What determines front or nose on a hexa?

[dr427]

What determines the nose or front on a hexa? The choosing of the first and second motors? Or the precise placement of the NAZA module?

I ask because I saw a picture where a guy put 4 legs on his F500 and one arm was in front and one arm was the tail. Then the 4 remaining arms each had a landing leg. This allowed for a leg free framing of the camera shot.

Im trying to figure out a way to lose landing gear and get legs, but then keep the legs out of camera view.

 

[gtranquilla]

The NAZA has an arrow telling you which direction it needs to be pointed for direct forward flight.
You can aim it between any two arms or align it with the arm of your choice.
But then you have to open Naza Assistant and tell the Naza controller which four arm airframe configuration you are using, either "X" or "+" typically. There are other configurations as well such as "Y" .... a 3 arm configuration.
The "+" represents one arm aligned directly with forward flight.......
But you are not done yet.....
You still have to construct and wire your MR so that the motors and props are each spinning in the correct direction.

What determines the nose or front on a hexa? The choosing of the first and second motors? Or the precise placement of the NAZA module?

I ask because I saw a picture where a guy put 4 legs on his F500 and one arm was in front and one arm was the tail. Then the 4 remaining arms each had a landing leg. This allowed for a leg free framing of the camera shot.

Im trying to figure out a way to lose landing gear and get legs, but then keep the legs out of camera view.

 

[dr427]

Very good! Thank you for the explanation!