrap and solder wire red to red black to black | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo8.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** lighter for shrink wrap | |||
*** combine all neg and wire to neg for final wire | |||
*** do the same for pos | |||
*** don't forget skrink wrap(large) | |||
** Extend all control wires | |||
** only the white wire from the two legs without the gimble | |||
** all three from the gimble | |||
** leave about 4 inches past the hole through the center section to the top | |||
** takes a while; don't forget the shrink wrap | |||
** attach the top plate | |||
** I messed up the side I soldered the large wires and had to flip the legs to make the bottom plate the top | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricopter Photo11.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo10.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
Revision as of 12:44, 7 February 2015
Kramer's Documentation at end of day one 1/31/15 essentially unintelligible, but I'm tired.
- Legs
** sanded Legs
** Assemble Motors
*** attach the bottom braket
*** get counter sink side correct
** Attach 2 non*servo motors to legs
*** opposite side of screw holes
*** align wires with opening
*** use small cutout to enclose wires within leg slot
**** could glue
*** zip tie in place
*** Zip tie and connect speed control *** will need to determine direction after build by running the motor and noting direction so don't make permanent
** drill and file 3D printed gimble mount *** use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot
*** use super glue ** screw motor on 3D printed mount *** may need to drill to fit *** align wires away from base end
** Attach servo *** use drill to reverse counter sink screw hole to get a flush connection *** cut two edges of servo star to fit *** ensure full range of motion and attach star to servo *** superglue to gimble
** Attach gimble and servo to leg
*** Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg
**** inscrewed and screwed
*** use zip ties
*** used super glue for spacer after zip tie
** zip tie and connect speed controller
- Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center
** use shorter 1 1/4 inch screw on inside for gimbled leg ** attach so that the motors face down and the wires are accesable
- connect wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire
** pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers *** cut and strip black and red wires *** cut and strip speaker wire *** cut shrink wrap and solder wire red to red black to black
*** lighter for shrink wrap *** combine all neg and wire to neg for final wire *** do the same for pos *** don't forget skrink wrap(large) ** Extend all control wires ** only the white wire from the two legs without the gimble ** all three from the gimble ** leave about 4 inches past the hole through the center section to the top ** takes a while; don't forget the shrink wrap ** attach the top plate ** I messed up the side I soldered the large wires and had to flip the legs to make the bottom plate the top
