I just want to comment on a trick I learnt last week.
Last week I went to Santorini and diligently packed two quads. My Flying Spark for LOS and video recording and my Hovership MHQ for FPV (or letting other people see the video stream). I thought I was pretty prepared with tons of spare parts, tools and screws:
Unfortunately when I got there, I had an issue with the MHQ:
Santorini isn't a huge island so my chances of finding an electronic repair shop were pretty slip. Luckily, one of my friends suggested a candle, so here was my soldering setup:
Last week I went to Santorini and diligently packed two quads. My Flying Spark for LOS and video recording and my Hovership MHQ for FPV (or letting other people see the video stream). I thought I was pretty prepared with tons of spare parts, tools and screws:
Unfortunately when I got there, I had an issue with the MHQ:
Santorini isn't a huge island so my chances of finding an electronic repair shop were pretty slip. Luckily, one of my friends suggested a candle, so here was my soldering setup:
It turns out the trick is that because the flame has a low heat transfer efficiency compared to a normal iron things take a lot longer. Basically it took between 3-5 minutes to get the ESC wire hot enough for the solder to flow. This also resulted in warm fingers, but the results worked!