MR60

How to arrange cables+battery neatly in 3DR quad ?

Posted by Hugues on January 3, 2013 at 10:04am

Hello all,

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Could some of you post pictures of their quad arducopter(s) if you think you have a neat cabling and battery arrangement ? This would help me and probably lots of others too,

 

How to you fix your ESCs ?

How to you fix your battery ?

How to you tidy up all of the cables ?

Let see what are the best in class here !

 

This picture shows mine currently (i.e. a 3DR Revision 3 frame version), which is quite a mess !! I have a terrible time to get a nice cabling and furthermore the 4S battery that is way too long and extends one inch on both sides of the base plate...

Thx,

Hugues

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  • Bob Roach January 3, 2013 at 6:55pm

    ESCs : Tie wraps

    Motor wiring: Ditch the bullet plugs and direct solder . Enclose all wires in 1/2 inch plastic cable loom. See photos below:

     

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    Hugues January 3, 2013 at 2:06pm

    nice pictures, others continue to uplaod your pics so we share assembly ideas. Especially i would like to see some 3s or 4s batteries mounted on your frame to see how it looks.

    Thx to contribute

  • Mike Boland January 3, 2013 at 11:37am

    The heavy lifter using OS motors and ESC's

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    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3692581440?profile=original
  • Mike Boland January 3, 2013 at 11:34am

    A redesigned and rebuilt JDrones frame for survey work

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    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3692581823?profile=original
  • Mike Boland January 3, 2013 at 11:32am

    Simple HK frame for experiments and just chucking around

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    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3692581749?profile=original
  • Randy Brazeau January 3, 2013 at 11:13am

    I have the same quad.

    How to you fix your ESCs? Try zip ties, works good.

    How to you fix your battery? Goes below the belly of the beast with a battery strap. Use a piece of foam between the battery. Makes it fit snug.

    How to you tidy up all of the cables ? PDB - most wires fit well in there but I don't see the APM and other electronic.

    Let see what are the best in class here !

    I use velcro to secure my electronic. Top part doesn't look straight.

    You are using a 4S battery instead of a 3S?

    Not at home so I can't add a pic.

    Randy

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