Building tips wanted

[Vidal]

Hey.
Going to pick my rcTimer 450 quad up from post office today.
Have you guys got any good building tips for me, like where to put the batter. Do I need to keep the Rx away from anything. Ect ect.

[mickyt]

Hi Vidal,

i guess it all depends on what else you plan on putting on the 450 which flight controller your going to use, your esc';s you want to mount under the arm';s this is the best place for them, if you were to mount a naza fc this would normally mount between the two plates.

If using a kk2 board or similar then on top plate and in the middle, the battery from what I';ve seen is either mounted between the two plate';s again only if there is enough room or  underneath the bottom plate, i have seen them on the top plate but only if the naza flight controller was used.

Hope this helps a little 
Ps ask for some pics of others set ups too 

[Gaza07]

Here';s a post I made when I built my 450 v2 http://www.multi-rotor.co.uk/index.php?topic=363.0 

[bigbelly]

Hi,

I build a very similar quad too.

http://www.multi-rotor.co.uk/index.php?topic=1230.0

Let us all know what controller you chose.

[rickp]

Don';t use red thread lock if you want to get it apart again. Don';t ask how I know...

[Gaza07]

+1 on thread lock avoid using it   

[teslahed]

You mean avoid using the red stuff surely? The blue medium strength stuff is worth using on screws to stop them vibrating loose i think - at least i';ve been putting it on all my grub screws etc.

[Gaza07]

No I mean any thread lock I stopped using it even the blue as I struggled to get some fine screws out that were held with blue the result was the cap heads twisting off, since not using it I haven';t noticed things coming loose 

[teslahed]

That';s news to me - I';ve been using the blue medium strength stuff on all my motor screws, but only small dabs.

I';ve also been putting it on the M3 metal bolts that keep my flyduino warthox frames together.

Maybe i don';t need to bother?

[Tony Campbell]

If you have used blue threadlock and cant get a screw loose, hold the tip of a soldering iron on it for about 15-20 seconds. This remelts the threadlock and the screw comes out a treat 

[Gaza07]

Nice tip Tony thanks 

If you have used blue threadlock and cant get a screw loose, hold the tip of a soldering iron on it for about 15-20 seconds. This remelts the threadlock and the screw comes out a treat