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Recent content by Marijn

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    ESC broken?

    You just can't stop giving good advice, can you? Thanks a lot!
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    ESC broken?

    The smell is only noticable when I hold my nose about 10 cm (4 inches) from the ESC by the way, so the smell is not super bad
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    ESC broken?

    Thanks so much! The only thing that is still happening is the burnt smell coming from the ESC after I connected the battery to the drone. Is that a bad sign?
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    ESC broken?

    I also thinking of using 4 single ESC's instead of the 4 in 1 esc in case this happens again.
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    ESC broken?

    Hello, I'm building a new quad and have some problems with my 4 in 1 esc. I wired my esc up to my motors and fc and I got all the motors to spin. But I smelled a bit of a burnt smell after unplugging the battery, coming from the esc. After plugging the battery in for some testing for the motors...
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    Battery a bit swollen

    Thank you, however I live in The Netherlands so I can't just buy ammunition boxes at my local supermarket :). I think I'm going to buy a lipo safe bag to store them.
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    Battery a bit swollen

    Thanks for the info!
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    Battery a bit swollen

    Hello I have some questions regarding my lipo batteries. I've used my battery is the pictures for quite some time and it has swollen a bit. Do you think I could still use this battery or should I throw it away? Also, how high can the difference in voltage between the individual cells be to still...
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    Need help improving fpv video quality

    Hello, I would like to upgrade my fpv video quality, but I don't know which part is the weak link that I should upgrade. This is how it currently looks: This is my current fpv setup: - Vtx that came with my eachine wizard x220s (Eachine Wizard X220S FPV Racer Spare Part 5.8G 72CH 25MW 200mw...
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    Need help setting up drone

    I have a ohm meter on my multimeter. Tomorrow I will figure out how it works. I live in the Netherlands and I'm guessing you're from the usa? Anyways I think we could Skype or something that would be an enormous help I think.
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    Need help setting up drone

    Between yellow and red: no voltage Between green and red: 16v between blue and yellow: 16v between blue and green: no voltage
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    Need help setting up drone

    So the small black wire you resoldered went to where the yellow highlight is?: Yes And between the blue X and the yellow highlight are you reading battery voltage?: Yes, around 16V Also check for voltage between the blue X and the blue circled pads, do you have battery voltage there?: No But I...
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    Need help setting up drone

    Ok, so I soldered the black wire to the FC and it worked, because the receiver works. But when I measure the voltage on the FC between these two pins, I'm getting 0 volts.
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    Need help setting up drone

    Thanks! I will try this in a few hours
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    Need help setting up drone

    And also, do you think I'm able to solder the wire? I haven't really got a lot of experience soldering.