Well, looks like I need to do some redesigning for a couple of reasons now that I have physical parts in hand.
1) that DSM connector. I could just remove it...but I'm going to use a DSM sat on this build so it's kind of handy.
2) My frame is too thin. After installing the first motor I noticed it no longer spun freely. I was worried something hand bound up...but upon closer inspection my screws weren't hitting the windings but were close enough to them to affect the magnetic flux. Loosened them half a turn and everything was smooth. So...need to add another 0.4mm thickness to this frame I guess.
Strike that...I'm a moron
2 - corrected) I didn't leave a center hole for the motor shaft which protrudes out the bottom. I even made myself a note to go back and do that
3) I was able to mount the motors on the "Bottom" so they were a little protected...but if I'm going to have to make mods I figure I may as well make a few more and do something more like this:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2020435 and really protect the motors. But in a 90mm frame not a 120mm.
4) While I'm doing that I suppose I should do something to protect the ESC's too maybe....
5) I had my FC mounting holes all messed up before, miscalculated where to place them big time.
I was able to flash the latest nightly of dRonin on the pico blx and run through the vehicle wizard...so that was encouraging. But I don't want to just toss this together. Seeing and feeling these motors I'm feeling better about the PLA frame...so I want to put a bit more effort into making something nice instead of just getting something to fly.
At least I got the spacing on the motor mount holes correct:
And because I still can't get over how tiny this stuff actually is...a few more size comparison photos.
First with a Naze32 and an afromini (also a razor blade in the background) That prop is 55mm.
And edge on...the afromini and picoblx are both the same thickness PCB...and the Naze32 seems downright chunky by comparison.