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• [00:48] Will I damage my drone components if I connect positives and negatives incorrectly?
• [2:01] Learn to test the rotation of your drone motors so that you motor rotation coincides with the layout of the PIXHAWK
• [2:48] How can I fix my connections in case my drone motor is spinning in the wrong direction?
• [3:58] Is it a good idea to use a Servo tester to test my motors?
• [5:06] How do you put together your servo gimbal while building your custom Skyhero Y6?
• [6:07] What is the advantage of using a servo gimbal compared to the brushless gimbal?
• [6:53] How do you attach the gimbal to the chassis while building your custom drone?
• [7:47] How do you create a gimbal plate or an inertia plate if you do not have a 3D printer?
• [8:08] How do we put the motors and ESC’s together in the arms to go on the chassis?
• [12:53] How do you protect the wires from chaffing and increase the life of the wires?
• [15:35] Learn to set up the adapter for the camera through the gimbal and gimbal through the vehicle plate
• [15:42] Watch this demo and learn to attach the modified inertia plate
• [16:53] What is the use of the modifying the inertia plate?
• [17:09] Why should you solder the positives and negative with hot glue?
• [17:48] How do you isolate the vibration from the autopilot? Is it better to use a 3D printed plastic vibration isolator over a 3M adhesive tape?
• [18:23] What problems might occur if you do not isolate the vibration from the autopilot?
• [19:07] Learn how to insulate electrical contacts
• [19:28] Walter explains why it is important to isolate vibrations from the autopilot using a vibration isolator
• [21:13] How will our custom drone handle the long payload hanging underneath? Understand the concept of “PID” and why we will need to adjust PID’s to account for this payload
• [22:25] Learn to attaching the arms to the chassis plate
• [24:16] What is the advantage of using self-tapping screws versus a machined metal screw while putting together the components of your custom drone?
• [24:46] Should you attach the autopilot directly in the center of gravity? What are the advantages of doing so?
• [25:30] Walter and Paul discuss some more advantages of using a custom servo gimbal
• [26:04] Can I opt for the Panasonic G7 if I want to shoot 4k footage?
• [26:25] How do I attach another camera to the custom built Skyhero Y6?
• [27:33] How do you test the servos using an analog servo tester?
• [28:17] Watch this demo to see how a complete 180 degree camera movement renders this custom drone ideal for mapping missions