Product Manual - Xtreme Copters

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bly Maanual Verrsion 1.111 Preliminarry February 20144 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: 
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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 Includes GPS mounting plate Includes Standard telemetry transmitter mount Includes Standard video transmitter mount Through arm motor wiring for clean appearance Includes a simple, yet effective Power Distribution Board (PDB) to simplify wiring with factory presoldered ESC’s and LED connection pigtails with JST connectors. The PDB and ESC’s are located between frame and battery tray for protection. Plenty of additional 3mm holes for adding end user equipment A full line of spare parts is available. Now…let’s get started building your HexTreme! Assemb
blyConfig
gurationChoices
At this point, you have
e a choice in aassembly conffigurations. YYour HexTrem
me can be either built in a + or X configurration. The p
practical differences are relatively minoor in terms of how your HeexTreme flies and operates; however, the
e assembly in
nstructions arre different ennough to warrrant two disttinctly differeent assembly sections in th
his manual. The + con
nfiguration haas three landin
ng gear and h
has one of thee six arms pointing straigh
ht ahead like aa +. This configuration is exxtremely good for aerial photography aand videograp
phy because yyou won’t have an w when shootting pictures or video. You
u will, howevver, annoying motor arm directly in your field of view
m in your “firsst person view
w” (FPV) cam
mera as you flyy. This can bee somewhat most likely see this arm
mary use for fllying your HexTreme is forr sport and yo
ou aren’t shoo
oting photos or distracting if your prim
our HexTreme
e comes equip
pped with lon
ng landing geaar legs – perffect for moun
nting a GoPRO
O or video. Yo
similar camera + gimbaal to your HexxTreme. Tarot T‐‐2D GoPRO Brushless Camera Gimbal HexTreeme Assembled in the + Configu
uration The X con
nfiguration haas four landingg gear legs and has “openn space” pointing straight ahead in the center line of the copter as there arre two arms o
on either sidee of the “open
n space” – like an X. This configuration is go
ood for “sport” flying where you will bee primarily ussing your “firsst person view
w” (FPV) cam
mera to fly you
ur HexTreme. In this confiiguration youu will not havee a highly disttracting moto
or arm in your field of vie
ew. This configuration, how
wever, mightt not be best for aerial pho
otography or phy since you might have tthe front two landing gearr directly visib
ble in your sho
videograp
ots. HexTreme Assembled in the X CConfiguration
HexTre
emeAssemblyInsttructioniinthe+Co
onfigurattion–
(Xconfigu
urationinstru
uctionsdirecctlyfollowthe+assemblyyinstructionss)
Step1:MotorArrmsAttacchment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (1) Main LLower Plate (H001A) (1) Main U
Upper Plate (H002A_R1) (18) M3 x .5 x 18mm sccrews (HW18
8) (18) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (4) Motorr Arms – Blacck (ARM‐262B
B) (2) Motorr Arms – Red (ARM‐262R) Required Tools: ench – 2.5mm
m Allen Wre
Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
The moto
or arms will be
e attached be
etween the m
main lower plaate and main upper plate aas shown below. Align the upper plate aand lower plate with the 35mm channeels on both plates lining up
p with each otther. Insert a HW18 screw th
hrough the m
main lower plaate, motor ar m and main u
upper plate u
using the inneer motor arm
m screw hole on the platess. Attach and
d loosely tightten a HW3N n
nut to each screw. The mo
otor wire conn
nector zip tied
d to the end o
of each motor arm should be facing dow
wn relative to
o the main lower plate. You
u can pass the
e three motorr wires througgh the motorr wire cutout on the main lower plate. Repeat fo
or the other 5 motor arms. NOTE: Be sure to assem
mble the wayy the diagram above showss with the scrrews inserted
d from the maain lower platte with the nu
uts tightened
d down onto tthe upper plaate. Also notee the alignmeent of each motor arm alongg the six 35mm channels cut into the m
main upper an d main lowerr plates. You mightt find it easier to attach on
ne arm at a time and looseely tighten eaach nut and w
work your wayy around with the other arms until all arms are atttached. Tight en all six nutss but do not ttighten “all th
he way”. Thiis will be done a little laterr. At this point, your HexxTreme should
d look like the
e following:
NOTE: This diagram do
oes not show the motor wires! Be sure to align each motor arm w
with its associated 35mm chaannel. Now, we w
will add the sscrews required to secure the motor arrms within thee main upperr and lower plates. You will notice that at the outer edgge of the main upper and lower plates there are thrree screw holes relative to
o each motor arm. The miiddle screw hole is obscureed by the mo
otor arm itselff and there iss a screw hole on either siide of each m
motor arm. He
ere, we will a ttach two scrrews for each
h motor arm tto secure it iin place. Please see below: These HW
W18 screws caan be inserted
d into the upp
per plate andd secured with
h HW3N nutss on the main otor bottom plate as shown
n above. At th
his point, you can fully tighhten all the nuts associated with the mo
uding the firstt six used at tthe center are
ea of the mai n upper platee. arms inclu
Now, your HexTreme sshould look like the follow
wing: Step2:PowerD
Distributio
onBoardAttachme
ent
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: Partially A
Assembled Fraame from Ste
ep 1 above (1) Powerr Distribution Board (PDB‐B
BE) (6) 3 x .5 xx 22 mm nylo
on screws (HN
N20) (6) 6 x 3.2
2 x 7.5 mm nyylon spacers (FS675) (6) 3 X .5 mm nylon he
ex nuts (HN3N
N) Required Tools: Small flat head screwd
driver Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
In this ste
ep, we will be attaching the
e power distrribution boardd to the HexTTreme frame you assembleed in step one. The power d
distribution board is installed with nylo n spacers agaainst the main
n lower platee. pass it all the w
way through one of the sixx large screw holes on thee Take one of the nylon screws and p
he lower platee. The larger hole upper plate and then tthrough the correspondingg smaller screew hole on th
e entire nylon
n screw to pass through th
he main uppe r plate and press against tthe top side o
of the allows the
main lowe
er plate exten
nding outwarrds. See diagrram below annd note that tthe diagram d
does not show
w the electronicc speed contro
ollers (ESCs) ssoldered to th
he power distrribution boarrd. Use the flat head screw
wdriver to hold the nylon sscrew in placee and flip thee frame over o
on its back an
nd slide a nylon spacer ovver the screw. Then put th
he power disttribution boarrd on the fram
me passing th
he remainingg screw area tthrough one of the holes o
on the powerr distribution board. Attach a nylon nutt to affix the p
power distribution board tto the frame –
– hand tighteen at this poin
nt just enough
h to keep the nut in place but leave enou
ugh room to w
work with the
e remaining sscrews, spaceers and nuts. Do the samee procedure
e for the remaining five nyylon screws, sspacers and nnuts – therebyy attaching th
he power distributio
on board to the frame at ssix points. After you have aall six nylon sccrews, spacerrs and nuts attached, tighten the n
nuts firmly bu
ut do not overr tighten or y ou will strip tthe nylon threeads. See pictture below: Here is a cclose up imagge of how you
u will attach tthe power disstribution boaard to the frame – again please note that the image do
oes not includ
de the wires o
or the ESCs. NOTE: Th
here IS a top aand bottom to
o the power d
distribution bboard. You w
want the botto
om of the pow
wer distributio
on board facing outward. The bottom o
of the power r distribution board is side that has the heavy gau
uge black and
d red battery w
wires soldere
ed to it. Insurre that none o
of the motor arm wires geet trapped u
under the pow
wer distributio
on board whe
en you tighteen the nuts. R
Remember th
hat these are nylon nuts and sscrews and if you over tigh
hten these nu
uts you WILL sstrip the nylo
on threads. B
Be sure to tigh
hten the nuts ssnugly but do not use exce
essive torque.. We have fo und it much eeasier, after aattaching thee first screw to aattach the seccond screw directly oppossite the first. After these two screws arre attached, tthe remainingg screws, spaccers and nutss are quite easy to install. U
Use diagonal cutters to cu
ut off the exceess threads of the nylon sccrews. This is a mandatoryy step or the bbattery comp
partment will not mount correctly. Step3:Electron
nicSpeedControlle
er(ESC)C
ConnectionsandW
WireClean
nUp
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: Partially A
Assembled Fraame from Ste
eps 1 and 2 ab
bove 5.5” Cable
e Ties (55CT) Required Tools: None electronic spe
eed controlleers (ESCs) have three blackk wires coming out You will notice that each of the six e
of one sid
de and three ““bundled” wires (brown, o
orange and yeellow) comingg out the otheer side ‐ alongg with the b
black and red wires comingg out the sam
me side and sooldered to the power distrribution boarrd. The “bund
dled” wires w
will connect to
o your flight ccontroller. Thhe black wiress coming off o
of the ESC will connect to the corresp
ponding three
e black wires coming out oof each motorr arm. You will notice thatt the he ESC is a fem
male connecttor and the black wire com
ming out of the connector for each blaack wire on th
motor arm
m is a male co
onnector. It d
does not mattter which blaack wire of thee ESC conneccts to which b
black wire of th
he motor arm. Essentially, the three blaack wires goinng down the motor arm arre a kind of “extension cord” connecting each EESC to each m
motor. Go ahead and connectt the each of tthe three blacck wires from
m each ESC to a correspond
ding set of three black wire
es from each motor arm. NOTE: Maake sure that you connect the three blaack wires from
m a specific ESC to a corressponding set of three blacck wires for a specific moto
or arm. In other words – IINSURE that yyou do not acccidentally cross connect aa black wire frrom an ESC to
o a black wire
e on a differennt motor arm
m. Each of thee six ESCs will control exxactly one mo
otor. It is up to you how you
u will route th
he “bundled” wires to yourr flight contro
oller. You can
n use any avaailable wires to the m
main upper pl ate. opening to route the EESC bundled w
On the maain lower platte you will no
otice a flat recctangular areea between eaach motor arm. This flat aarea is where yyou will attach each ESC to
o the frame. You can eitheer do this with the supplieed 5.5” cable tties or you can
n use strong d
double sided tape. We reccommend thaat you use the supplied caable ties because you can th
hen neatly tie
e the three black wires into
o the space bbetween the m
main upper and lower plattes. See picturre below: NOTE: W
When you conn
nect the blackk wire from th
he ESC to thee motor arm b
black wire you
u might noticce a small gap of exposed ccopper in the middle of the
e connectors where they m
mate. Be sure that when yyou cable tie tthe three blacck wires together that you
u avoid havingg these expossed areas of eeach of the th
hree wires in close enough p
proximity to ttouch or you could have a n electrical sh
hort. You can
n either use aa small piecce of electricaal tape to elecctrically seal tthe gap or yo u can simply offset the connectors wheen you wire ttie them. See
e picture belo
ow. Also note, that you migght want to aavoid running the six ESC ““bundled” wirres that go to
o the flight controllerr through the center hole iin the main upper and low
wer plates beccause typically you will waant to position yyour flight con
ntroller there
e (precisely in the middle oof your HexTreme) and wirres running up through this hole will m
make this diffficult to do. In
nstead, simplyy run the bun
ndled wires up through any of the other available ope
enings in the main upper aand lower plaates. Below is aa picture of th
he HexTreme with the ESC
Cs mounted too the main lower plate. Step4:MotorsA
Attachment
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
Partially aassembled fraame from abo
ove steps (6) Brushless Motors (M
M980S) or mounting sscrews – 2 scrrews from each motor kit accessory plaastic bag (12) Moto
Required Tools: Small Philips Head Scre
ewdriver Loctite Th
hreadlocker Blue 242 or eq
quivalent Scissors to
o open plasticc bags Remove aa motor and aaccessories baag from the m
motor cardbo ard box. Opeen the accesso
ories bag and
d find two of the
e larger Philip
ps head screw
ws. You will usse three of thhe smaller Phiillips head scrrews to attach the propeller mount to eacch motor in aa later step. W
We will be atttaching the m
motors at two points on each or on top of th
he motor arm
m with the mootor shaft basse sitting in th
he large moto
or motor. Hold the moto
he motor arm
m. Align two o
of the screw h
holes on the m
motor with co
orrespondingg screw holes on hole on th
the motor arm. While holding the m
motor in placce flip the HexxTreme over and pass a Ph
hilips head screw had the screw
w heads dippe
ed in Loctite TThreadlocker Blue through
h one of the laarge motor arrm that has h
screw hole and fasten the screw to the motor. D
Do the same ffor the other motor attach
hment screw.. Repeat th
hese steps forr the other fivve motors. Se
ee picture bellow: You can, aat this point, connect the tthree motor w
wires to the tthree motor aarm sockets sshould you ch
hoose to do so. Remember, h
however, thaat you will mo
ost likely havee to change w
which motor w
wire goes to w
what motor wirre socket during flight controller calibraation to insurre that the mo
otor spins in tthe proper direction as dictated by the flight co
ontroller requ
uirements. Thhis usually sim
mply involvess swapping tw
wo of the three wires in their sockets due
e to the nature of three phhase motors.
Step5:BatteryC
Compartm
mentAsse
emblyandAttachm
ment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (2) Batterry Compartme
ent Plates (H0
003A_R1) (1) 40mm
m LED Mountin
ng Plate (H00
04A_R1) (1) Camerra Mounting P
Plate (H006A_
_R1) (12) 8 x 3..2 x 29 mm Nylon Spacers (FS820) (4) 8 x 3.2
2 x 15 mm Nylon Spacers (FS815) (12) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (6) M3 x .5 x 50 mm Sccrews (HW50)) (4) M3 x .5 x 22 mm Sccrews (HW22)) (2) M3 x .5 x 8 mm Screws (HW08) Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.5mm
m Nut Driver or wrench mounting platte has tabs on
n the short en
nds of the plaate. These tab
bs will snap in
nto correspon
nding The LED m
channels at one end off the short sid
de of the batttery compartm
ment plates. The fit mightt be snug so b
be mounting platte tabs flush into the channnels of the baattery compartment plates. sure to make the led m
wo FS820 nylo
on spacers an
nd fasten to the Now take five of the HW50 screws aand for each screw, use tw
ompartment plates with a HS3N lock nu
ut as shown i n the picture below. battery co
Tighten all five screws and nuts. Att this point the battery com
mpartment sh
hould look likke the followin
ng: Now take the camera m
mounting plate and affix itt to the batteery compartm
ment using a H
HW50 screw, two FS820 nylon spacers an
nd a HS3N locck nut. To keep the camerra mounting p
plate from sw
wiveling, align
n the camera m
mounting plate
e screw holess with the corrresponding hholes on the b
battery comp
partment platte and fasten witth two HW08
8 screws and H
HS3N lock nuts as shown bbelow: At this point, the batte
ery compartm
ment should lo
ook like the foollowing: At this point, we will atttach the asse
embled batte
ery compartm
ment to the HeexTreme fram
me. Take a HW
W22 screw paass it all the w
way through o
one of the fouur battery com
mpartment atttachment sccrew holes on tthe main upper plate and tthen through
h the correspoonding smalleer screw holee on the lowerr plate. You will need to
o use your Allen wrench to
o hold the scrrew in place through the lo
ower plate du
uring ess. Slide a FSS815 nylon sp
pacer over the
e screw and tthen pass thee remaining sccrew threads this proce
through ccorrespondingg screw hole o
on the batterry compartmeent and fasten with a HW3
3N lock nut. Make certain that you have tthe camera m
mount facing tthe front of thhe HexTremee and that thee proper screw
w holes on tthe battery co
ompartment are aligned. Refer to the ffollowing pictture: Do the same for the th
hree remainin
ng screws and
d tighten the nnuts. Your HexTreme should now lookk like the follow
wing: Step6:LandingGearAtta
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 Nylon Spacers (FS810) (21) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (21) M3 x .5 x 18 mm SScrews (HW18
8) Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.5mm
m Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
The HexTreme kit com
mes with enou
ugh parts for tthree or four landing gear legs. In this configuration
n we HRA will be building three landing gear legs in a tripod fashion. Ea ch landing geear leg consists of two LGH
legs, three
e FS810 nylon
n spacers and
d correspondiing HW18 scrrews and HW3N lock nuts – 7 of each.
Assemble
e as shown be
elow. Two of the landing ggear legs attacch to the red motor arms and one attaches to the “baack” black legg opposite the
e front black lleg. Step7:AccessorryPlatesA
Attachme
ent
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
(1) GPS m
mast mountingg plate (H007A_R1) (4) 3 x .5m
mm Lock Nutss (HW3N) (4) M3 x .5 x 20 mm Sccrews (HW20)) e retainers (RP
P10A) (2) Frame
For each vvideo / telemetry transmittter plates –.
(1) Transm
mitter mounting plate (TXM
MTA) (4) 3 x .5m
mm Lock Nutss (HW3N) (4) M3 x .5 x 18mm Scrrews (HW18)
e retainers (RP
P10A) (2) Frame
Required Tools: ench – 2.5mm
m Allen Wre
Allen Wre
ench – 2.0 mm
m (for use witth the 20mm screws) Nut Driver or wrench In this ste
ep, we will be attaching the
e GPS plate and optionallyy the video / ttelemetry transmitter platte(s). To install the GPS mastt mounting plate on your H
HexTreme – cchoose which
h arm to attacch the GPS plaate ecommend th
hat you moun
nt the GPS plaate to arm po inting directlyy aft out of yo
our HexTreme but to. We re
the placem
ment is at your discretion.. Position the
e GPS plate (H
H007A_R1) on
n top of the m
motor arm as shown be
elow. Place a fraame retainer (RP10A) on tthe bottom off the motor aarm and fasteen with two HW20 screws and HW3N locck nuts. Repeat this proced
dure for the o
other side of tthe GPS platee as shown ab
bove. To install a transmitterr plate, position the plate ((TXMTA) on tthe side of a m
motor arm with the long side wnwards and
d place a fram
me retainer on
n the other sidde of the mottor arm aligned with the facing dow
correspon
nding screw h
holes of the trransmitter plaate. Fasten w
with two HW118 screws and
d HW3N lock nuts. Repeat th
his procedure for the otherr side of the ttransmitter pllate as shown
n below: To install the second trransmitter plaate, choose aanother arm aand repeat th
he procedure above. Step8:LedStrip
psAttachm
ment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (2) Six Red
d LED Strip (LLED‐TR6) (2) Six Blu
ue LED Strip (LLED‐TB6) 4” Cable TTies (40CT) Required Tools: None These LED
D strips are, o
of course, optional and can
n be attachedd any way you
u see fit to your HexTremee. We prefer to mount the re
ed LED strips tto the undersside of the redd motor armss using the ad
dhesive strip already afffixed to the sstrip. Simply peel off the p
paper coatingg to expose th
he adhesive aand fasten to the motor arm
m. We then m
mount the blu
ue LED strips to the corressponding blacck motor arms to form a reed / blue X wh
hen seen from
m below. In th
his manner it is easy to ideentify preciseely which direection your HexTreme
e is flying whe
en it is in the air. You will notice corresp
ponding powe
er wires / con
nnectors com ing off of the power distribution board to connect the LED strips to. Be sure tto position th
he LED strips oon the motorr arms with th
he power cable / er plates for eeasy connection to the pow
wer cables co
oming connector facing towards the main upper / lowe
off of the power distrib
bution board. Use the cable ties to holdd the excess p
power wires iin place again
nst the motor arms. possible configuration, to aavoid having to work arouund the landin
ng gear on thee red motor aarms, Another p
is to put the two red LEED strips on tthe two blackk motor arms on either side of the aft b
black motor arrm and one b
blue LED strip
p on the fore aarm coming o
out of the fro nt of your HeexTreme. Thiss configuratio
on is shown be
elow: Step9:Propelle
ersAttach
hment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (3) Normaal rotation pro
opellers (0805CFNP) (3) Reversse rotation prropellers (080
05CFRP) (6) Plasticc shaft adapte
ers (comes in the propellerr kit bags) (18) Small propeller hu
ub shaft attacchment Philips head screw
ws (comes in tthe motor boxxes) hafts (6) Hub sh
(6) Hub sh
haft washers (6) Hub sh
haft nuts Required Tools: Nut Driver or wrench Small Phillips head scre
ewdriver In order to attach the p
propellers pro
operly, you w
will need to knnow which prropeller should go on whicch specific m
motor arm. Th
his will be dictated by yourr flight controoller. As you work your waay around thee HexTreme
e motor armss in either dire
ection, you w
will install a noormal rotation propeller and then on th
he neighboring arm you w
will install a re
everse rotatio
on propeller. In other word
ds, you will never have a m with the same rotation ttype of propeeller. neighboring motor arm
haft adapter iinto the proppeller. For eacch propeller p
provided therre are The first sstep is to instaall a plastic sh
four plasttic shaft adapters – each th
hat will adaptt the propelleer to a different size shaft. For the motors with the seco
provided with your HexTreme you w
will use the sh
haft adapter w
ond smallest hole. See picttures below: Now, attaach the suppliied hub shaft to the motorr using three small propelller hub shaft attachment Philips head screws. Se
ee below: Now, placce the propeller onto the m
motor shaft in
nsuring that itt is oriented ccorrectly (shaaft adapter faacing downwards toward the
e motor) and that you havve the correctt rotation pro
opeller on thee correct motor as ur flight controller. outlined aabove and dicctated by you
Also, insure that the prropeller is insstalled all the way down onn the motor sshaft. Now place the hub shaft washer ovver the prope
eller and instaall the propeller shaft nut aand tighten firmly. See piccture below.
Repeat fo
or remaining ffive propellers. Step10
0:ProtecttiveAcryllicDome
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
(1) Acrylicc Dome (HDO
OM) (1) Velcro
o strips with adhesive (V05
5B) Required Tools: Scissors to
o cut the Velccro strips To attach the dome sim
mply cut six small squares of the Velcroo adhesive strrips – both ho
ook and loop sides – into size
es that corresspond to the aattachment p
points on the motor arms w
where the do
ome meets th
he motor arm
ms. Affix a hook piece of th
he cut Velcro by peeling offf the plastic tto expose thee adhesive an
nd attach to eeach m where the lip of the dom
me meets the
e motor arm. Then affix th
he other side of the cut Velcro motor arm
strip (loop
p side) in the same manne
er to the dome in the correesponding loccations alignin
ng with the hook side Velcrro strips on th
he motor arm
ms. See picture
e below for reeference. Conclu
usion
At this point, your HexxTreme should
d look substantially like thhe following:
Now, pleaase refer to yo
our flight con
ntroller and acccessories maanuals (FPV ccamera, GoPro mount, etc.) for further instructions. We hope you enjoy flyying your HexTTreme as we did designingg it. Happy flyying!!! HexTre
emeAssemblyInsttructioniintheXCo
onfigurattion
Step1:MotorArrmsAttacchment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (1) Main LLower Plate (H001A) (1) Main U
Upper Plate (H002A_R1) (18) M3 x .5 x 18mm sccrews (HW18
8) (18) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (4) Motorr Arms – Blacck (ARM‐262B
B) (2) Motorr Arms – Red (ARM‐262R) Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.5mm
m Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
The moto
or arms will be
e attached be
etween the m
main lower plaate and main upper plate aas shown below. Align the upper plate aand lower plate with the 35mm channeels on both plates lining up
p with each otther. Insert a HW18 screw th
hrough the m
main lower plaate, motor ar m and main u
upper plate u
using the inneer motor arm
m screw hole on the platess. Attach and
d loosely tightten a HW3N n
nut to each screw. The mo
otor wire conn
nector zip tied
d to the end o
of each motor arm should be facing dow
wn relative to
o the main lower plate. You
u can pass the
e three motorr wires througgh the motorr wire cutout on the main lower plate. Repeat fo
or the other 5 motor arms. NOTE: Be sure to assem
mble the wayy the diagram above showss with the scrrews inserted
d from the maain uts tightened
d down onto tthe upper plaate. Also notee the alignmeent of each motor lower platte with the nu
arm alongg the six 35mm channels cut into the m
main upper an d main lowerr plates. You mightt find it easier to attach on
ne arm at a time and looseely tighten eaach nut and w
work your wayy around with the other arms until all arms are atttached. Tight en all six nutss but do not ttighten “all th
he way”. Thiis will be done a little laterr. At this point, your HexxTreme should
d look like the
e following:
NOTE: This diagram do
oes not show the motor wires! Be sure to align each motor arm w
with its associated 35mm chaannel. Now, we w
will add the sscrews required to secure the motor arrms within thee main upperr and lower plates. You will notice that at the outer edgge of the main upper and lower plates there are thrree screw holes relative to
o each motor arm. The miiddle screw hole is obscureed by the mo
otor arm itselff and there iss a screw hole on either siide of each m
motor arm. He
ere, we will a ttach two scrrews for each
h motor arm tto secure it iin place. Please see below: These HW
W18 screws caan be inserted
d into the upp
per plate andd secured with
h HW3N nutss on the main bottom plate as shown
n above. At th
his point, you can fully tighhten all the nuts associated with the mo
otor arms inclu
uding the firstt six used at tthe center are
ea of the mai n upper platee. Now, your HexTreme sshould look like the follow
wing: Step2:PowerD
Distributio
onBoardAttachme
ent
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: Partially A
Assembled Fraame from Ste
ep 1 above (1) Powerr Distribution Board (PDB‐B
BE) (6) 3 x .5 xx 22 mm nylo
on screws (HN
N20) (6) 6 x 3.2
2 x 7.5 mm nyylon spacers (FS675) (6) 3 X .5 mm nylon he
ex nuts (HN3N
N) Required Tools: Small flat head screwd
driver Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
In this ste
ep, we will be attaching the
e power distrribution boardd to the HexTTreme frame you assembleed in step one. The power d
distribution board is installed with nylo n spacers agaainst the main
n lower platee. pass it all the w
way through one of the sixx large screw holes on thee Take one of the nylon screws and p
he lower platee. The larger hole upper plate and then tthrough the correspondingg smaller screew hole on th
e entire nylon
n screw to pass through th
he main uppe r plate and press against tthe top side o
of the allows the
main lowe
er plate exten
nding outwarrds. See diagrram below annd note that tthe diagram d
does not show
w the electronicc speed contro
ollers (ESCs) ssoldered to th
he power distrribution boarrd. Use the flat head screw
wdriver to hold the nylon sscrew in placee and flip thee frame over o
on its back an
nd slide a nylon spacer ovver the screw. Then put th
he power disttribution boarrd on the fram
me passing th
he remainingg screw area tthrough one of the holes o
on the powerr distribution board. Attach a nylon nutt to affix the p
power distribution board tto the frame –
– hand tighteen at this poin
nt just enough
h to keep the nut in place but leave enou
ugh room to w
work with the
e remaining sscrews, spaceers and nuts. Do the samee procedure
e for the remaining five nyylon screws, sspacers and nnuts – therebyy attaching th
he power distributio
on board to the frame at ssix points. After you have aall six nylon sccrews, spacerrs and nuts attached, tighten the n
nuts firmly bu
ut do not overr tighten or y ou will strip tthe nylon threeads. See pictture below: Here is a cclose up imagge of how you
u will attach tthe power disstribution boaard to the frame – again please note that the image do
oes not includ
de the wires o
or the ESCs. NOTE: Th
here IS a top aand bottom to
o the power d
distribution bboard. You w
want the botto
om of the pow
wer distributio
on board facing outward. The bottom o
of the power r distribution board is side that has the heavy gau
uge black and
d red battery w
wires soldere
ed to it. Insurre that none o
of the motor arm wires geet trapped u
under the pow
wer distributio
on board whe
en you tighteen the nuts. R
Remember th
hat these are nylon nuts and sscrews and if you over tigh
hten these nu
uts you WILL sstrip the nylo
on threads. B
Be sure to tigh
hten the nuts ssnugly but do not use exce
essive torque.. We have fo und it much eeasier, after aattaching thee first screw to aattach the seccond screw directly oppossite the first. After these two screws arre attached, tthe remainingg screws, spaccers and nutss are quite easy to install. U
Use diagonal cutters to cu
ut off the exceess threads of the nylon sccrews. This is a mandatoryy step or the bbattery comp
partment will not mount correctly. Step3:Electron
nicSpeedControlle
er(ESC)C
ConnectionsandW
WireClean
nUp
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: Partially A
Assembled Fraame from Ste
eps 1 and 2 ab
bove 5.5” Cable
e Ties (55CT) Required Tools: None electronic spe
eed controlleers (ESCs) have three blackk wires coming out You will notice that each of the six e
of one sid
de and three ““bundled” wires (brown, o
orange and yeellow) comingg out the otheer side ‐ alongg with the b
black and red wires comingg out the sam
me side and sooldered to the power distrribution boarrd. The “bund
dled” wires w
will connect to
o your flight ccontroller. Thhe black wiress coming off o
of the ESC will connect to the corresp
ponding three
e black wires coming out oof each motorr arm. You will notice thatt the he ESC is a fem
male connecttor and the black wire com
ming out of the connector for each blaack wire on th
motor arm
m is a male co
onnector. It d
does not mattter which blaack wire of thee ESC conneccts to which b
black wire of th
he motor arm. Essentially, the three blaack wires goinng down the motor arm arre a kind of “extension cord” connecting each EESC to each m
motor. Go ahead and connectt the each of tthe three blacck wires from
m each ESC to a correspond
ding set of three black wire
es from each motor arm. NOTE: Maake sure that you connect the three blaack wires from
m a specific ESC to a corressponding set of three blacck wires for a specific moto
or arm. In other words – IINSURE that yyou do not acccidentally cross connect aa black wire frrom an ESC to
o a black wire
e on a differennt motor arm
m. Each of thee six ESCs will control exxactly one mo
otor. It is up to you how you
u will route th
he “bundled” wires to yourr flight contro
oller. You can
n use any avaailable wires to the m
main upper pl ate. opening to route the EESC bundled w
On the maain lower platte you will no
otice a flat recctangular areea between eaach motor arm. This flat aarea is where yyou will attach each ESC to
o the frame. You can eitheer do this with the supplieed 5.5” cable tties or you can
n use strong d
double sided tape. We reccommend thaat you use the supplied caable ties because you can th
hen neatly tie
e the three black wires into
o the space bbetween the m
main upper and lower plattes. See picturre below: NOTE: W
When you conn
nect the blackk wire from th
he ESC to thee motor arm b
black wire you
u might noticce a small gap of exposed ccopper in the middle of the
e connectors where they m
mate. Be sure that when yyou cable tie tthe three blacck wires together that you
u avoid havingg these expossed areas of eeach of the th
hree wires in close enough p
proximity to ttouch or you could have a n electrical sh
hort. You can
n either use aa small piecce of electricaal tape to elecctrically seal tthe gap or yo u can simply offset the connectors wheen you wire ttie them. See
e picture belo
ow. Also note, that you migght want to aavoid running the six ESC ““bundled” wirres that go to
o the flight controllerr through the center hole iin the main upper and low
wer plates beccause typically you will waant to position yyour flight con
ntroller there
e (precisely in the middle oof your HexTreme) and wirres running up through this hole will m
make this diffficult to do. In
nstead, simplyy run the bun
ndled wires up through any of the other available ope
enings in the main upper aand lower plaates. Below is aa picture of th
he HexTreme with the ESC
Cs mounted too the main lower plate. Step4:MotorsA
Attachment
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
Partially aassembled fraame from abo
ove steps (6) Brushless Motors (M
M980S) or mounting sscrews – 2 scrrews from each motor kit accessory plaastic bag (12) Moto
Required Tools: Small Philips Head Scre
ewdriver Loctite Th
hreadlocker Blue 242 or eq
quivalent Scissors to
o open plasticc bags Remove aa motor and aaccessories baag from the m
motor cardbo ard box. Opeen the accesso
ories bag and
d find two of the
e larger Philip
ps head screw
ws. You will usse three of thhe smaller Phiillips head scrrews to attach the propeller mount to eacch motor in aa later step. W
We will be atttaching the m
motors at two points on each or on top of th
he motor arm
m with the mootor shaft basse sitting in th
he large moto
or motor. Hold the moto
he motor arm
m. Align two o
of the screw h
holes on the m
motor with co
orrespondingg screw holes on hole on th
the motor arm. While holding the m
motor in placce flip the HexxTreme over and pass a Ph
hilips head screw had the screw
w heads dippe
ed in Loctite TThreadlocker Blue through
h one of the laarge motor arrm that has h
screw hole and fasten the screw to the motor. D
Do the same ffor the other motor attach
hment screw.. Repeat th
hese steps forr the other fivve motors. Se
ee picture bellow: You can, aat this point, connect the tthree motor w
wires to the tthree motor aarm sockets sshould you ch
hoose to do so. Remember, h
however, thaat you will mo
ost likely havee to change w
which motor w
wire goes to w
what motor wirre socket during flight controller calibraation to insurre that the mo
otor spins in tthe proper direction as dictated by the flight co
ontroller requ
uirements. Thhis usually sim
mply involvess swapping tw
wo of the three wires in their sockets due
e to the nature of three phhase motors.
Step5:BatteryC
Compartm
mentAsse
emblyandAttachm
ment
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
(2) Batterry Compartme
ent Plates (H0
003A_R1) (1) 40mm
m LED Mountin
ng Plate (H00
04A_R1) (12) 8 x 3..2 x 29 mm Nylon Spacers (FS820) (4) 8 x 3.2
2 x 15 mm Nylon Spacers (FS815) (10) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (6) M3 x .5 x 50 mm Sccrews (HW50)) (4) M3 x .5 x 22 mm Sccrews (HW22)) Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.5mm
m Nut Driver or wrench The LED m
mounting platte has tabs on
n the short en
nds of the plaate. These tab
bs will snap in
nto correspon
nding channels at one end off the short sid
de of the batttery compartm
ment plates. The fit mightt be snug so b
be mounting platte tabs flush into the channnels of the baattery compartment plates. sure to make the led m
Now take five of the HW50 screws aand for each screw, use tw
wo FS820 nylo
on spacers an
nd fasten to the ompartment plates with a HS3N lock nu
ut as shown i n the picture below. Durin
ng assembly, be battery co
sure to pu
ut the HW50 screws through the correcct holes for thhe four “corneers” of the baattery compartm
ment plates. Tighten all five screws and nuts. No
ow the batterry compartmeent should look like the fo
ollowing: At this point, we will atttach the asse
embled batte
ery compartm
ment to the HeexTreme fram
me. Take a HW
W22 screw paass it all the w
way through o
one of the fouur battery com
mpartment atttachment sccrew holes on tthe main upper plate and tthen through
h the correspoonding smalleer screw holee on the lowerr plate. You will need to
o use your Allen wrench to
o hold the scrrew in place through the lo
ower plate du
uring ess. Slide a FSS815 nylon sp
pacer over the
e screw and tthen pass thee remaining sccrew threads this proce
through ccorrespondingg screw hole o
on the batterry compartmeent and fasten with a HW3
3N lock nut. Make sure that the proper sccrew holes on
n the battery compartmennt are aligned. Refer to thee following picture: Do the same for the th
hree remainin
ng screws and
d tighten the nnuts. Your HexTreme should now lookk like the follow
wing: Step6:FPVCam
meraandG
GPSMastMounts
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (1) FPV Caamera Mountting Plate (H0
006A_R1) (1) GPS M
Mast Mountingg Plate (H007
7A_R1) (6) 8 x 3.2
2 x 10 mm Nylon Spacers (FS810) (6) M3 x .5 x 20 mm Sccrews (HW20)) mm Lock Nutss (HW3N) (6) 3 x .5m
Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.0mm
m Nut Driver or wrench To mountt the FPV cam
mera mounting plate H006A
A_R1, take thhree HW20 sccrews, FS810 nylon spacers and HW3N locck nuts and in
nstall on the m
main HexTrem
me copter fra me as shown
n below: nting plate sh
hould look likee this: One installed the FPV ccamera moun
To mountt the GPS masst mounting p
plate H007A_
_R1, take threee HW20 screews, FS810 nyylon spacers aand HW3N locck nuts and in
nstall on the m
main HexTrem
me copter fra me as shown
n below or altternatively ass shown in step 8: plate is mounted directly oopposite the FFPV camera m
mounting platte on Note thatt the GPS masst mounting p
the “rear”” of the HexTreme main bo
ody. Once installed, the G
GPS mast mou
unting plate sshould look likke this: Step7:LandingGearAtta
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 Nylon Spacers (FS810) (28) 3 x .5
5mm Lock Nuts (HW3N) (28) M3 x .5 x 18 mm SScrews (HW18
8) Required Tools: Allen Wre
ench – 2.5mm
m Nut Driver or wrench o open plasticc bags Scissors to
The HexTreme kit com
mes with enou
ugh parts for tthree or four landing gear legs. In the X
X configuratio
on we ur landing geaar legs. Each landing gear leg consists o
of two LGHRA
A legs, three FFS810 will be atttaching all fou
nylon spacers and corrresponding HW18 screws aand HW3N loock nuts – 7 of each. Assemble
e as shown be
elow. Two of the landing ggear legs attacch to the red motor arms and two attach to the corressponding “back” black motor arms opp
posite the fronnt red motor arms as show
wn below: Step8:AccessorryPlatesA
Attachme
ent
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
(1) GPS m
mast mountingg plate (H007A_R1) (4) 3 x .5m
mm Lock Nutss (HW3N) (4) M3 x .5 x 20 mm Sccrews (HW20)) e retainers (RP
P10A) (2) Frame
For each vvideo / telemetry transmittter plates –.
(1) Transm
mitter mounting plate (TXM
MTA) (4) 3 x .5m
mm Lock Nutss (HW3N) (4) M3 x .5 x 18mm Scrrews (HW18)
e retainers (RP
P10A) (2) Frame
Required Tools: ench – 2.5mm
m Allen Wre
Allen Wre
ench – 2.0 mm
m (for use witth the 20mm screws) Nut Driver or wrench In this ste
ep, we will be attaching the
e GPS plate in
n its optional location as w
well as the opttional video // telemetryy transmitter plate(s). To in
nstall the GPSS mast mountting plate on your HexTrem
me – choose which arm
m to attach th
he GPS plate tto. We recom
mmend that yyou mount the GPS plate tto arm pointin
ng directly afft out of yourr HexTreme but the placem
ment is at youur discretion. Position thee GPS plate (H007A_R
R1) on top of the motor arm as shown b
below. Place a fraame retainer (RP10A) on tthe bottom off the motor aarm and fasteen with two HW20 screws and HW3N locck nuts. Repeat this proced
dure for the o
other side of tthe GPS platee as shown ab
bove. To install a transmitterr plate, position the plate ((TXMTA) on tthe side of a m
motor arm with the long side wnwards and
d place a fram
me retainer on
n the other sidde of the mottor arm aligned with the facing dow
correspon
nding screw h
holes of the trransmitter plaate. Fasten w
with two HW118 screws and
d HW3N lock nuts. Repeat th
his procedure for the otherr side of the ttransmitter pllate as shown
n below: To install the second trransmitter plaate, choose aanother arm aand repeat th
he procedure above. Step9:LedStrip
psAttachm
ment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (2) Six Red
d LED Strip (LLED‐TR6) (2) Six Blu
ue LED Strip (LLED‐TB6) 4” Cable TTies (40CT) Required Tools: None These LED
D strips are, o
of course, optional and can
n be attachedd any way you
u see fit to your HexTremee. We prefer to mount the re
ed LED strips tto the undersside of the redd motor armss using the ad
dhesive strip already afffixed to the sstrip. Simply peel off the p
paper coatingg to expose th
he adhesive aand fasten to the motor arm
m. We then m
mount the blu
ue LED strips to the corressponding blacck motor arms to form a reed / blue X wh
hen seen from
m below. In th
his manner it is easy to ideentify preciseely which direection your HexTreme
e is flying whe
en it is in the air. You will notice corresp
ponding powe
er wires / con
nnectors com ing off of the power distribution board to connect the LED strips to. Be sure tto position th
he LED strips oon the motorr arms with th
he power cable / er plates for eeasy connection to the pow
wer cables co
oming connector facing towards the main upper / lowe
off of the power distrib
bution board. Use the cable ties to holdd the excess p
power wires iin place again
nst the motor arms. possible configuration, to aavoid having to work arouund the landin
ng gear on thee red motor aarms, Another p
is to put the two red LEED strips on tthe two blackk motor arms on either side of the aft b
black motor arrm and one b
blue LED strip
p on the fore aarm coming o
out of the fro nt of your HeexTreme. Thiss configuratio
on is shown be
elow: Step10
0:PropelllersAttacchment
What you
u will need fro
om the kit: (3) Normaal rotation pro
opellers (0805CFNP) (3) Reversse rotation prropellers (080
05CFRP) (6) Plasticc shaft adapte
ers (comes in the propellerr kit bags) (18) Small propeller hu
ub shaft attacchment Philips head screw
ws (comes in tthe motor boxxes) hafts (6) Hub sh
(6) Hub sh
haft washers (6) Hub sh
haft nuts Required Tools: Nut Driver or wrench Small Phillips head scre
ewdriver In order to attach the p
propellers pro
operly, you w
will need to knnow which prropeller should go on whicch specific m
motor arm. Th
his will be dictated by yourr flight controoller. As you work your waay around thee HexTreme
e motor armss in either dire
ection, you w
will install a noormal rotation propeller and then on th
he neighboring arm you w
will install a re
everse rotatio
on propeller. In other word
ds, you will never have a m with the same rotation ttype of propeeller. neighboring motor arm
haft adapter iinto the proppeller. For eacch propeller p
provided therre are The first sstep is to instaall a plastic sh
four plasttic shaft adapters – each th
hat will adaptt the propelleer to a different size shaft. For the motors with the seco
provided with your HexTreme you w
will use the sh
haft adapter w
ond smallest hole. See picttures below: Now, attaach the suppliied hub shaft to the motorr using three small propelller hub shaft attachment Philips head screws. Se
ee below: Now, placce the propeller onto the m
motor shaft in
nsuring that itt is oriented ccorrectly (shaaft adapter faacing downwards toward the
e motor) and that you havve the correctt rotation pro
opeller on thee correct motor as ur flight controller. outlined aabove and dicctated by you
Also, insure that the prropeller is insstalled all the way down onn the motor sshaft. Now place the hub shaft washer ovver the prope
eller and instaall the propeller shaft nut aand tighten firmly. See piccture below.
Repeat fo
or remaining ffive propellers. Step11
1:ProtecttiveAcryllicDome
u will need fro
om the kit: What you
(1) Acrylicc Dome (HDO
OM) (1) Velcro
o strips with adhesive (V05
5B) Required Tools: Scissors to
o cut the Velccro strips To attach the dome sim
mply cut six small squares of the Velcroo adhesive strrips – both ho
ook and loop sides – into size
es that corresspond to the aattachment p
points on the motor arms w
where the do
ome meets th
he motor arm
ms. Affix a hook piece of th
he cut Velcro by peeling offf the plastic tto expose thee adhesive an
nd attach to eeach m where the lip of the dom
me meets the
e motor arm. Then affix th
he other side of the cut Velcro motor arm
strip (loop
p side) in the same manne
er to the dome in the correesponding loccations alignin
ng with the hook side Velcrro strips on th
he motor arm
ms. See picture
e below for reeference. Conclu
usion
At this point, your HexxTreme should
d look substantially like thhe following n
noting that traansmitters, camera, flight controlle
er, batteries, etc. are not included withh your HexTreeme kit yet arre shown in th
his eme: picture off a fully readyy to fly HexTre
Now, pleaase refer to yo
our flight con
ntroller and acccessories maanuals (FPV ccamera, GoPro mount, etc.) for further instructions. We hope you enjoy flyying your HexTTreme as we did designingg it. Happy flyying!!!