My night copter has 3 volt super bright LEDs, 12 volt strip LEDs, and 5 volt lasers. I use adjustable regulators that I bought on eBay 10 for tens dollars shipped. Any voltage out from up to 36 volt source. Very handy and light weight. I also use one to keep a steady voltage going to my gimbal...
It's a two layer board. What I found on the two I repaired was the grounding solder point between the two boards was severed. A simple resolder fixed them.
Did your GPS unit stop working due to a hard impact? If so, I may be able to repair it. I've fixed a couple of others. I'm new to this forum but have been on runryder and flying giants for several years. Won't cost you anything other than shipping. Let me know if I can help.
Don't forget about the hub. A prop may balance horizontally, but when held vertically falls off to one side. Let the prop find the low (heavy) side and mark it. If it's not hanging straight down, the heavy spot is not the tip of the blade but more in the hub area. I ran into this with a batch of...
I'm new to this forum and multi-rotors, but have been flying helis for more years than I will admit to in public. My first purchase was a DJI F-550 from Patrick at Aerial Media Pros. Just want to say a public "thank you" to Patrick. He has been a great help and always took the time to help me...
More cudos on this thread. I wish I had read this before I wasted as couple of new 4S 6600 packs by storing them at full charge. Both are pretty much paper weights at this time. Been flying RC for many years but I'm a newby in the electrical powered world. I was using NiCD procedures with LiPo...