Before I start I can say this may not be the best combination but for those of you that go this root its doable - but not strongly suggested - there are other ways to do this, probably - Will leave it at that.
It taken me forever but between the beefy motors I put on (avroto) WK-M, frame modification, and maytack ESC. I finally have can say my copter is working not too bad.
The AVROTO motors do not sit well on existing parts, the carbon fiber disk on the motor mounts, the screws used to hold them down will end up hitting the motors, so what I did to get around it was just add on mounting disk on top of the existing ones. I had to bore out the holes to allow the head of the disk anchor screws to not touch, then the second disk sitting on top would sit flat, This will keep the screws from hitting the motors.
Once I got past that part I then learned that although the motors worked great, that because of there size, the vibration they threw off were just to much for the plastic motor mount endings, causing the vibration to resignate through out the frame right into the camera mount, i.e causing it to show up in the video, not good either. From here it took me about 2 and half month to figure out a way around it. I would spend each night taking apart the mount build something with cushions, foam, springs, etc.... and many combinations.
It was not until I decided to make a bridge between the gear where I could sit a platform with my camera mount on it, that was when started to have good progress. That along with a support bracing each arm helping with the vibration. What I found was the movement of the mount made sense and I saw the results immediately. Centering the weight made a huge difference how my quad flew. There were some other things I did but for my purpose here is a result seen in my video.
this footage straight from the camera, true raw vid with no editing, or de-shaking going on, even on the youtube side.
I am not sure if this will help anyone but maybe it or at lease give you an idea how to get to a point where you have a better copter. At the end of the day I have something that works, it may not be the most crafty craft, more like a heavy beast 3000g with a 4s 6600mAh batter, I may not be getting the top flight time but I am good for 11 mins. For now I am good with that until I make my move from there to a bigger and better situation.
take care all Jack
It taken me forever but between the beefy motors I put on (avroto) WK-M, frame modification, and maytack ESC. I finally have can say my copter is working not too bad.
The AVROTO motors do not sit well on existing parts, the carbon fiber disk on the motor mounts, the screws used to hold them down will end up hitting the motors, so what I did to get around it was just add on mounting disk on top of the existing ones. I had to bore out the holes to allow the head of the disk anchor screws to not touch, then the second disk sitting on top would sit flat, This will keep the screws from hitting the motors.
Once I got past that part I then learned that although the motors worked great, that because of there size, the vibration they threw off were just to much for the plastic motor mount endings, causing the vibration to resignate through out the frame right into the camera mount, i.e causing it to show up in the video, not good either. From here it took me about 2 and half month to figure out a way around it. I would spend each night taking apart the mount build something with cushions, foam, springs, etc.... and many combinations.
It was not until I decided to make a bridge between the gear where I could sit a platform with my camera mount on it, that was when started to have good progress. That along with a support bracing each arm helping with the vibration. What I found was the movement of the mount made sense and I saw the results immediately. Centering the weight made a huge difference how my quad flew. There were some other things I did but for my purpose here is a result seen in my video.
this footage straight from the camera, true raw vid with no editing, or de-shaking going on, even on the youtube side.
I am not sure if this will help anyone but maybe it or at lease give you an idea how to get to a point where you have a better copter. At the end of the day I have something that works, it may not be the most crafty craft, more like a heavy beast 3000g with a 4s 6600mAh batter, I may not be getting the top flight time but I am good for 11 mins. For now I am good with that until I make my move from there to a bigger and better situation.
take care all Jack
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