Mikrokopter FPV Camera Mount. Assembly Manual

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1 Assembly Manual Introduction Thank you for purchasing the. The FPV Camera Mount is provided as a kit and requires assembly. The assembly of the mount can take up to minutes for an inexperienced builder. Before starting to assemble the kit, please examine your kit that is has all the necessary parts and nothing is missing. Please see the list of the items on the next page to make sure everything is in the bag: Page 1 of 7

2 Content: 1 x 1.6mm FR4 (fibreglass) mounting plate 1 x Camera Plate 1 x Camera Spindle 1 x Drilling guide 2 x Side mounts 9 x 4-40 wood screws 1 x 4-40 black metal screw 1 x 1mm pushrod If any of the above is missing please contact us at customerservice@nghobbies.com for replacement parts. Items required and not supplied: 1 x Camera 1 or 2 strips of double sided tape 1 x Hitec HS55 servo or similar Tools required: The following tools will be required for assembly: Needle nose plier Philips screwdriver 3/32 or 2.5mm drill bit Portable hand drill Hobby cutter Page 2 of 7

3 Step 1: Take the drilling guide and push it on the camera spindle just like in the picture below. It should be tight. Make sure the edges are lined up and the guide is properly level with the spindles edges. Use the hand-drill and the drill-bit to drill 2 holes in the spindle guided by the drilling guide. Try to make it as straight as possible and make sure you drill in at least ½ inches about 12-13mm. Step 2: Assemble the side parts. Using 4 wood screws just like in the picture below assemble the 2 sides of the camera mount. Please make sure you do not overtighten the screws. Step 3: Install the spindle using the black metal screw. You will have to push hard on the screw when screwing it in as the bottom hole is drilled to be tight. Page 3 of 7

4 Step 4: Using the hobby knife cut the camera plate to the size of the camera. The camera plate provided has a few milled guides for 20mm, 25mm and 30mm cameras. Please use these guides to cut down the camera plate to the dimensions of your camera. Step 5: Using the hobby knife cut an opening for the camera connector. The plastic is soft, please make sure you cut it slow and with care, otherwise you can run the knife trough cutting out a whole unwanted part. Line up the camera with the plate, mark the portion where the opening has to be cut and cut it out using the hobby knife. Step 6: Install the camera plate on the spindle. Take 2 of the remaining wood screws and install the camera plate on the spindle such that the edge overflows on the bottom side. Here if you did not drill in deep enough you will have to drill in again deeper. The top edge of the camera plate has to be flush with the camera spindle. Page 4 of 7

5 Step 7: Install the camera mount on the mounting plate. The mounting plate has holes pre-drilled. The assembled camera mount however will need 3 holes drilled for the camera plate. For your convenience there were some hole guides milled in the 2 side mounts, so when these are pressed and held together by the screws it will provide a good starting point for the drill bit. Please try to drill these holes as straight as possible. You should drill in at least 1/2 deep to accommodate the length of the screws. Step 8: Cutting the length of the middle mounting screw. When the middle screw is inserted, it will pass into the servo mounting hole. This is not acceptable as the servo will not fit in with the tip of the screw peaking out. Remove the middle screw and using a wire cutter cut back about 2mm from the length. For better mounting and eliminating more vibrations a double-sided tape can be inserted between the camera mount and the holding plate. In this case the screw might not stick out on the bottom and the above step might not be needed. The following picture illustrates such a solution: Page 5 of 7

6 Step 9: The pushrod provided in the package will have to be bent such that it will provide full motion range for the servo installed in the mount. While the pictures do not illustrate, we recommend bending the pushrod to the necessary length only after the servo is installed and the servo horn is mounted. The following pictures are only a guide to how the pushrod should be bent: Step 10: Mounting the camera. The camera is mounted with a double-sided tape to the camera plate. Using a 150 grid sandpaper the user should sand the camera plate a bit before pushing the double-sided sticky tape on it. This will provide additional adherence. For added security zipties should be used to secure the camera to the camera plate. An example of a simple mounting is in the following picture: Step 11: Mounting the camera mount on the Mikrokopter. There are 2 different versions. The Quadrokopter version comes with a mounting plate which is illustrated throughout this documentation. The user will have to use 4 plastic standoffs on the bottom holes of the Flexlander L landing gear. The holes on the quad plate will match this distance and it can be mounted with 4 3x8mm screws underneath the Mikrokopter quadro. This mounting leaves Page 6 of 7

7 space for battery installation and removal as well as the long holes on the mounting plate allow installation of video transmitters, video batteries, etc. If you choose the Hexa or Okto version, this kit comes with a mounting plate which replaces the bottom battery holder (or Highsight holder plate) plate for the Mikrokopter Hexa and Okto. If one requires, the original plate can be left in place and instead of the M3Plastic nuts 15 or 15mm standoffs can be used to provide an additional stacking layer with this mount ,,. Page 7 of 7