FPV550 QUADCOPTER ASSEMBLY GUIDE

The FPV550 Quadcopter frame is specialty designed to be used as an FPV platform, with a very large central area to carry your FPV gear and a dedicated GoPro mount at the front.

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Important Safety Notes

Please make sure you read our Multicopter Safety Notes page as it has some important tips to keep you and people around you safe when flying your multicopter.

Details about your FPV550 Quadcopter Frame

INcluded Parts

• 1x Upper Frame Plate
• 1x Lower Frame Plate
• 4x Damping wheels
• 4x Motor Mount Plate
• 1x Flight Control Protection Plate
• 8x Arm Plate
• 52x Nylon Hexagonal Spacer
• 8x Nylon Tube Spacer 3x5x6.5mm
• 104x M3x6mm Screw
• 8x M3 nuts
• 4x M3x10mm Screw
• 4x Nylon Tube Spacer 3x5x2mm
• 4x M3x30mm Screw

Arm Assembly

• Attach the Nylon Hex spacers onto an arm plate using the M3x6mm Screws.  You will need to do this for all 4 of the arms
• It is important to do this for all of the spacer holes in increase the arm strength and rigidity.

• Using the M3x30mm screw and nylon tubes, attach the wheel to the arm.
• Attach the motor mount plate to the arm taking note of the correct orientation

• Now bring the other arms plate together and secure it using the M3x6mm screws.  
• The wheel will need to be secured using the M3 Nut.

• Repeat the steps above for all 4 of the quadcopter arms

Central Frame Assembly

• Use the Nylon Hex spacers and M3x6 screws and attach them to the bottom plate as shown.
• It is important to do this for all of the spacer holes in increase the arm strength and rigidity.
• You can also mount your power distribution board on the bottom plate if you prefer.  Now would be a good time to do it

• On the Upper plate, you can either mount your flight control board, or power distribution board as shown.

• On the Upper Plate, again mount some Nylon Hex spacers with the M3x6mm screws as these will be used to mount the protection plate.

• You will now need to attach the arms onto the bottom plate, and secure them together using by screwing down the upper plate using the remaining M3x6mm screws

• The last step it so mount the protection frame onto the frame as shown.  You will need to use the M3x6mm screws.

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