MototechRyan
Wannabe Jedi
Love the Versacopter and its versatility. To date, I've put in many more hours building modding and tuning than actually flying it. But that was my choice. The Versacopter is awesome in oem form, but it's my first venture into brushless multirotors and FPV, moving up from brushed. And I wanted to feel comfortable that i wasnt going to hurt someone or destroy my new baby too soon. Thus the amount of wrench time. Guess thats my best learning curve.
I didn't care for mounting the FC with stacked up double sided foam tape off center of the center of the Versacopter. Didn't like off center cause the FC can sense angle changes better when its centered. Didnt like the foam tape cause my usb cable would slightly change its angle when plugged in and calibrating the FC. Plus the push and pull of plugging and unplugging the FC was taking its toll on the tape and would eventually cause it to come loose. My Naze32 has the mounting points and the FC Versacopter mounting plate was allready predrilled with the correct pattern to mount the FC dead center on the plate.
Then the problem of mounting hardware not having any space when the bottom frame plate was installed became apparent. So countersunk screws to the rescue. Ordered the longest nylon ones i could find for they can easily be cut down to a shorter length. And a set of nylon standoffs to go with them.
Now the FC is nice qnd centered on the plate, but what about the plate location in the Versacopter? The side rails that the plate snaps onto only has limited places where it fits. And on center is not one of them. Unless you modify or do away with the side rails. I choose the do away with the side rails and the FC plates mounting holes fit perfectly over the center frame screws. Added a 20mm nylon thru hole standoff and its exactly what i wanted.
Removal of the side rails also creates the problem of where to mount the esc's. But the Versacopter top plate/PDB has some great slotted holes in that area to lay them down and zip tie. You do loose some mounting points with removal of the side rails but i don't see it effecting structural integrity Captain Picard, with the addition of the standoffs to the center frame screws.
Thats it for mods for now. Future mods are in the imagination phase and this post will be updated with the results. And oh yeah, my favorite mod. Remember that Flitetest Gremlin cutout in the FC plate...
I didn't care for mounting the FC with stacked up double sided foam tape off center of the center of the Versacopter. Didn't like off center cause the FC can sense angle changes better when its centered. Didnt like the foam tape cause my usb cable would slightly change its angle when plugged in and calibrating the FC. Plus the push and pull of plugging and unplugging the FC was taking its toll on the tape and would eventually cause it to come loose. My Naze32 has the mounting points and the FC Versacopter mounting plate was allready predrilled with the correct pattern to mount the FC dead center on the plate.
Then the problem of mounting hardware not having any space when the bottom frame plate was installed became apparent. So countersunk screws to the rescue. Ordered the longest nylon ones i could find for they can easily be cut down to a shorter length. And a set of nylon standoffs to go with them.
Now the FC is nice qnd centered on the plate, but what about the plate location in the Versacopter? The side rails that the plate snaps onto only has limited places where it fits. And on center is not one of them. Unless you modify or do away with the side rails. I choose the do away with the side rails and the FC plates mounting holes fit perfectly over the center frame screws. Added a 20mm nylon thru hole standoff and its exactly what i wanted.
Removal of the side rails also creates the problem of where to mount the esc's. But the Versacopter top plate/PDB has some great slotted holes in that area to lay them down and zip tie. You do loose some mounting points with removal of the side rails but i don't see it effecting structural integrity Captain Picard, with the addition of the standoffs to the center frame screws.
Thats it for mods for now. Future mods are in the imagination phase and this post will be updated with the results. And oh yeah, my favorite mod. Remember that Flitetest Gremlin cutout in the FC plate...
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