Just curious, as I am constantly looking for new ways or ideas to clean up my wiring (power distribution board/ESC's) between the base plates, as I have not been able to find much in the line of ideas online (I'm always up for suggestions) and I have recently noticed that in the new 2014 Y6 model they have 2 of the ESC's placed towards the rear (black arm) of the Y6. I feel this placement may help clean things up.
So my questions are this, what is the plate material made of? has anyone added holes in any form into them? And if so what is the best manner for doing a clean job of it? Finally are there any cons to this such as weakening of the structure strength in any form, or any other negative effects in which this should be completely avoided?
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When I build my Y6B I decided to run all motor wiring through the frame arms to and drilled holes to the carbon fiber top and bottom plates to allow the ESC to be tie wrapped to the side of the copter. This gives a cleaner appearance but the down side is that I can no longer fold back the forward arms for storage/transport. Small price to pay for a cleaner look.
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I have done something like this on my 2013 Y6.