Building first drone and new to this

[Hoki]

I got some black liquid tape so i guess i just brush it on where i soldered? Noone talks to me in here so i guess im on my own

 

[Hoki]

Should i put strink tube on these wires?

 

[Bartman]

Noone talks to me in here so i guess im on my own

a lot of what you're talking about will be covered in the 2016 group build that will be kicking off soon now that it is ......2016.

i'm going to try to touch on all of the basics for anyone that is just getting started.....like you.....with their first build.

all in video and in color! lol

 

[Chalagi]

I would bundle those wires up and put a zip tie on them. That keeps them out of the way and looking kinda neat.

 

[Hoki]

Welll. How do i be part of the group?

 

[Hoki]

Ill get another kit to build!

 

[Bartman]

Welll. How do i be part of the group?

just surf on over to
http://multirotorforums.com/threads/group-build-2016-lets-get-it-on.28862/

and join in as it goes

 

[FLJim]

Looks like you are getting that thing put together just fine Hoki. YouTube is your friend. I've found tons of videos to cover just about everything I'm using in my build.

A note on your comment about breathing smoke when soldering...don't do that! Use a fan to keep your work area ventilated. There are lots of warnings about how unhealthy the fumes from soldering are.

 

[Hoki]

So theres these to different power plug connections here and i will be soldering a xt60 but can u also put on the other kind for the left one and be able to use two batteries at the same time?

 

[Chalagi]

You will need a parallel connection like this to use 2 batteries at the same time.

http://www.dhgate.com/product/5pcs-...arallel/269665307.html#s1-3-1;onsh|4260630462

 

[Hoki]

Well what happens if i solder two different plugs on?

 

[Hoki]

Ohhh look what i just got in the mail

 

[Hoki]

I think I when I solder the connector on the top what do you think about that

 

[Hoki]

So do you think I really need to remove the ground and power from the other connectors for the ESC

 

[Chalagi]

You can't run 2 batteries at the same time and plugging them into 2 different plugs. You will burn something up on your quad. You have to use a parallel connection to use 2 batteries. The plug that you have soldered onto your PDB is ok just use the parallel connection and connect 2 batteries if your system will handle that much power.

 

[Hoki]

What do u think about this... i removed the extra cables for 2 - 4 just not sure where to pit the cables

 

[Chalagi]

What cables are you referring too?

 

[Hoki]

You know the three wires that plug into the apm for each ESC the signal and the ground and the power people say only one power needs to be connected and to remove the rest of the pins so only the signal is on the rest of them I was looking on the APM website and it even suggested doing that even if the ESC use are linear

 

[Chalagi]

I take it that your are taking about removing the red wire from each servo cable connection correct?

 

[Hoki]

I did it. Im testing the power n my apm and leds r working yayyyyy