Hello Jodie, the reason we posted so many builds for new pilots is that we posted here also the drones we build for our customers (who are usually new pilots). About the battery leads. It surely needs some attention. We fixed them to the arm when we use the small stacks with small solder pads. When you use some bigger ESC like this one, there is a lot of copper and it can handle some stress. Also, the battery wires are secured between the top plate and antenna mount. The tape around the wires is there for two reasons. The first is to protect the wires from being cut by the edge of the top plate. The second one is to make the wires bigger so it slightly squeezed there and hold on place. Also, you know think about when and why are the ESCs damaged. It usually is when the solder pads are small (obviously) and when the wires are short. When you have long wires, they bend and the battery simply unplugs instead of damaging the ESCs. But you are right that you can't make a mistake by securing the wires to the frame by a zip tie or a tape. We just don't think that it is necessary in this case.