⚠️ If you do the xt30 mod, you may want to use a capacitor on the battery lead to prevent voltage spikes, as some users report fried flight controllers! Ask away if you have questions.
@@Ezoriel666 Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate that! If you have the included lead, and a separate capacitor, then that's probably the easiest way. If you can manage it, I've read that it's actually better to solder it to the board end of the lead, which would also keep it out of the way of the battery. If you're shopping on Bangood, they have an xt30 lead with a capacitor already soldered on for about $2, but of course the problem is shipping from China...
Thank you for your support Pascal, now that we are ordered to stay inside the house here in Ecuador it is the perfect opportunity to fli micro drones around the house : )
Thank you very much !!Amazing quality video, good sound, great explanations and the budget upgrade perspectives are perfect to me! Maybe it worth to mention that some of trashcan users had fried the FC while installing or using the XT30 connector. To avoid that, users recommend to install a 100uf capacitor with the XT30 connector 👍 Again thank you so much for your high quality content 💪😁
Hey Anthony, coming back to this after doing some research, you are absolutely right about the capacitor. I wonder why they aren't shipping the trashcan with the pigtain that already has the capacitor installed? I verified that I do have the V1 board, which I mention because I know this issues has been addressed in later releases. I haven't had any problems with mine, but then again I am usually flying with a throttle limit (2s at 100% is too much for me)! Thanks again for mentioning this, I'll pin it to the top so others are aware of the issue.
Maaaan You doing some upgrades!!! Thatz enorme cool!!! And those anthennas are nice2😎😎 Iz cool you flight at the end.. Thumbs wide up with Respect and salutations ✌✌😊👍💪
Thank you very much for stopping by the channel Fride! Here in Ecuador we are strictly locked inside our houses so I can't leave... perfect opportunity to fly small drones around the house 😁It's nice to see you here again and I hope you and your yours are well and safe.
@@colibrifpv we hafe the same problem here in Switzerland... but at the Mountain where i life is a verry cool place and noone peoples.....thatz cool!!!👏😎😎 So i hafe to Crawl a lot, but no camera!! Only the Phone 😂😂😂 . .. peace and Fride ✌✌
Thanks a lot for for support brother, I really appreciate it! Fpv trail crawling sounds awesome, I'm going to have to rig a camera to my scx10. I sold my farm, which is where I used to have an RC track and run my RC's and every since then I haven't had enough time for the hobby with work and the kids but lately I've been getting back into it. In fact, now that I'm on self-quarantine I feel like I NEED some RC hobby time! What sort of projects are you into now, anything you can do around the house during this lockdown?
These ship with built in receivers, I bought mine with Frsky. but many other options are available. The flight controller does have the pads to add an external receiver so I assume you can add just about any rx you want, as long as you are comfortable soldering onto those tiny pads. Best to use the built in receiver!
Thanks very much for your support Jeff, I've been MIA because I haven't had time for my RC hobby lately but I'm getting back into it. We're all safe here, but ordered to stay indoors, so its a perfect time to start playing with RC's and making videos again. Hope you and your family are safe and well also!
You can grab a pack of simple antennas from Banggood for just a few bucks, but if you are going to go to the effort, you might want to put on something better to increase range, something like this: URUAV Micro UFL: bit.ly/MicroUFL iFlight Mini UFL: amzn.to/342y1WZ
@@TheFotoGuys YOu can't go wrong with the TH, I also have a TH2 and it's a blast to fly around the house. My kids were learning FPV on it.... until they crashed it one too many times!
Thanks a lot bud, really appreciate it. I really love racing 1/8 truggies but the local track also closed down and so aside from the rare bash session with friends most of my RC's have been gathering dust. I'm really digging these micro drones lately because I am fly them anywhere, and I've been on mandatory home quarantine for the past two weeks so they've been a life saver as far as keeping me sane 😁
Hey, my trashcan came with a XT30 connector with a capacitor. But it’s at the plug side and not at the board side. I’ve heard that that wil not help that much and wanted to know if that is true.
Yours came with the capacitor? That's definitely a good thing I bought mine in November 2019 and it didn't come with one. When did you buy yours? Yes, it will definitely help prevent voltage spikes from damaging the board, and it's supposed to be on the battery side, so not to worry. I took mine a part to solder on the connector to avoid damaging the plastics with my hot soldering iron and used a third hand tool to hold the board. It's a bit tricky since the pads are so small on these little micros, but definitely worth it if it's done with care not to bridge those connections. How are you at soldering?
The RC Cave I’m not the best at soldering, but I can make it work. Sometimes I use my hot glue gun to be sure it wont break. My trashcan is very new though. Bought it in March this year. I love the little thing although I wish I could be a better pilot or the trashcan would be stronger. I have broken the frame at 2 places and have lost the LED. Also broke the antenna off while I was taking a look at the vtx. I put a little hot glue to have it fixed in place.
@@furkan10kyI also lost my LED light bar on one of my first flights! They should really glue that thing down in the factory. If you're not very comfortable soldering you may want to just run 2 1s batteries on the stock ph2 connector. SOldering onto these tiny boards can be really tricky, and the pads are so small that any extra solder could bridge the connections and fry the board. I was holding my breath the whole time! Also, the good part about running 1s batteries is that they are super cheap and you can charge them with a 4 in 1 usb charger. I really like this one, you just plug it into your phone charger (as long as it does 2 amps but most modern phone chargers will) and you're good amzn.to/3dK1RUI Good luck with it!
The new trashcans come shipped with a new board and the XT30 soldered with a 16v 100uF capacitor! I just bought a new one cuz my old one fried XD... :(
That's really good to know, mine still flies perfectly fine on 2s but the peace of mind is totally worth it, since if you fry the board, a repair is half the price of another quad...
@@colibrifpv Yeah, I would definitely advise to put a capacitor on with 2S. Pretty sure it was the esc or something that burned out, but I can still power it on via usb and connect to betaflight. Plugging in battery does nothing.
@@sam5992 You are definitely right about the capacitor. BUying a new pigtain with only already soldered on is the way to go, I hate soldering to those tiny boards more than I have too! Sucks that board burned out, you can replace it of course, but the cost is tough to justify, unless you want to just salvage everything that works and build something new...
Thank you for that Joe! Yes. it's been a while, I sold the property where my RC track was and haven't had as much time for RC ever since. I also created another channel around Ecuadorian tourism called "Ecuador Live" which has really taken off so that has taken some of my time as well. However, I do miss it, especially the community of friends that surrounds RC modeling. Thanks for stopping by!
⚠️ If you do the xt30 mod, you may want to use a capacitor on the battery lead to prevent voltage spikes, as some users report fried flight controllers! Ask away if you have questions.
Where I should solder the capacitor, just on the Xt30 connector? Very good video Btw!!!
@@Ezoriel666 Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate that! If you have the included lead, and a separate capacitor, then that's probably the easiest way. If you can manage it, I've read that it's actually better to solder it to the board end of the lead, which would also keep it out of the way of the battery. If you're shopping on Bangood, they have an xt30 lead with a capacitor already soldered on for about $2, but of course the problem is shipping from China...
@@colibrifpv TY so much!!! Keep the good work!!! (Sry my poor English, it's not my mother tongue)
Other question
The antenna isn't available anymore
Is there an other good alternative?
Very good job and excellent explanations for this upgrade .
Thank you for your support Pascal, now that we are ordered to stay inside the house here in Ecuador it is the perfect opportunity to fli micro drones around the house : )
@@colibrifpv Yes you are right, stay safe you and your family, and take advantage of this forced rest 😊👍
Thank you very much !!Amazing quality video, good sound, great explanations and the budget upgrade perspectives are perfect to me!
Maybe it worth to mention that some of trashcan users had fried the FC while installing or using the XT30 connector.
To avoid that, users recommend to install a 100uf capacitor with the XT30 connector 👍
Again thank you so much for your high quality content 💪😁
Hey Anthony, coming back to this after doing some research, you are absolutely right about the capacitor. I wonder why they aren't shipping the trashcan with the pigtain that already has the capacitor installed? I verified that I do have the V1 board, which I mention because I know this issues has been addressed in later releases. I haven't had any problems with mine, but then again I am usually flying with a throttle limit (2s at 100% is too much for me)! Thanks again for mentioning this, I'll pin it to the top so others are aware of the issue.
Maaaan You doing some upgrades!!! Thatz enorme cool!!! And those anthennas are nice2😎😎
Iz cool you flight at the end.. Thumbs wide up with Respect and salutations ✌✌😊👍💪
Thank you very much for stopping by the channel Fride! Here in Ecuador we are strictly locked inside our houses so I can't leave... perfect opportunity to fly small drones around the house 😁It's nice to see you here again and I hope you and your yours are well and safe.
@@colibrifpv we hafe the same problem here in Switzerland... but at the Mountain where i life is a verry cool place and noone peoples.....thatz cool!!!👏😎😎
So i hafe to Crawl a lot, but no camera!! Only the Phone 😂😂😂 . .. peace and Fride ✌✌
🙌 wow brotha good to see ya back at it 👍 you gotta try fpv trail crawling with your buddies !! Especially night time !!
Thanks a lot for for support brother, I really appreciate it! Fpv trail crawling sounds awesome, I'm going to have to rig a camera to my scx10. I sold my farm, which is where I used to have an RC track and run my RC's and every since then I haven't had enough time for the hobby with work and the kids but lately I've been getting back into it. In fact, now that I'm on self-quarantine I feel like I NEED some RC hobby time! What sort of projects are you into now, anything you can do around the house during this lockdown?
Is this compatible with 2.4 receiver ?
These ship with built in receivers, I bought mine with Frsky. but many other options are available. The flight controller does have the pads to add an external receiver so I assume you can add just about any rx you want, as long as you are comfortable soldering onto those tiny pads. Best to use the built in receiver!
Hi Jason! Cool stuff! Stay safe my friend!👍😎👍
Thanks very much for your support Jeff, I've been MIA because I haven't had time for my RC hobby lately but I'm getting back into it. We're all safe here, but ordered to stay indoors, so its a perfect time to start playing with RC's and making videos again. Hope you and your family are safe and well also!
cool video i sub you
Thanks a lot bud, glad to have you here 👍
hi the vtx antenna on my trashcan broke. can you please help me with the exact link of the antenna to buy from bangood.
You can grab a pack of simple antennas from Banggood for just a few bucks, but if you are going to go to the effort, you might want to put on something better to increase range, something like this:
URUAV Micro UFL: bit.ly/MicroUFL
iFlight Mini UFL: amzn.to/342y1WZ
🤔 What's the best whoop/micro drone for flying indoors?
I have read from many places and seen on TH-cam that one of the best indoor whoops should be the Emax Tinyhawk (also great choice for beginners) :D
@@TheFotoGuys YOu can't go wrong with the TH, I also have a TH2 and it's a blast to fly around the house. My kids were learning FPV on it.... until they crashed it one too many times!
Hey man sorry to hear that you had to sell your farm and don't have any place for RCin now, glad you you see back with another video though! :)
Thanks a lot bud, really appreciate it. I really love racing 1/8 truggies but the local track also closed down and so aside from the rare bash session with friends most of my RC's have been gathering dust. I'm really digging these micro drones lately because I am fly them anywhere, and I've been on mandatory home quarantine for the past two weeks so they've been a life saver as far as keeping me sane 😁
Hey, my trashcan came with a XT30 connector with a capacitor. But it’s at the plug side and not at the board side. I’ve heard that that wil not help that much and wanted to know if that is true.
Yours came with the capacitor? That's definitely a good thing I bought mine in November 2019 and it didn't come with one. When did you buy yours?
Yes, it will definitely help prevent voltage spikes from damaging the board, and it's supposed to be on the battery side, so not to worry. I took mine a part to solder on the connector to avoid damaging the plastics with my hot soldering iron and used a third hand tool to hold the board. It's a bit tricky since the pads are so small on these little micros, but definitely worth it if it's done with care not to bridge those connections. How are you at soldering?
The RC Cave I’m not the best at soldering, but I can make it work. Sometimes I use my hot glue gun to be sure it wont break. My trashcan is very new though. Bought it in March this year. I love the little thing although I wish I could be a better pilot or the trashcan would be stronger. I have broken the frame at 2 places and have lost the LED. Also broke the antenna off while I was taking a look at the vtx. I put a little hot glue to have it fixed in place.
@@furkan10kyI also lost my LED light bar on one of my first flights! They should really glue that thing down in the factory. If you're not very comfortable soldering you may want to just run 2 1s batteries on the stock ph2 connector. SOldering onto these tiny boards can be really tricky, and the pads are so small that any extra solder could bridge the connections and fry the board. I was holding my breath the whole time! Also, the good part about running 1s batteries is that they are super cheap and you can charge them with a 4 in 1 usb charger. I really like this one, you just plug it into your phone charger (as long as it does 2 amps but most modern phone chargers will) and you're good amzn.to/3dK1RUI Good luck with it!
@@colibrifpv Thank you!
The new trashcans come shipped with a new board and the XT30 soldered with a 16v 100uF capacitor! I just bought a new one cuz my old one fried XD... :(
That's really good to know, mine still flies perfectly fine on 2s but the peace of mind is totally worth it, since if you fry the board, a repair is half the price of another quad...
@@colibrifpv Yeah, I would definitely advise to put a capacitor on with 2S. Pretty sure it was the esc or something that burned out, but I can still power it on via usb and connect to betaflight. Plugging in battery does nothing.
@@sam5992 You are definitely right about the capacitor. BUying a new pigtain with only already soldered on is the way to go, I hate soldering to those tiny boards more than I have too! Sucks that board burned out, you can replace it of course, but the cost is tough to justify, unless you want to just salvage everything that works and build something new...
Nice to see you back :)
Thank you for that Joe! Yes. it's been a while, I sold the property where my RC track was and haven't had as much time for RC ever since. I also created another channel around Ecuadorian tourism called "Ecuador Live" which has really taken off so that has taken some of my time as well. However, I do miss it, especially the community of friends that surrounds RC modeling. Thanks for stopping by!
@@colibrifpv We're hanging in here still :) Be safe :)