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CONTENTS

Your 3DR Quad Kit contains:

Metal nuts (16)

Nylon nuts (8 plus 8 spare)

5 mm nylon bolts (28 plus 4 spare)

5 mm steel bolts (8 plus 2 spare)

25 mm steel bolts (12)

30 mm steel bolts (4)

Zip ties (8)

18 mm threaded spacers (12)

Accessory 

plate

APM plate

Top plate

Landing gear 

pieces (8)

You will also need:

Black arm (3)

Blue arm (2)

Battery strap

850 kV motors with 

bullet connectors (4)

10 x 4.7 SF (normal) propellers (2)

10 x 4.7 SFP (pusher) propellers (2)

Electronic speed 

controllers (4)

Power distribution board

Power module with XT60 

connectors

Deans connectors - male (4)

6-position power 

module cable

 

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Phillips screwdriver (small)

 

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5.5 mm (7/32) wrench

 

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Double-sided foam mounting tape

These instructions require some minor 

soldering. If you’re unfamiliar with 

soldering, our friends at Sparkfun have 

some great tutorials that can get you 

started, including this comic: 

learn.sparkfun.com/curriculum/42

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For an example of exactly what you’ll 

be doing for this assembly (soldering 

Deans connectors to ESCs), check out 

this video: 

youtu.be/3LJIQeKuLLU

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Heat shrink tubing

Bottom plate

 

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2 mm (5/64) hex wrench

 

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Soldering equipment

30 mm threaded spacers (4)

8 mm threaded spacers (4 plus 4 spare)

Two-wire RC receiver cable

Five-wire RC receiver cable

XT60 connector - male

Metal lock washers (8)

Rubber washers (4)

Motor collets (4)

Double-adhesive 

mounting foam

Threadlocking compound

Summary of Contents for DIY QUAD

Page 1: ...QUAD D I Y K I T S Thank you for purchasing a 3DR Quad DIY Kit These instructions will guide you through assembling and wiring your new autonomous multicopter...

Page 2: ...wer module cable Phillips screwdriver small 5 5 mm 7 32 wrench Double sided foam mounting tape These instructions require some minor soldering If you re unfamiliar with soldering our friends at Sparkf...

Page 3: ...small holes on either side of the larger hole in top in the of the arm Secure with two 5 mm steel bolts with a metal lock washer on each bolt by accessing through the two large holes in the bottom of...

Page 4: ...slots in the bottom plate The top and bottom plates will form the main frame by attaching to your copter s arms Align plates in the orientation show below and attach two blue arms to one end and two b...

Page 5: ...o the black wire Shrink tubing over connections Add heat shrink and align wires to correct plugs Deans to ESC Negative Black Positive Red Soldered connectors 3 Connect ESCs to motors and PDB The diagr...

Page 6: ...M doesn t shift during flight For APM 2 5 Mount the APM to the top of the accessory plate For plus configuration Mount the APM with arrow pointing toward blue arm Ensure arrow on APM points forward 3D...

Page 7: ...Connect red wire to power pin center row and black wire to ground pin bottom row After connecting to APM connect the five wire cable to the receiver s signal pins usually marked S see channel diagram...

Page 8: ...software providing multiplatform configuration and full featured waypoint mission scripting for autonomous vehicles To install Mission Planner on your ground station computer Windows only visit ardup...

Page 9: ...Mission Planner Setup Wizard Launch Mission Planner to explore the capabilities of your autonomous vehicle Mission Planner will notify you when an update is available please always run the most curre...

Page 10: ...atory Hardware You will need to perform each of the calibration procedures listed under this menu Frame Type Select your configuration Plus or X cross Compass Select the options to enable the compass...

Page 11: ...itch two of the three wires connecting the motor and the ESC APM 2 CCW 1 CCW 3 CW 4 CW APM 1 CCW 2 CCW 4 CW 3 CW 5 CCW 4 CCW 1 CW 5 CCW 3 CW Quad motor order Blue arms 1 Connection between motor and E...

Page 12: ...ppy flying SUPPORT For more information about software firmware and flight behaviors visit the APM Copter community documentation project at copter ardupilot com For customer support contact us at hel...

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