M8N GPS Puck Flight Controller Stack Mount

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This thing has been designed to allow the stripping down of an M8N GPS puck and mount the internals on a flight controller stack. I tried the BN-800 GPS module, which was extremely slow, especially on cold start. I found out that the BN-800 is an M8M, not M8N module, so has no flash storage for GPS coordinates, hence the bad startup times in the same location. This will only work with some GPS pucks. I have created a Prerequisites section to show the puck I've used for this project. The main requirement is that the GPS module has a square (38mm) circuit board. There are 2 STL files, one will only work with the same circuit layout as the puck I'm using and has a lower profile, and the "tall" version should fit most other pucks with a 38mm square board. I've fully tested the print, which holds the GPS board snugly and bolts right on to the flight controller stack. The base is quite flexible, so the GPS board can be easily snapped in and out when the mount is off the stack, but when screwed on it is snug and secure. The GPS is offset rearwards slightly, to try and stop the front point of the circuit board from protruding into potentially tight bays with LiPos close by.