dji Flamewheel F450 Setting Up

Quadcopter with the apm2

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Setting up a DJI Flamewheel F450 Quadcopter with the APM2

Hi, I previously set up a KK X525 with the APM2, but when one of my ESC's started fading, I

thought I'd try something a little more upscale.

I have put together a DJI 450F FlameWheel ARF with DJI motors, Opto ESCs and props from "RC-

Drones" at a reasonable $180.00 and I am very happy with it. It has an extremely strong and

durable frame, performs well and should be very reliable.

If you try this there are a few things you need to know, but no real problems.

Generally follow the downloadable instructions I have provided on the Arducopter Wiki for

assembling and setting up and testing a Quadcopter and in addition see below.

1. If you get the ARF kit, it will come without instructions, but the manual can be downloaded from

the DJI website under their FlameWheel support section. It is some help.

2. When you assemble the copter assemble the top board so that the narrow slots are in the front

and the back and the wide slots are on each side.

3. Use blue or purple thread lock sparingly on all screws and try to keep it off the plastic.

4. One of the features of this quad is that the bottom board is also the power distribution board.

Heat the connection pads adequately to get a good wet bond with the ESC and battery wires.

5. You can cover the solder joints with liquid electrical tape or "Glyptol" if you can find it.

6. I tie wrapped each ESC under each arm with 2 tie-wraps front to back through the arm webbing.

7. You will need to add an external switching BEC, the DJI 30 amp Opto ESCs are great optically

isolated ESC's but they do not include a built in BEC. I used a Castle 10 amp switcher for about

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Page 1 6. I tie wrapped each ESC under each arm with 2 tie-wraps front to back through the arm webbing. 7. You will need to add an external switching BEC, the DJI 30 amp Opto ESCs are great optically isolated ESC's but they do not include a built in BEC. I used a Castle 10 amp switcher for about...
Page 2 9. I recommend O-ring suspension mounting of the APM board between 4 standoffs secured at the ends of the long thin slots at the front and back of the top DJI board (assuming you put it in as I described in (2.) above.) Put a machine screw in the top of each standoff and suspend the APM board between them by putting a thin O-ring through each APM corner hole and passing the 2 loops over the top of the screw in each standoff.