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    8-24-17

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    Today Ilan, Will and I worked more on building the carbon fiber drone frame. Ilan had put the motor mounts on the the arms yesterday during his free period, but they didn't seem to tighten very much and they were very loose. We talked to Dr. Bill about it, and he showed us how to create more torque with the wrench and also how to sand down the clamps so the they fit the carbon tube better. While Ilan worked on how to tighten the motor mounts, I screwed the motors onto the mounts. I had to use the short screws so that the screw wouldn't stick into the motor coils on the inside, but it worked out well and everything fit. After that, we put the power distribution board on. It is really big and maybe a little overkill, and we could only align two screw holes into the top plate of the drone frame, but it fit on. We will have to drill our own hold to create a third attach point. We also found the power distribution board that came with the motors, and it is a lot smaller and lighter so we are thinking about using that instead for now. Next class, we will tightly secure the motor mounts, and start mounting the flight controller, figure out where to put the ESC's, and where all the wiring will go.