Hello all-
I bought one of the first 3DR kits and am working to assemble it.
Since DIYDrones was out of the basic motors, I order motors from an online hobby shop, but I'm connected I rushed into them and they may be a poor choice.
I bought the Turnigy Park450 Brushless Outrunner 890kv motors.
It looks like it will also take some work to mount these also. There is a nut at the bottom of the motor which is bigger that the cutout now in the arms, and the screw sockets will need to be tapped from 2.5mm to 3mm to get the mounting screws in.
Any comments? Are these a good choice or should I just order the basic motors from JDrones for the time being?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: removed HTML table formatting that was hiding content (motor names)
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If you already have the motors for your Arducopter 3DR frame, I would give them a test run to see how much thrust you can get out of them. Its abut annoying that you will need to adjust the screw holes to get them to fit so if they dont work you will have some problems putting in the stock motors, but its not impossible
The text for your motors did not come through, I think you wrote Turnigy Park450 Brushless Outrunner 890kv
To get up temporarily, you might find that the creative application of zip ties and the motors' X mount bracket can be combined for a reasonable solution. You can use a zip tie between the bottom holes as a "fixture" through with to run zip ties that go hole-to-hole around the arm, and through the X bracket. The X bracket can straddle the arm as an "X", rather than a "+" and this will work fairly well, for a temporary solution, without the need to cut new holes.
I do not know much about that motor, I have a dump of Dr Wiki's data, I'll go look to see if he has data on it.