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QAVSOO V2 Build Manual 

Congratulllllon11 on lhll Jlllrchaae at 11111 Lu~Y*!Iar OAVSOO V2 FPV Quadcoplel'l 11111 va1'1811e urlll vehicle 11 -.ame and building n 

can be a Nally enjoyable exper1ence too. we hope 11111 manull WI Ullll you wttll your buld. TheN an many 'ftYIIO complele your 

QA V600 V2 and tealfnle to CUIIOmize your build if deaired. Tha 10110wi11g inatruetionll ara meant • guidali1'188 and may vary in lila luh.iAI 

with dlllign I componllltt 14ldatea. We suggest 10 uaa a 111111 blue 1oct1a lhraad IDckar on al1ha screws, aapacialy lila motor IT'IDI.Inting 

screws. If you are installng a camera and FPV gear at the same time, pia- do ao during ltla buld, u you-~ wantiD compiElla ltle 

build and have 10 disasaermla it again 10 inlllall your gear. 

The first slap in any bLild is 10 taka i~ry of all your piAl and lay them out in an organized manner, ITIIIUlg the 888B"*'Iy prucess 

quick and 1188)'. OrEe al your parts are i~rial and organizad we can begin. A -II lit and clean 'Milk area is alwayll ~I when 

staJtad a new buld. 

QAV500v

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Parts Ust 

First you wll want ID atart Wlh the c:ar11on ftber "dirty" frame plate and the l'M:I carbon ..,_ aide wala. The carbon nber side walls haYe 

protruding taba 'lltlleh m ca-ecay Into ltle CF frame pllbl. You'll notiC81hlt the llde walla ara atrllght 10 stan With, ao yoU'I nelld to bend 

ltlem allglltly aa you lnstal1hem ~ llle CF frame plate. It Ill 88118111 to do thla by atartlng at one and olllle aide wall and v.orldng n Into 

the frame plata one tab Ill a lime unlll you have 111 5 tabl-ted In llrmly ID the plata. It wl ba 1 tight m, but Yotlan tha you have the lldl 

walla bent to 1ha riGht angle It lhoulcl anap In v.tlh --
Set thase parts aside and we'll come back to them later in the build. Nextyou,lwantw find the PDB (Po_. Distribution Board). This 

double Sicled PDB has solder pads fOr fOr ESCs, voltage regulators, po_. cables and acceseory cables. 

The PDB has a 12 VOlt clrcun built In for the LE:Dsthat are on the board as 1111111 as extra pads w hook up add ~lonal t2V LEOs II desired 

(lor exa"1)1e, 10 stick LEOs to the new curved side-walls). The additional LED pads are placed in the same location that the carbon fiber 

sidewallS go inw. We are thinking about a possible future ac:c:essory where the sidewallS are PCBs with LEOs placed on them. The pads 

could then be soldered to thase new Sicle-wall PCBs. The carbon libar sidewalls, if pressad aown hard enough could short outthase pads 

(as Carbon Filer is conduativa). Therefore, you naad 10 cover thase pads with a bit of eladrical tapa 10 avoid any possible shorts. Hera is 

a picture of the PDB with yellow tape appliad. 

Next we wtlllnstall and solder on the ESC's 10 the powar dlalrlbLIIIon board. Prep your ESCs by cutting the the power wtres w length ami 

tinning the ends o1the bare wtre. Pre tin the solder pads o1the PDB In preparation o1 the ESC InstalL Be C8RIIul not w overheat the 

solder pads which can damage the whole PDB. n should only require 1-2 aeconds o1 heat on the pad while adding solder ID adequately 

pre-tin esch pad. Holding a hot iron on the solder pads longer than this will increase the risk of damaging the board. During the ilalall be 

sura ID solder the rad wtra to + and black to ·, while ensuring no pads or solder points touch esch other. 

The QAVSOO uses 10mm aluminum standoffs in the "dirtY' sactian and same ESC's will have capacitors thai are larger than 10mm high. 

The PDB and CF plate have cut outs designed specifically for this, sa by laying aut your ESC in a position where the capacitor can 

pratnude through the frame plate cut aut you can fit ESC's with capacitors larger than 1 Omm. 
This QA V500 V2 k~ also includes a Pololu 12v step-down 1101tage regulalor which can be directly installed to this power distribution 

board. T11is is very useful fOr providing 12v power to otner eleclronies on your aircraft such as FPV gear and cameras, many 01 which run 

on 12v. It iS most common tor a QAV500 to be powered via a 48 (4 cell16.8v tully Charged) UPo battery, but thiS PDB and 1101tage 

regulator also supports up to 68 systems. 

At thlstlme we will Instal the Pololu 12v step-down voltage regulfiiDr by soldering the Included pin headers onto the PDB. The regulalor 

comBS wllh 4 plna fOr the Included SHDN, but only 3 are required fOr operallon. Cut the pin header row down to 3 and Install onto the 

PDB In the dBSI111d locallon. (2 locallona are provided, allowing you to add a -=ond 110llage regulalor H needed such as a 5v atep down 

or a second t2V). Solder In the pin headers to the PDB ftrst, being care1ul to use just enough solder to make each connecllon. Be sure no 

solder touches the adjacent pin which 'MIUid create a ahon. Lay the 1101tage regulator down on the pins which are now Installed oniD the 

PDB, and line up the VIN, GND, and VOUT to the COifiiiiiiOndlng points an the PDB. 

At this time you can also solder on your accessory cables such as JST and XT60 cables (main power cable) to the PDB. It may be 

helpful to label each power cable, especially If you're using multiple cables and 1101tagea. Far 8Xarq~le, the power cable coming all the 

pads run through the Voltage RegulfiiDr 'MlUid be labeled 12v, and the cabiBB running Off the main board 'MlUid be 16v(lf running a48 

flight battery). 

Install the I 1 10mm aluminum spacers using M3x5mm butiDn heed scrvws. The spacers should face up when the ESCs are facing you 
at1 ~riUWII UaiUW. 

Now that all the soldering and wiring on the PDB is complete we can attach the arms to the board with M3x5mm sere-. Keep in mind 

the PDB will be on top of the 'dirty'' section of the airframe and the CF plate will be on the bottom, so you will want to make sure you 

Install your arms facing the correct direction. See the Images below for an example. 

We suggest soldering your motor wires directly to each ESC. Many people use bullet connector for ease of use, but by soldering motor 

wires directly to the ESC you limit the 9ldl'a points of failure that bullet connectors can cause. You will need to test the motor direction 

during this process to ensure you have 2 CW and 2 CCW spinning motors. If you find that t motor is spinning in the wrong direction you 

can simply swap any 2 of the 3 motor wires and this will reverse the direction of the motor. 

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Counter Clockwise .,. • 1 

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Mount the motors on the arms with the M3x5mm screws. Most motors will work v.1th these screws. We suggest to run the motor wires 

neatly along the arm, securing them in place with zip ties. H is important to carefully run the motor wires through the center of the arm 

slot, ensu~ng the wires are not being pinched against the arm or plates. If you do pinch a motor wire, you will run the ~sk of shorting out 

a motor and possibly more. 

Now we are ready to combine the CF Plate and sidewalls you assembled earlier with the Power Distribution Board and arms. Take your 
arne Vo11ll tra step as ft 18 cruelal 111 make aure no Wires or eleclronles are pt~c:hed Willie JC*llng the tMl plates 10getller. T1le curved 

c.bon Iller side walls, 'lttllc:h are llltac:hed to 11111 CF plate, wtll need to rnalc:h their tabs With the I:OI'I'esponcllng lllota In the PDS. All o1 

thlllll tabs Wll not snap 11110 place ~medlablly, but there Is a mehld 1hal we have lclund Ill make this easy. You wtll want tD utilized the 

1 Dmm apacera Wlllc:h you have already 11'18talled on the PDB by scmto1ng In MSx!imm IICf8W8 through the CF pi ale starting In the cenlllr 

going out. See the magee below tor hoW to get atartecl. 

Work your way from the ineide out and elong the way enauring eec:h lab of the CF llide walls are seated flush intD each frame plale. As 

ygu <;Ontlnue Ill \IQrk ygur way lo the outside you will ftnd thai the last tab may be the mo81 challenging tD locllll110 place. You may use a 

IDol or ygur linger tD puah the plate 11110 place lo a nap In the ftnal alot. Once you have all the ecrew& In, make sure there are no gape 

'*-"the curved aldewalla and the frame plates. 

Now thai the two frame plalell hml been joined wa can prep the "dirty" 8EICIIon tor IIIEI joining o1 the "clal!lll" 88CIIon. To stan 'MI '1111 want 

to install the 4 15.5mm aluminum ratainar posts. Th- posts Will keep the ''dirty" and 'clean" ISCiiona of tha airframes from ooi11Jialaly 

separating in the event of a crllllh. Euentially the WillinWI 1he travel of the two frllnna halves, and !hay wll kaap the bcbbins from baing 

damagad aallllllly as 'Mil. You '1111 notice 4 halaa on IIIEI CF piiiiB Wlllch ara large ancugh tor you 1o place an M:!!x5rrm screw and tool 

through, enablng you to lnatell and secure each retainer poet With l!CIVW8. 

Next WI '1111 add the orange allloon bcbblna to the top of the POB. There are 6 bobbins In IDtal thai will be ntallad. The bcbblna have 

3rm1 threaded PDII8 on afther end allOwing you to secure them In place v.tth the provided 3rrrn splft lock Wllllhars and 3rrrn hax nuts. 

The splft loci! washar wtll keep pr86SI.Ire on lhe nut ensuring ft stays AC:I.Ue. While tightening tha nuts ontD the bobbin&, be sure not to 

--tarquelhe nuts. n 18 pol&llle to damage a bcbbln by twisting n too hard v.tlen lnetalllng tha nuts. lllay aha~ be hand tightened tD a 

snug tit 

The "drt)"' aec:llon 18 now oomplelel Las build the 'clean" aec:Uon now. Find your G 10 clean base plate along v.tth 12 36mm IWmlnum 

apac:en~ and M3x5mm sr;r-.wa. 

Install each apacere lntD fte <;Orraapondlng place. Al8o take note thai there Is a c:orrect top aide o1 the baee plate. You will no1lce a vertk:al 

slot cut out kt 1he front of the plate, and this Is there to secure a GoPro c:arnera with \'9k:ro. l...oolcktg at a GoPro camera from 1he top 

down the lena Ia on the left, ao thla velcro skrt Ia on the right. If you 11'18tall the plate upside down ygu will not be able 10 aecure the GoPro 
camara as dBSigned. See ttle lmagBS belcw fer correct orlenlallon and lnstallallon. 

At this point ')IOU may want 1D Install ')'OUr flight controller, FPV gear and olhar alaclronlcs bafcre Installing lha G10 Fight Ccntrollar Caver 

Plaia. For lha sake olthls build manual we will Install It now, but ')IOU can wah undlthe and 1D add the cover II ')IOU chDOBS. 

If ')IOU ara planning on using a fixed mounted camera like a GoPro without a g imbalthen you will want to mountlhe Dstachable Go Pro 

Camara Plate. You will need the camera plate, 4 M3x8mm screws and 2 hex lock nuts. Install as shown in lhe images below. 

Now we're ready to combine lhe "dirty'' and "clean• sections. Place the ''clean" 88CIIon on top of lhe bcbblns and secure each bobbin In 

place wllh lhe spill lock washers and hex nuta. At the same Urns you can C011'11191e lhe retainer poata by adding the fender washers and 

locking lhem In place with M3x5mm acrewa. 
Be sure1o secure any IDDSB wires and cables bllfore doing any 1BS1 flights. Never test or program your multi-rotor wi1h lhe propellers 

instaled as an airaaft of this size can do some serious damage. 

Congratulations! 

You have completed the build of your QAVSOO V2! 
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