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Figure 3.5 Electronics BOM.

are shown in Figure 3.6, including the two safety glasses that are thoughtfully included by
Parallax for builder safety.
I highly recommend that you obtain two plastic containers that can be set up to store
most of the kit pieces. I would also recommend that after opening each plastic bag in the kit,
you place the pieces directly in a separate container and label each one for your convenience.
Use the Elev-8 V1.2 Assembly Drawings, found online at www.mhprofessional.com/
quadcopter, as a guide to matching the pieces to the part number or assembly step. Figure
3.7 shows one of the plastic containers holding all the hardware pieces and a few of the
electronic pieces.
One word of caution: it is somewhat difficult to differentiate between the ¼-in 4-40 black
screws and the 3-mm × 6-mm black screws. I would suggest separating the screws and then
counting them. There are eight 4-40 screws, while there are sixteen 3-mm × 6-mm screws.
Additional Materials
You will need the following items to be able to fly your Elev-8:

• An R/C transmitter and receiver
• A three-cell 30C LiPo battery
• A LiPo battery charger