1. BUILDING AN
AUTONOMOUS
QUADCOPTER

2. List of Parts
Case/frame
Electronic

3. Frame parts Bottom base Leg (x4) Arm (x4) Upper base Side cover (x2)
Top cover
Inside holder
Front cover
Back cover
Frame parts
Motor mount (x4)

4. Electronic parts Battery Propellers (x4) Motors (x4) Motor Controllers
Telemetry controllers
APM: flight controller
Power module
GPS Module
HD Camera
Anti-vibration
Electronic parts

5. Before starting (put battery to charge)
Connect the 3 wire connector from the battery
to the charger, then connect it to an outlet.
Red Light will blink!!!
WAIT UNTIL A GREEN LIGHT COMES TO DISSCONNECT!!

6. START!!!

7. Identify the back of each bottom plate
FRONT
BACK

8. Step 1
In this part you will assemble the bottom base with the 4 legs.

9. Step 2 In this part the legs will be screw to the
Bottom frame. Align it to the hole on a side then align it to the arm that is vertical to
each arm
Align arms (example arm 1 and arm 2)
Arm 1
Arm 2
hole
Looking from top

10. Looking from a side
Screw

11. Arrows pointing the direction in
which the screws will be pointing

12. Step 3
In this part the power module (soldered to the ESC motor controller) will be assembled to the frame. Use zip ties to hold it.
Note: remember to use a zip tie in the ESC (motor controller) to hold it to the arm

14. As you can see, each ESC
Should be positioned from the
First screw
Align each of the 4 ESC controllers to have the same distance in each arm

15. front
Step 4
In this step the upper frame will be attached to the bottom frame. Then you will use 4 screws to hold it tight. There is no need to use the 2 holes since the arm is already holding it.
Note: remember to pass though the upper holes the wires that goes from the power module to the APM controller and the ESC controllers

16. wires
wires

17. Power module wire
Power module connector
Use a zip tie to hold the connector
Looking from a side with both pieces together, ready to be screw (use 8 screws)

18. Step 5
In this step, the side designs will be glued together to the central holder.

19. Example of the 3 pieces forming the upper case of the quad copter after being glued

20. Step 6 DON’T FORGET THE WIRES!!! USE ONLY THESE 2 HOLES FOR THE WIRES
Assemble the upper case into the green holes
marked in the picture on the left
The next thing to do is assemble the upper case with the bottom case

21. Looking from a side
Upper and bottom cases together ready to be glued.

23. Step 7 view from top After assembly
In this step use Velcro to stick the APM
controller to the anti vibration mount.
Then, use hot glue to hold the mount
with the APM controller.

24. Connect the power module to the APM.
(this wire was previously assembled inside the bottom case)

25. 3 1 2 4 APM Propeller direction Propeller direction Motor number
FRONT
APM
Motor number
Motor number 2 4
Propeller direction
Propeller direction

26. This arrow points to the front.
WARNING!!!
This arrow points to the front.
Back
Motor 4
Motor 3
Motor 2
Motor 1
Connect the ESC’s 3 color wires to the APM Controller

27. BEFORE MOVING TO NEXT STEP:
Glue some Velcro to the controller receiver and the telemetry module
Receiver
Telemetry

28. Step 7 In this step the controller receiver will be connected to
The APM controller.
Back
Front
The connector pin number 1 is going to be the chosen to power the receiver. Therefore, it will be the only one connecting power and ground sources

29. Connect here
Proceed to connect the telemetry to the APM controller

30. Use the other side of the Velcro to hold the module and the controller
somewhere near the positions from the picture
Antenna wire

31. Drill out the middle hole to a larger diameter provided by instructor
Step 8
Drill out the middle hole to a larger diameter provided by instructor
Move motor wires through the right
side holes of the 3d printed part
Align the holes of the 3d printed mount
to the motor holes and use 2 or 3 screws
To hold it tight.
In this step the motors and the 3D printed mounts will be screw and assemble into the quad copter legs

32. After the motor is screwed onto the 3d printed mount, then proceed to
assemble the leg and the mount together and use a screw to hold it tight

33. MOTOR DIRECTON
Motors with Silver nut will be connected in ARMS 1 and 2
Motors with BLACK nut will be connected in ARMS 3 and 4

34. 3 1
FRONT
APM 2 4

35. Step 9
In this part you will connect and mount the GPS to the Quad copter
Pass the GPS wires through the hole and use Velcro to hold it tight to the top cover,
then proceed to connect it to the APM as shown in the picture

36. It will look similar to this (the only difference is the pin are on the top and not on the side)