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Y6

D I Y

K I T S

Thank you for purchasing a
3DR Y6 DIY Kit!

These instructions will guide
you through assembling and
wiring your new autonomous
multicopter.

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Summary of Contents for Y6

Page 1: ...Y6 D I Y K I T S Thank you for purchasing a 3DR Y6 DIY Kit These instructions will guide you through assembling and wiring your new autonomous multicopter ...

Page 2: ...speed controllers 6 Power module with XT60 connectors Deans connectors male 6 6 position power 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 Sparkfun have some great tutorials that can get you started including this comic learn sparkfun com curriculum 42 F...

Page 3: ... the direction of the end of the arm Fasten motor and plate to arm using two 6 mm steel bolts by accessing through the two large holes in the bottom of the arm Repeat for all three arms Top and bottom motors attached to arm with mounting plates Top motor Mounting plates Bottom motor 25 mm bolts 19 mm hollow spacers 6 mm bolts Secure mounting plates together Place mounting plates with bottom motors...

Page 4: ...s in the plates Insert a bolt into each hole from under the bottom plate and secure with nuts above the top plate For inner holes use 35 mm bolts and metal nuts for outer holes on blue arms use 30 mm bolts and thumb nuts for the outer hole on the black arm use a 25 mm bolt and metal nut Insert bolts from below the bottom plate so that nuts are attached above the top plate Attach blue arms here 25 ...

Page 5: ...lug to the red wire and the negative Deans connector plug to 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 4 Assemble legs For each hole position spacer between holes secure from each side with nylon bolts Repeat for all three legs Attach legs to arms with C shape facing toward motors to p...

Page 6: ... PDB Connect PDB red and black cable with XT60 connector to power module XT60 connectors Motor connected to ESC Conect each motor to an ESC using bullet connectors The order of the bullet connectors doesn t matter at this point but will become important later when we set motor directions so make sure you can still access these bullet connectors after assembly is complete Each ESC should connect to...

Page 7: ... thread these cables up through the slots in the APM plate where they can connect to APM APM plate Using the four holes shown across insert a 30 mm threaded spacer over each hole and secure from below with a 5 mm nylon bolt 5 mm nylon bolt 30 mm spacer The APM plate connects to the ends of the three 35 mm bolts securing the inside holes of the arms Place the three outer holes in the APM plate over...

Page 8: ...m spacer GPS nylon nut For GPS without compass Attach GPS board to four holes as shown using four 5 mm nylon bolts four 30 mm spacers and four nylon nuts Radio control RC receiver To connect an RC receiver to APM use the six wire and two wire cables provided with your copter Note APM also supports one wire PPM connection with supported receivers See copter ardupilot com for instructions Use the si...

Page 9: ... notify you when an update is available please always run the most current version of Mission Planner Mission Planner Update Message INSTALL SOFTWARE Mission Planner is free open source 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 ardupilot com downlo...

Page 10: ...d configure the APM autopilot for your copter Now you can connect APM to Mission Planner Select Initial Setup Install Firmware and Quad to install flight code firmware onto APM On the left side of the Initial Setup screen select Mandatory 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 t...

Page 11: ...bed at copter ardupilot com before attempting your first flight Show me Watch videos demonstrating live calibration techniques at 3DRobotics com learn Radio Calibration Turn on your RC transmitter select Calibrate Radio and move all sticks and switches to their extreme positions Select Click when Done once the red bars are set for all available channels 1 Connection between motor and ESC 2 Switch ...

Page 12: ...l position Flight position Visit copter ardupilot com to learn about multicopter safety hardware and software configuration using autonomous flight modes tuning designing missions with waypoints and events troubleshooting and more For customer support contact us at help 3drobotics com or call our support line at 1 858 225 1414 M F 8 5 PST Happy flying ESCs and wiring secured with zip ties Ensure t...

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