6b. The trick to soldering the
bullet connectors is to stick
the end of the soldering iron
into a small hole in the connector, fill the end with solder,
and dunk the tinned lead into
the bucket of molten solder
for a bit until everything is all
nice and melted. Let it cool. If
your fingers are getting burnt,
you’re doing it right.
Heat-shrink it all up.
6b
7. CONNECT BAT TERY TO ESC
You have a broad choice of
battery connections for the
speed controller; we like
Anderson Powerpoles. Most
batteries come with some
sort of connector, so you
can just adopt the matching
connector in that case.
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8. MOUN T HE PROP
8a. Attach the prop to the
prop saver, with its raised lettering facing forward. If your
prop has no lettering, look
closely at its blades to see the
airfoil and intuit the correct
orientation. Or do what I do
— run it both ways and see
which generates more thrust.
8a
8b
8b. Attach the motor to the
motor mount using zip ties.
Center the prop in the middle
of the deck’s prop hole, keeping the prop blades about
¾" away from the back edge.
Punch holes in the deck
through the motor mount’s
attachment holes and secure
with zip ties. 8b
6b
NOTE: Shown in Step 7 at
top is the standard Deans
connection and at bottom
the XT60, both of which
require soldering and can
be difficult to separate.
In the middle is our preferred setup, with Anderson
Powerpole connectors.
CAUTION: Be very
careful to get polarity
correct. Reversed battery
connections will destroy
both the battery and the
speed controller.
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