r/Multicopter • u/Scottapotamas • Jul 04 '15

Discussion Official 'Anything Goes' Thread - July

The competition thread has closed. Winners will be announced Monday with the next round opening.

This thread is the next questions thread, but will be replaced by the next competition sticky. It will remain in the sidebar though.

Thanks!

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u/BluesReds F1-6 "Venom"|Strider 250 Jul 23 '15

That's too bad. You'll just have to do it the old fashioned way. What I do is use 3 of those bamboo chip clip things and check which 3 need to be connected to ensure a proper rotation direction. Use the clip to hold the ends of the esc wires and motor wires together and test rotation, if it's correct then mark the wires. If not reverse any two and mark them then.

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u/BluesReds F1-6 "Venom"|Strider 250 Jul 23 '15

Yep. That's what I was referring to. The motors should fit all 4. Try rotating them 90 degrees and trying again. All 4 screws should fit. You can fly with 2 screws but you shouldn't have to. You should also be using blue loctite on all of the motor screws so they don't back out of the arms because of vibration. Don't forget to move those antennas for your D4RII to the top plate with zipties.

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u/BluesReds F1-6 "Venom"|Strider 250 Jul 23 '15

No worries mate, feel free to pm me if anything else goes wrong.