I'm not sure what you mean by running the stack on top and the camera in the middle.

The stack (PDB & FC) should go right in the centre, between the top and bottom plates, and the FPV camera should also go between the top and bottom plates directly in front of the stack. The GoPro will go on top and yes, because you have a short bodied racing frame you will need to put the battery on the bottom because with a GoPro on top there will be no room. If you lose the GoPro then you have the option of battery on top, but I'm guessing that you are probably wanting HD fottage from your flights.

Well what i meant was you could run the frame inverted, so the fc and pdb were UNDER the main airframe. But that doesnt work for layout if i want to run a gopro.

Heres where im at now...it all powers up on 3s, i havent plugged it in to betaflight yet....is it better to use betaflight or cleanflight? The board does say Cleanflight on it but im new to all this.
Also a closer pic of one of the motors.
Also just wanted to clarify, for the esc's, black goes to grond and white goes to signal? Im hearing that on some escs you only use one power connection for all 4? I think i have the other type, mine have no bec.

Use Betaflight. Cleanflight is dead. The board says Cleanflight on it because Betaflight didn't exist when that board was originally released. Betaflight was forked from Cleanflight and then further development was continued in Betaflight while Cleanflght was just left to fester.

Ok will do!
Thanks!

As for the ESCs, yes the white wire is for the motor signal. Twist it together with the signal ground wire and also connect the signal ground to a GND pad on the FC (usually next to the motor signal pad, but if not then piggy back it onto the same connection as the main power ground connection for the ESC).

Im confused, youre saying twist together the signal ground and signal (white)wires and connect to a motor ground pad? How exactly does that work?

After twisting the white and thin black wires together, connect the white wire to a the corresponding motor output pad, and then the black wire to the GND pad in the same row. See the diagram below.

Ok the diamgram shows exactly how i was thinking to hook up the esc, except the power and ground wires on my setup are soldered to the pdb.....when you said twist the white signal and ground signal together, you meant the entire length of black and white wires, not physically connect them right?

Yes, twisting the wires together helps with reducing noise. Don't physically solder them together just wrap them around eachother and then solder the end to the corresponding pads. I see on your photo they are already twisted but could benefit some a slighty tighter twist.

(04-Apr-2020, 07:05 PM)BKSRT8 Wrote: Ok the diamgram shows exactly how i was thinking to hook up the esc, except the power and ground wires on my setup are soldered to the pdb.....when you said twist the white signal and ground signal together, you meant the entire length of black and white wires, not physically connect them right?

Sorry, yes. Just twist the length. Doing that creates a grounded shield around the signal wire to help prevent induced electrical noise on the signal wire from external sources. On your setup the ESC power wires go to the PDB as you already connected them. That diagram was from back in the day before PDB's became the norm which then created a more elegant and reliable setup.

(04-Apr-2020, 07:14 PM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: Sorry, yes. Just twist the length. Doing that creates a grounded shield around the signal wire to help prevent induced electrical noise on the signal wire from external sources. On your setup the ESC power wires go to the PDB as you already connected them. That diagram was from back in the day before PDB's became the norm which then created a more elegant and reliable setup.

Ok, all makes sense now, i didnt imagine i would solder the signal and ground wires together but ive heard of stranger things lol

Update pic, everything still works, all put together in the frame and video is working. Just have to wire the motors and do programming if my receiver ever arrives. For mounting the motors, what is the proper size screw? I believe the frame is 5mm thick and it should have a couple mms of thread in the motor....im guessing that makes it an M1.5x8?

(05-Apr-2020, 12:57 AM)BKSRT8 Wrote: Update pic, everything still works, all put together in the frame and video is working. Just have to wire the motors and do programming if my receiver ever arrives. For mounting the motors, what is the proper size screw? I believe the frame is 5mm thick and it should have a couple mms of thread in the motor....im guessing that makes it an M1.5x8?

You'll want M3 screws for the motors. In terms of length, just make sure it doesn't touch the underside of the windings.

Ok m3s, thanks for the reply!