Soldering is a little smelly and you risk burns, especially when inexperienced. I managed to get away uninjured (this time), but I've got some more soldering to go.
Today's post would be impossible without the guides provided on Frank's great
Instructables step-by-step and a viewing of the YouTube videos found at the bottom of his tutorial.
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| Using three-in-one bullet connectors. |
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| Connections consist of: motor, bullet connectors, ESC, more bullets, battery |
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| Motor and ESC aligned on my soldering rig |
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| Close-up of male-end bullet connectors in soldering rig (a block or firewood with holes drilled into it. |
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| Three down, 21 to go... |
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| Motor and ESC bullet connectors aligned and ready for connection. |
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| All motors are now connected to the ESCs, which have their power connectors ready to go. |
It took about 70 minutes to get the work space set up (a cooking term called
mise en place applies here) and to finish the soldering. I have another session tonight when I create the "power spider" for the entire rig.
Hopefully the triple connectors will make it clear which wire goes where on the ESCs. For two motors, I flipped two leads, so that should make these two motors spin in the opposite direction from the other two. Since the quadcopter needs two clockwise and two counter-clockwise motors, as long as I didn't screw that up I should be set.
Given that screwing it up means unsoldering and resoldering two bullet connectors, Murphy's Law suggests that I probably screwed up.
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