Quad Building My First Quad

[bigone5500]

Dude, that is a simple fix! Just run down to the Horrible Frought and pick up a lathe and turn some little 2mm tall shims to go over them. Cheap as beans to make that part!!!

Don't tempt me. Would you be interetested in purchasing some of the quality spacers I produce?

 

[Tony]

I thought about that as well. Basically just a long bolt, only spacers in the middle and that way you can just tighten it from the bottom and hold the nut still on the top.

 

[bigone5500]

Gonna need longer spacers or a different frame.

 

[Tony]

I'm sitting here looking at those bolt heads under the stack.... Are those touching?

 

[bigone5500]

No, they have a little space. Probably 2mm.

I had an idea. I could get some 5mm nylon spacers and put them under the top plate and get a longer bolt to hold them. Would that be a bad idea?

 

[bigone5500]

You will have to do some surgical work when you get it if you want to use DSMX. Mine cam with the top two pads bridged.

 

[Tony]

That is not a problem. Easy fix.

 

[bigone5500]

4-40 threaded rod should do the job if my thinking is right. It's the closest to m3 I think.

 

[Tony]

Why not just get some M3? lmao

 

[bigone5500]

SAE is easier for me to get.

 

[bigone5500]

I made my order today. What sucks is I could only get 3 of those 4S batteries.

Ok, who bought my battery???

 

[Tony]

Wasn't me lol. I'm still waiting on mine.

 

[bigone5500]

Forgot I had these. I will see what I can do with them.

 

[D.O.G.]

What size are them? If there 3mm I would be interested purchasing 4 of them if you like to sell some.

 

[bigone5500]

I wish they were 3mm. I think they're more like #4. 3mm won't fit.

However, I did have four 3mm standoffs that were very short. I put them in the center of the stack and was able to get it short enough that when I figure out what to do about the parts being in the way of the nuts, I can cut the ends of the threads and the stack will then fit nicely.

 

[bigone5500]

I ordered another cheap quad frame. It should be here tomorrow. It's a little different than the one I have right now. I'm not sure what the terminology for the frame type is but the arms are not in an 'X' form. I think they call it an 'H' quad. Anyway, this is the one I got. I'll post back with my opinions of the frame and some photos. I think this one will be better for the stack-x as it doesn't have the PDB integrated with the frame. The current frame I have uses the PDB as part of the structural build...

Amazon product

 

[Tony]

That is the exact one that I have which was the first quad I built.

 

[bigone5500]

Is there any way you can measure the inside height?

 

[bigone5500]

I've been thinking about this stack-x. Would it be a bad idea to use metal threaded rod through the mounting holes? Surely there isn't anything that can short out.?????

 

[Tony]

I would just look and see if there are any contacts around there. Shouldn't be an issue though other than adding some weight.

As for measurement, here you go.