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Getting some 20AWG delivered for tomorrow

No point in risking it, just annoying as I wanted to do some more tonight
 
Just take your time when you are soldering them, although the pads are nice and large you do have some simple circuitry quite close and the last thing you want is to short something and not realise until you power it all up, it could take out a motor, your battery or more aside.

Get something to hold the esc still while you work on it and be mindful, the pads will have a fair amount of solder on so will take some heat to get things going but the whole esc will hold the heat and so if your re application of the wire and heat are not smooth and fluid then other components can become reflowed and move if touched due to it.

Maybe look for some YouTube video on rewiring a esc, I would be surprised if none are available.
 
Kanifee said:
Just take your time when you are soldering them, although the pads are nice and large you do have some simple circuitry quite close and the last thing you want is to short something and not realise until you power it all up, it could take out a motor, your battery or more aside.

Get something to hold the esc still while you work on it and be mindful, the pads will have a fair amount of solder on so will take some heat to get things going but the whole esc will hold the heat and so if your re application of the wire and heat are not smooth and fluid then other components can become reflowed and move if touched due to it.

Maybe look for some YouTube video on rewiring a esc, I would be surprised if none are available.
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Yeh im ok with soldering to the power board, or soldering wires

Its soldering Naze boards that I do not like
 
DJMK4 said:
They couldnt tell me the AWG rating of the wire, it doesnt have it written on there either, they said AWG is just thickness?
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Yup, AWG (American wire gauge) is just the thickness or gauge of the wire used in America. The rest of the world uses mm^2
 
firstborn said:
It's a notation based on the diameter of the wire, which ultimately determines it's current carrying capability.
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That is how i was told anywho. The wire that dj had purchased though looks like some cheap stuff that isn't silicone sheathed so best he got some more anyway.

Just a tip also for rilot and dj, i would cable tie the XT60 lead as it comes off the board either to the board or a post or some anker point, rule of thumb is anything that can get snagged will and it will rip the pads form the pdb if it has no relief to secure it.
 
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Cool, yeh im just going to go with the same rated wire, I only spend £1 on that maplins stuff



Should be here tomorrow although tonight im going to strip the ESCS off and get ready to plant them underneath


Also im not going to solder any of the motor wires, just lightly twist them, until I can confirm the motor directons are right
 
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Soldered two of the ESCs power on without extending the wire, will have to extend the other two ESC power wires though

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Will get on with that tomorrow

Can anyone else think of anything else im going to need? the only thing I dont have is a battery *but going to test with my 4S* I have the Naze coming tomorrow, reciever.

Any other wires, cables, convertors. I want to aim to start programming the Naze this weekend, and get it hooked up to my radio at the very least, binded and motor tested.
 
DJMK4 said:
Make sure you get some good footage :).
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That's certainly the plan - we're there for 4 days so should get a few chances at sunset and other things!

Just got to be careful as I wouldn't want to spook the deer buzzing it about overhead so will maintain some decent altitude if I try filming them :D

Might even risk taking the drone out over the water and doing dome flights around the edge of the mere but will see how the weather pans out ...
 
What's the Max rated motors people use on the 250s? Just wondering as I've got 6 "2215" spare after having an accident with the iFly4.
 
Weather being terrible as in windy as all hell I decided to tidy up my build. VTX was mounted on the top panel and receiver on the underside.
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receiver is hard wired now and naze is soldered with the pins horizontally inverted on the bottom of the board. Much neater and more compact wiring.
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much better.
 
It's a Mobius camera, does 1080p at 30fps and for what they cost, around £50, they are excellent.

haven't managed to get anything recorded with mine yet as I haven't had much time to fly between work and the weather.
 
Ah cool cheers :) sounds pretty good for the price!

Wouldn't mind seeing some footage when you have some up. Do you think you will get any video vibration with using those standoffs instead of using rubber dampeners? Guess the model can handle the weight OK, along with fpv gear?
 
I have moongel on there too so its silky smooth.

Weight wise she is starting to feel a little porky, all up weight is something like 540g but I have some 5x4 props coming which on these motors put out about 439g of thrust so that is a total estimated thrust of 1750g, so within the 3:1 ratio but how the motors handle that weight and the speed at which they can spin up the prop will play a factor in how the quad responds. we will see though.
 
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