Has anyone experienced problems with the control cable connections on the power distribution board? I have had two of the cables break off at the soldering point.
I was wondering if anyone had similar problems and how did they solve them? maybe put in a connector?
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I had all of the cable break at some point. Having a good soldering iron, desoldering tools, solder and the skills really helped to fix the problem.
I will apply the hot glue gun technique as mentioned here.
Dear 3DR
Please replace the wire to board connection with pin headers and then supply a cable. It will make us all happier.
Well, I just built my second Y6 from 3DR and I found that the board now comes with some sort of glue already there. Its nice to see 3DR doing improvements.
Ok, point taken :) I used hot glue and hopefully they won't fail again.
I always tell anyone (that will listen ;p) using these boards to add hot glue around those wires as mentioned by William. Just the micro vibrations from flying seem like they eventually will cause a failure here. When i built my first quad with a 3dr PDB, by the time it was installed within the frame, one of the wires had already come off.
now i add hot glue as soon as they come out of their packaging.
Not had the problem, but since this pretty much stays in place once it has been built, what I have used in the past on areas like this is low temp hot glue or silicone, I sometimes use it to make sure the wires also stay separated in tight spaces. Not sure it it would work in this case.