For soldering 101 I would expect a little bit of explanation, what is soldering, how it works, what is the goal, what heat transfer and heat contact is, the role of solder itself, the role of flux, most common defects, etc. Not just soldering some board and randomly giving a bits of information. That would be the very basics that give people an understanding of what is going on and instantly improve their results on soldering. Like the very simple and obvious fact that to solder pieces together you have to have to heat all these parts to a certain temperature. Recognising that and consciously applying heat to your parts instead of just sticking soldering iron somewhere there makes all the difference. And surprisingly that is not obvious to lots of people who got into soldering for first time.
Big blob of Blue tack on the table is really helpful in keeping the board, components, leads etc steady while soldering. Just stick the stuff to the blob and solder. You can support wrists and hands to the table and have a super steady soldering experience.
I made an order for a prototype I had right after your first video. It came very fast and and looks and works amazing!! JLCPCB is such a bang for your buck!!
you probably dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all the latest movies on instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my brother for the last weeks xD
Seriously? I have soldered a lot, as much now as ever, hobbyists need to learn to solder. It is not hard to learn and with all of the things available for RC everything, you can make things your own. LEDs, fpv, gps; I showed a guy a little making a little crawler winch wireless... Great information for getting started! Cheers!
Hello ... I bought a used Hobbico Nextar trainer plane with an O.S. 50 and did not bring the battery that the plane carries to drive the servos. It has a Futaba FM receiver of course with glass. What type of battery do I have to buy? How many volts and how many mAh? Thanks for your help. Gabriel
great example - there is another free project for a single switch to operate sequences like 2 servos for a landing gear or multiple led ... working with an arduino. If you will continue the series that might be an interesting a step more advance project too You find it on the channel joyplanes rc which is doing mostly scratch buildings in different ways. Search for this: JOYCHIP And he has more like an easier project for * adjustable LED blinking * cheap strobe light * redundany power circuit these are the keywords to search on his channel ... a lot of good stuff easy to solder if someone had soldered your LED project The first one is a more complicated one but of great use ...
Suggesting that fumes from lead-free solder are less harmful than fumes from leaded solder seems pretty misleading. The fumes are from the flux which is contained in both types of solder, and those fumes don't contain any lead regardless of the solder being leaded or lead-free.
I hate to contradict this all but there are so many bad ideas and practices shown. I worked for several years doing military spec production work on radios for Harris RF communications and this is what was shown in training as EXACTLY what NOT to do. Its an Ok BEGINNER walk thru for soldering of wires. Improper technique for any thing other then wire work. NEVER set your iron on the pcb and preheat the board. This is the second most common mistake for people destroying boards with components on them only to excessive heat. You work the solder NOT the heat.
Have to be honest, some of these tips are sure to make the newcomers fail at their first attempts and give up. #1) 100% use leaded solder. The fumes are no more dangerous than lead free. Your not vaporizing lead at these temps it's the flux that has dangerous fumes and leaded is WAY easier to use. #2) You will have much better luck at higher temps than lower. People most often lift pads because the low heat of the iorn requires them to be on it way too long. These are just the 2 most important. I love flight test but truly believe this is not helpful to newcomers and potentially harmful.
For soldering 101 I would expect a little bit of explanation, what is soldering, how it works, what is the goal, what heat transfer and heat contact is, the role of solder itself, the role of flux, most common defects, etc. Not just soldering some board and randomly giving a bits of information.
That would be the very basics that give people an understanding of what is going on and instantly improve their results on soldering.
Like the very simple and obvious fact that to solder pieces together you have to have to heat all these parts to a certain temperature. Recognising that and consciously applying heat to your parts instead of just sticking soldering iron somewhere there makes all the difference. And surprisingly that is not obvious to lots of people who got into soldering for first time.
Big blob of Blue tack on the table is really helpful in keeping the board, components, leads etc steady while soldering. Just stick the stuff to the blob and solder. You can support wrists and hands to the table and have a super steady soldering experience.
I made an order for a prototype I had right after your first video. It came very fast and and looks and works amazing!! JLCPCB is such a bang for your buck!!
nice content but leaded solder is not dangerous if you wash your hands when you are done the fumes are just flux burning!
you probably dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all the latest movies on instaflixxer. Been binge watching with my brother for the last weeks xD
@Miles Parker definitely, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)
@Miles Parker definitely, I have been using instaflixxer for years myself :D
11:25 that's not diode mode, that's continuity mode.
The first number in solder is always tin, 2nd is lead. 95/5 would be 95% tin 5% lead. 50/50 would be 50% tin, 50% lead. You get the picture now. 👍🏼
Are these PDB’s gonna be added to the FT store so we can just add them to our orders when we make FT purchases?
Seriously? I have soldered a lot, as much now as ever, hobbyists need to learn to solder. It is not hard to learn and with all of the things available for RC everything, you can make things your own. LEDs, fpv, gps; I showed a guy a little making a little crawler winch wireless... Great information for getting started! Cheers!
Hello ... I bought a used Hobbico Nextar trainer plane with an O.S. 50 and did not bring the battery that the plane carries to drive the servos. It has a Futaba FM receiver of course with glass. What type of battery do I have to buy? How many volts and how many mAh? Thanks for your help.
Gabriel
Which play list is this video apart of?
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I feel like this is an old re-upload. Same soldering iron and everything.
great example - there is another free project for a single switch to operate sequences like 2 servos for a landing gear or multiple led ... working with an arduino. If you will continue the series that might be an interesting a step more advance project too
You find it on the channel joyplanes rc which is doing mostly scratch buildings in different ways.
Search for this: JOYCHIP
And he has more like an easier project for
* adjustable LED blinking
* cheap strobe light
* redundany power circuit
these are the keywords to search on his channel ... a lot of good stuff easy to solder if someone had soldered your LED project
The first one is a more complicated one but of great use ...
Suggesting that fumes from lead-free solder are less harmful than fumes from leaded solder seems pretty misleading. The fumes are from the flux which is contained in both types of solder, and those fumes don't contain any lead regardless of the solder being leaded or lead-free.
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I hate to contradict this all but there are so many bad ideas and practices shown. I worked for several years doing military spec production work on radios for Harris RF communications and this is what was shown in training as EXACTLY what NOT to do. Its an Ok BEGINNER walk thru for soldering of wires. Improper technique for any thing other then wire work. NEVER set your iron on the pcb and preheat the board. This is the second most common mistake for people destroying boards with components on them only to excessive heat. You work the solder NOT the heat.
Nice Contend but it's a bad PCB design . The Tracks have to many sharp angels and no Lead free Solder is not better ..
Have to be honest, some of these tips are sure to make the newcomers fail at their first attempts and give up. #1) 100% use leaded solder. The fumes are no more dangerous than lead free. Your not vaporizing lead at these temps it's the flux that has dangerous fumes and leaded is WAY easier to use. #2) You will have much better luck at higher temps than lower. People most often lift pads because the low heat of the iorn requires them to be on it way too long. These are just the 2 most important. I love flight test but truly believe this is not helpful to newcomers and potentially harmful.
Good cut tho😆
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