Kramers tricopter step by step

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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
Kramers Tricopter Photo1.jpg
   *** 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
Kramer's Tricoper Photo2.jpg
 ** drill and file 3D printed gimble mount
   *** use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot
Kramer's Tricopter Photo3.jpg
   *** use super glue
 ** screw motor on 3D printed mount
   *** may need to drill to fit
   *** align wires away from base end
Kramers Tricopter Photo4.jpg
 ** 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
Kramers Tricopter Photo5.jpg
 ** 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
Kramers Tricopter Photo6.jpg
 ** 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 
Kramers Tricopter Photo7.jpg
  • 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
Kramers Tricopter Photo8.jpg
   *** 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
Kramer's Tricopter Photo11.jpg
Kramers Tricopter Photo10.jpg