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Page 1 550 RI dition Assem bly Ma anual rsion 1.11 1 liminar ry ruary 2014 ...
Page 2 Greetings! We at Extreme Copters are tremendously pleased that you decided to purchase a HexTreme multi‐rotor kit. Whether you are new to multi‐rotors or a seasoned professional, we are confident that your new HexTreme has all the great features you need now and has the ability to grow with you in the future. Here is a brief review of the technical features of your HexTreme kit:  Motor to Motor: 550mm  Motor size: 980kv  Battery: 3S to 4S (4S recommended)  Prop size: 8X5  Weight: 1385 grams without battery  Motor Arm: 10mm x 10mm anodized square aluminum tube  Abundant frame area to mount optional FPV and other user equipment  High Rise landing gear allow for additional equipment to be mounted beneath the HexTreme  Accepts most popular flight controllers, including but not limited to the DJI NAZA with the DJI NAZA GPS, or DJI NAZA V2 with the DJI NAZA GPS V2 are recommended. The following flight controllers have been used successfully with the HexTreme: o DJI Naza M w/ DJI Naza GPS o DJI Naza M V2 w/ DJI Naza GPS V2 o DJI WooKong M o 3DRobotics APM 2.0, 2.5, 2.6 with Arducopter Firmware version 2.8 and later o AutoQuad 6  Designed for ease of assembly and repair  Includes FPV camera mount ...
Page 3 Assemb bly Config guration Choices At this po int, you have e a choice in a assembly conf figurations. Y Your HexTrem me can be eit her built in a + or X configur ration. The p practical diffe rences are re latively mino or in terms of how your He exTreme flies and operates; however, the e assembly in nstructions ar re different en nough to war rrant two dist tinctly differe ent assembly sections in th his manual. The + con nfiguration ha as three landin ng gear and h has one of the e six arms po inting straigh ht ahead like a a +. ...
Page 4 HexTre eme Asse mbly Inst truction i in the + Co onfigurat tion – (X configu uration instru uctions direc ctly follow th e + assembly y instructions Step 1: Motor Ar rms Attac chment What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) Main L Lower Plate ( H001A) (1) Main U Upper Plate ( H002A_R1) (18) M3 x .5 x 18mm sc crews (HW18 8) (18) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (4) Motor r Arms – Blac ck (ARM‐262B B) (2) Motor r Arms – Red (ARM‐262R) Required ...
Page 5 You might t find it easie r to attach on ne arm at a ti me and loose ely tighten ea ach nut and w work your way y around w ith the other arms until al l arms are att tached. Tight en all six nuts s but do not t tighten “all th he way”. Thi is will be don e a little later r. At this po int, your Hex xTreme should d look like the e following: NOTE: Th is diagram do oes not show the motor w ires! Be sure to align each motor arm w with its assoc iated ...
Page 6 Step 2: Power D Distributio on Board Attachme ent What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially A Assembled Fra ame from Ste ep 1 above (1) Power r Distribution Board (PDB‐B BE) (6) 3 x .5 x x 22 mm nylo on screws (HN N20) (6) 6 x 3.2 2 x 7.5 mm ny ylon spacers ( FS675) (6) 3 X .5 mm nylon he ex nuts (HN3N N) Required Tools: Small flat head screwd driver Nut Drive r or wrench Scissors to o open plastic c bags In this ste ep, we will be ...
Page 7 attached, tighten the n nuts firmly bu ut do not over r tighten or y ou will strip t the nylon thre eads. See pict ture below: Here is a c close up imag ge of how you u will attach t the power dis stribution boa ard to the fra me – again p lease note that the image do oes not includ de the wires o or the ESCs. NOTE: Th here IS a top a and bottom to...
Page 8 Step 3: Electron nic Speed Controlle er (ESC) C Connectio ns and W Wire Clean n Up What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially A Assembled Fra ame from Ste eps 1 and 2 ab bove 5.5” Cable e Ties (55CT) Required Tools: None You will n otice that ea ch of the six e electronic spe eed controlle ers (ESCs) hav e three black k wires comin g out of one sid de and three “ “bundled” wi res (brown, o orange and ye ellow) coming g out the othe er side ‐ along g ...
Page 9 NOTE: W When you conn nect the black k wire from th he ESC to the e motor arm b black wire you u might notic ce a small gap of exposed c copper in the middle of the e connectors where they m mate. Be sur e that when y you cable tie t the three blac ck wires toge ther that you u avoid having g these expos sed areas of e each of the th hree wires in c lose enough p proximity to t touch or you could have a n electrical sh hort. You can n either use a a small piec ce of electrica al tape to elec ctrically seal t the gap or yo u can simply ...
Page 10 Step 4: Motors A Attachme What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially a assembled fra ame from abo ove steps (6) Brushl ess Motors (M M980S) (12) Moto or mounting s screws – 2 scr rews from ea ch motor kit accessory pla astic bag Required Tools: Small Phil ips Head Scre ewdriver Loctite Th hreadlocker B lue 242 or eq quivalent Scissors to o open plastic c bags Remove a a motor and a accessories ba ag from the m motor cardbo ard box. Ope en the accesso ories bag and d find ...
Page 11 Step 5: Battery C Compartm ment Asse embly an d Attachm ment What you u will need fro om the kit: (2) Batter ry Compartme ent Plates (H0 003A_R1) (1) 40mm m LED Mountin ng Plate (H00 04A_R1) (1) Camer ra Mounting P Plate (H006A_ _R1) (12) 8 x 3. .2 x 29 mm N ylon Spacers (FS820) (4) 8 x 3.2 2 x 15 mm Ny lon Spacers ( FS815) (12) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (6) M3 x . 5 x 50 mm Sc crews (HW50) ) (4) M3 x . 5 x 22 mm Sc crews (HW22) ) ...
Page 12 Tighten a ll five screws and nuts. At t this point th e battery com mpartment sh hould look lik ke the followin ng: Now take the camera m mounting pla te and affix it t to the batte ery compartm ment using a H HW50 screw, two FS820 nyl on spacers an nd a HS3N loc ck nut. To ke ep the camer ra mounting p plate from sw wiveling, align n the camera m mounting plate e screw holes s with the cor rresponding h holes on the b battery comp partment plat te and ...
Page 13 At this po int, we will at ttach the asse embled batte ery compartm ment to the He exTreme fram me. Take a HW W22 screw pa ass it all the w way through o one of the fou ur battery com mpartment at ttachment sc crew holes on t the main upp er plate and t then through h the correspo onding smalle er screw hole e on the lower r plate. Yo u will need to o use your All en wrench to o hold the scr rew in place t hrough the lo ower plate du uring this proce ess. Slide a FS S815 nylon sp pacer over the e screw and t then pass the e remaining sc crew threads ...
Page 14 Step 6: Landing Gear Atta achment What you u will need fro om the kit: (6) Hi‐Rise e Gear Leg (LG GHRA) (9) 8 x 3.2 2 x 10 mm Ny lon Spacers ( FS810) (21) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (21) M3 x .5 x 18 mm S Screws (HW18 8) Required Tools: Allen Wre ench – 2.5mm m Nut Drive r or wrench Scissors to o open plastic c bags The HexT reme kit com mes with enou ugh parts for t three or four landing gear legs. In this configuration n we ...
Page 15 Step 7: Accessor ry Plates A Attachme ent What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) GPS m mast mounting g plate (H007 A_R1) (4) 3 x .5m mm Lock Nuts s (HW3N) (4) M3 x . 5 x 20 mm Sc crews (HW20) ) (2) Frame e retainers (RP P10A) For each v video / telem etry transmit tter plates –. (1) Transm mitter mount ing plate (TXM MTA) (4) 3 x .5m mm Lock Nuts s (HW3N) (4) M3 x . 5 x 18mm Scr rews (HW18) (2) Frame e retainers (RP P10A) ...
Page 16 To install a transmitter r plate, positi on the plate ( (TXMTA) on t the side of a m motor arm w ith the long s ide facing dow wnwards and d place a fram me retainer on n the other sid de of the mot tor arm align ed with the correspon nding screw h holes of the tr ransmitter pla ate. Fasten w with two HW1 18 screws and d HW3N lock nuts. Repeat th his procedure for the other r side of the t transmitter pl late as shown n below: To install the second tr ransmitter pla ate, choose a another arm a and repeat th he procedure ...
Page 17 Step 8: Led Strip ps Attachm ment What you u will need fro om the kit: (2) Six Red d LED Strip (L LED‐TR6) (2) Six Blu ue LED Strip (L LED‐TB6) 4” Cable T Ties (40CT) Required Tools: None These LED D strips are, o of course, opt ional and can n be attached d any way you u see fit to yo ur HexTreme e. We prefer to mount the re ed LED strips t to the unders side of the red d motor arms s using the ad dhesive strip already af ffixed to the s strip. Simply peel off the p paper coating g to expose th he adhesive a...
Page 18 Step 9: Propelle ers Attach hment What you u will need fro om the kit: (3) Norma al rotation pro opellers (080 5CFNP) (3) Revers se rotation pr ropellers (080 05CFRP) (6) Plastic c shaft adapte ers (comes in the propeller r kit bags) (18) Smal l propeller hu ub shaft attac chment Philip s head screw ws (comes in t the motor box xes) (6) Hub sh hafts (6) Hub sh haft washers (6) Hub sh haft nuts Required Tools: Nut Drive r or wrench Small Phil lips head scre ewdriver ...
Page 19 Now, plac ce the propel ler onto the m motor shaft in nsuring that it t is oriented c correctly (sha aft adapter fa acing downwar ds toward the e motor) and that you hav ve the correct t rotation pro opeller on the e correct mot or as outlined a above and dic ctated by you ur flight contr oller. Also, insu re that the pr ropeller is ins stalled all the way down on n the motor s shaft. Now p lace the hub shaft washer ov ver the prope eller and insta all the propel...
Page 20 Step 10 0: Protect tive Acryl lic Dome What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) Acrylic c Dome (HDO OM) (1) Velcro o strips with a dhesive (V05 5B) Required Tools: Scissors to o cut the Velc cro strips To attach the dome sim mply cut six s mall squares of the Velcro o adhesive str rips – both ho ook and loop sides – into size es that corres spond to the a attachment p points on the motor arms w where the do ome meets th he motor arm ms. ...
Page 21 Conclu usion At this po int, your Hex xTreme should d look substa ntially like th he following: Now, plea ase refer to yo our flight con ntroller and ac ccessories ma anuals (FPV c camera, GoPr o mount, etc .) for further in structions. We hope you enjoy fly ying your HexT Treme as we did designing g it. Happy fly ying!!! ...
Page 22 HexTre eme Asse mbly Inst truction i in the X Co onfigurat tion Step 1: Motor Ar rms Attac chment What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) Main L Lower Plate ( H001A) (1) Main U Upper Plate ( H002A_R1) (18) M3 x .5 x 18mm sc crews (HW18 8) (18) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (4) Motor r Arms – Blac ck (ARM‐262B B) (2) Motor r Arms – Red (ARM‐262R) Required Tools: Allen Wre ench – 2.5mm m Nut Drive r or wrench ...
Page 23 You might t find it easie r to attach on ne arm at a ti me and loose ely tighten ea ach nut and w work your way y around w ith the other arms until al l arms are att tached. Tight en all six nuts s but do not t tighten “all th he way”. Thi is will be don e a little later r. At this po int, your Hex xTreme should d look like the e following: NOTE: Th is diagram do oes not show the motor w ires! Be sure to align each motor arm w with its assoc iated ...
Page 24 Step 2: Power D Distributio on Board Attachme ent What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially A Assembled Fra ame from Ste ep 1 above (1) Power r Distribution Board (PDB‐B BE) (6) 3 x .5 x x 22 mm nylo on screws (HN N20) (6) 6 x 3.2 2 x 7.5 mm ny ylon spacers ( FS675) (6) 3 X .5 mm nylon he ex nuts (HN3N N) Required Tools: Small flat head screwd driver Nut Drive r or wrench Scissors to o open plastic c bags In this ste ep, we will be ...
Page 25 attached, tighten the n nuts firmly bu ut do not over r tighten or y ou will strip t the nylon thre eads. See pict ture below: Here is a c close up imag ge of how you u will attach t the power dis stribution boa ard to the fra me – again p lease note that the image do oes not includ de the wires o or the ESCs. NOTE: Th here IS a top a and bottom to...
Page 26 Step 3: Electron nic Speed Controlle er (ESC) C Connectio ns and W Wire Clean n Up What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially A Assembled Fra ame from Ste eps 1 and 2 ab bove 5.5” Cable e Ties (55CT) Required Tools: None You will n otice that ea ch of the six e electronic spe eed controlle ers (ESCs) hav e three black k wires comin g out of one sid de and three “ “bundled” wi res (brown, o orange and ye ellow) coming g out the othe er side ‐ along g ...
Page 27 NOTE: W When you conn nect the black k wire from th he ESC to the e motor arm b black wire you u might notic ce a small gap of exposed c copper in the middle of the e connectors where they m mate. Be sur e that when y you cable tie t the three blac ck wires toge ther that you u avoid having g these expos sed areas of e each of the th hree wires in c lose enough p proximity to t touch or you could have a n electrical sh hort. You can n either use a a small piec ce of electrica al tape to elec ctrically seal t the gap or yo u can simply ...
Page 28 Step 4: Motors A Attachme What you u will need fro om the kit: Partially a assembled fra ame from abo ove steps (6) Brushl ess Motors (M M980S) (12) Moto or mounting s screws – 2 scr rews from ea ch motor kit accessory pla astic bag Required Tools: Small Phil ips Head Scre ewdriver Loctite Th hreadlocker B lue 242 or eq quivalent Scissors to o open plastic c bags Remove a a motor and a accessories ba ag from the m motor cardbo ard box. Ope en the accesso ories bag and d find ...
Page 29 Step 5: Battery C Compartm ment Asse embly an d Attachm ment What you u will need fro om the kit: (2) Batter ry Compartme ent Plates (H0 003A_R1) (1) 40mm m LED Mountin ng Plate (H00 04A_R1) (12) 8 x 3. .2 x 29 mm N ylon Spacers (FS820) (4) 8 x 3.2 2 x 15 mm Ny lon Spacers ( FS815) (10) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (6) M3 x . 5 x 50 mm Sc crews (HW50) ) (4) M3 x . 5 x 22 mm Sc crews (HW22) ) Required Tools: ...
Page 30 At this po int, we will at ttach the asse embled batte ery compartm ment to the He exTreme fram me. Take a HW W22 screw pa ass it all the w way through o one of the fou ur battery com mpartment at ttachment sc crew holes on t the main upp er plate and t then through h the correspo onding smalle er screw hole e on the lower r plate. Yo u will need to o use your All en wrench to o hold the scr rew in place t hrough the lo ower plate du uring this proce ess. Slide a FS S815 nylon sp pacer over the e screw and t then pass the e remaining sc crew threads ...
Page 31 Step 6: FPV Cam mera and G GPS Mast Mounts What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) FPV Ca amera Mount ting Plate (H0 006A_R1) (1) GPS M Mast Mounting g Plate (H007 7A_R1) (6) 8 x 3.2 2 x 10 mm Ny lon Spacers ( FS810) (6) M3 x . 5 x 20 mm Sc crews (HW20) ) (6) 3 x .5m mm Lock Nuts s (HW3N) Required Tools: Allen Wre ench – 2.0mm m Nut Drive r or wrench To mount t the FPV cam mera mountin g plate H006A A_R1, take th hree HW20 sc crews, FS810 ...
Page 32 To mount t the GPS mas st mounting p plate H007A_ _R1, take thre ee HW20 scre ews, FS810 ny ylon spacers a and HW3N loc ck nuts and in nstall on the m main HexTrem me copter fra me as shown n below or alt ternatively as s shown in step 8: Note that t the GPS mas st mounting p plate is moun ted directly o opposite the F...
Page 33 Step 7: Landing Gear Atta achment What you u will need fro om the kit: (8) Hi‐Rise e Gear Leg (LG GHRA) (12) 8 x 3. .2 x 10 mm N ylon Spacers (FS810) (28) 3 x .5 5mm Lock Nu ts (HW3N) (28) M3 x .5 x 18 mm S Screws (HW18 8) Required Tools: Allen Wre ench – 2.5mm m Nut Drive r or wrench Scissors to o open plastic c bags The HexT reme kit com mes with enou ugh parts for t three or four landing gear legs. In the X X configuratio on we ...
Page 34 Step 8: Accessor ry Plates A Attachme ent What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) GPS m mast mounting g plate (H007 A_R1) (4) 3 x .5m mm Lock Nuts s (HW3N) (4) M3 x . 5 x 20 mm Sc crews (HW20) ) (2) Frame e retainers (RP P10A) For each v video / telem etry transmit tter plates –. (1) Transm mitter mount ing plate (TXM MTA) (4) 3 x .5m mm Lock Nuts s (HW3N) (4) M3 x . 5 x 18mm Scr rews (HW18) (2) Frame e retainers (RP P10A) ...
Page 35 To install a transmitter r plate, positi on the plate ( (TXMTA) on t the side of a m motor arm w ith the long s ide facing dow wnwards and d place a fram me retainer on n the other sid de of the mot tor arm align ed with the correspon nding screw h holes of the tr ransmitter pla ate. Fasten w with two HW1 18 screws and d HW3N lock nuts. Repeat th his procedure for the other r side of the t transmitter pl late as shown n below: To install the second tr ransmitter pla ate, choose a another arm a and repeat th he procedure ...
Page 36 Step 9: Led Strip ps Attachm ment What you u will need fro om the kit: (2) Six Red d LED Strip (L LED‐TR6) (2) Six Blu ue LED Strip (L LED‐TB6) 4” Cable T Ties (40CT) Required Tools: None These LED D strips are, o of course, opt ional and can n be attached d any way you u see fit to yo ur HexTreme e. We prefer to mount the re ed LED strips t to the unders side of the red d motor arms s using the ad dhesive strip already af ffixed to the s strip. Simply peel off the p paper coating g to expose th he adhesive a...
Page 37 Step 10 0: Propell lers Attac chment What you u will need fro om the kit: (3) Norma al rotation pro opellers (080 5CFNP) (3) Revers se rotation pr ropellers (080 05CFRP) (6) Plastic c shaft adapte ers (comes in the propeller r kit bags) (18) Smal l propeller hu ub shaft attac chment Philip s head screw ws (comes in t the motor box xes) (6) Hub sh hafts (6) Hub sh haft washers (6) Hub sh haft nuts Required Tools: Nut Drive r or wrench Small Phil lips head scre ewdriver ...
Page 38 Now, plac ce the propel ler onto the m motor shaft in nsuring that it t is oriented c correctly (sha aft adapter fa acing downwar ds toward the e motor) and that you hav ve the correct t rotation pro opeller on the e correct mot or as outlined a above and dic ctated by you ur flight contr oller. Also, insu re that the pr ropeller is ins stalled all the way down on n the motor s shaft. Now p lace the hub shaft washer ov ver the prope eller and insta all the propel...
Page 39 Step 11 1: Protect tive Acryl lic Dome What you u will need fro om the kit: (1) Acrylic c Dome (HDO OM) (1) Velcro o strips with a dhesive (V05 5B) Required Tools: Scissors to o cut the Velc cro strips To attach the dome sim mply cut six s mall squares of the Velcro o adhesive str rips – both ho ook and loop sides – into size es that corres spond to the a attachment p points on the motor arms w where the do ome meets th he motor arm ms. ...
Page 40 Conclu usion At this po int, your Hex xTreme should d look substa ntially like th he following n noting that tra ansmitters, camera, f light controlle er, batteries, etc. are not i ncluded with h your HexTre eme kit yet ar re shown in th his picture of f a fully ready y to fly HexTre eme: Now, plea ase refer to yo our flight con ntroller and ac ccessories ma anuals (FPV c...