Bolting through F450 bottom plate?

[rcmike]

I have a F450 that I am considering placing a camera gimbal under. It looks like pretty much the whole middle of the frame is part of the power distribution covered with some sort of coating/paint. Is that how it is made? If so, if I put bolts through it it would short out the battery. :upset:

 

[Hover Round]

Hey Mike, Gary in Nashville, I would say a safe bet is your correct I would not drill through the PCB and risk the chance of bridging two different traces on the board. It appears that DJI just silk screens black paint over their circuit boards to hide the traces. The bottom of the board is easier to see where the traces are but on top it's nearly impossible. A second option may be to use something like shoe Goop to mount whatever you want to mount. It dries fairly fast, won't harm electric connections, is flexible and will last a very long time. I had the same thoughts as you since I was thinking about mounting some vibration isolation dampers to the bottom of the board and hang my GoPro camera on it to remove the vibrations. I think the solution is to use zip ties loosely connected as there are large holes on the bottom plate on the 450 Naza frame. Good luck on whatever you come up with!

Gary

 

[Eoin]

Hi rcmike,
I drilled holes in my F450 Base plate last week to mount a GoPro gimble. I used plastic bolts and nuts to avoid any short circuits. No problems at all !
That said I have since removed it as the level of high frequency vibration made it unworkable.
Regards
Eoin

 

[rcmike]

Hey Mike, Gary in Nashville, I would say a safe bet is your correct I would not drill through the PCB and risk the chance of bridging two different traces on the board. It appears that DJI just silk screens black paint over their circuit boards to hide the traces. The bottom of the board is easier to see where the traces are but on top it's nearly impossible. A second option may be to use something like shoe Goop to mount whatever you want to mount. It dries fairly fast, won't harm electric connections, is flexible and will last a very long time. I had the same thoughts as you since I was thinking about mounting some vibration isolation dampers to the bottom of the board and hang my GoPro camera on it to remove the vibrations. I think the solution is to use zip ties loosely connected as there are large holes on the bottom plate on the 450 Naza frame. Good luck on whatever you come up with!

Gary

Hi Gary, nice to see you here. That is what I was afraid of, I could see it on the bottom but not on the top. I am wanting to move my gimbal there to help with the CG. I made a mount for the gimbal that goes on top of the arms so I may just leave it there then.

Hi rcmike,
I drilled holes in my F450 Base plate last week to mount a GoPro gimble. I used plastic bolts and nuts to avoid any short circuits. No problems at all !
That said I have since removed it as the level of high frequency vibration made it unworkable.
Regards
Eoin

I was thinking of using plastic bolts but the gimbal has 3mm bolts through vibration isolators so I don't think plastic bolts that small would work. Before I had the gimbal I had my GoPro stuck there and there was no vibration issues on mine.

 

[Elliott000]

I drilled through the base of my 550, slightly oversized holes, a light coat of liquid elec. Tape and then fed the screes through... So far so good

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[Eoin]

My vibration problems are caused by my props. I'm still using cheap plastic unbalanced ones. I can't find Graupner 10x5 props in the entire of Europe. I've been looking for weeks.
The gimble I was using was the jDrones one which, while working in theory, I don't think could ever be made vibration free. It just doesn't have the strength. Time to get a new gimble !
Elliott's idea, using liquid elec. tape might be a good way to go in regard to drilling the base.
Can I ask which gimble you are using ?

 

[Gunter]

Just use plastic screws, it should be okay...


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[Elliott000]

Im using xaircraft 650landing gear and the xaircraft gopro gimbal
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