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Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/21/2004 3:39:39 PM   
zeevro


 

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From: Kfar Saba, ISRAEL
Status: offline 		Hey, I burned the fuse behind the board(the tiny solder) and I don't know how to replace it...
Any help will be much appreciated.
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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/21/2004 7:23:52 PM   
SMaric


 

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From: BroadstoneDorset, UNITED KINGDOM
Status: offline 		Can you provide a photo - i think you'll find that it is actually a Zener diode

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/27/2004 8:31:39 PM   
zeevro


 

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Status: offline 		Here is the picture (the burned place is circled).

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/28/2004 8:33:39 PM   
SMaric


 

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Status: offline 		Wow you've actually burnt out some of the tracking on the pcb

I have had a look at my board

Follow the black wire onto the board - big blob of solder, diagonally up/left is the beginnings of the track
inside your circled section the track runs straight across to the pad with 2 holes through to the other side of the board

If there is any of this pad left - you can cut 2 bery small pieces of wire, balance them in the holes & solder them in place
This will form a solder bridge - now you can solder a piece of wire from this bridge back to the black wie at the edge of the board

You will need a decent soldering iron, with a fairly small tip


Obviously if you've burnt this track out - there may be other problems

Have you checked that the motors are OK (on their own)


If you don't feel confident then I suggest you get in touch with Aerohawk1
over on RCGroups
(try http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&t=269531)

He has recently been fixing some of these boards

I hope he won't mind me passing you his contact info


Hope this helps

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/29/2004 12:23:07 AM   
aerowhore


 

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From: fairfield, CT, USA
Status: offline 		Can anybody add a picture of a healthy board....to compare?

I think I may be suffering the same problem. Mine looks the same but there is no burn mark.

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/29/2004 2:09:45 PM   
aerowhore


 

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From: fairfield, CT, USA
Status: offline 		Does anybody know what the three small silver drums on the other side of the board pictured above are?

The following is printed on two of them:

3CS
47
16V

These two are on the cable side of the board. The other, (different value,) is next to the white box at the other end.

What is the white box? Is it the gyro?

REASON I ASK is I am having problems with my board too. It is not supplying power to the tail rotor and my little red light wont go on.

I have found that the little drum thingy, (transistor?,) that is closest to the tail motor's black wire doesn't seem to register any output on my multimeter; whereas the drum above, (closest to Main Motor black wire,) it registers power output when I throttle up. And the numbers increase and decrease according to the direction of throw on the stick.

I feel that this drum thingy might be my problem. But I'm not sure.

If I am right I think it would be an easy soldering job, (maybe,) and might be a solution to many of the Tail/Circuit Board woes that I have read about. Maybe even save some falsely accused gyros?

What do you think ? ? ?

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 9/29/2004 7:32:55 PM   
SMaric


 

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Status: offline 		Try
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263202&highlight=aerohawk

there are some photos in this thread

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 10/2/2004 5:48:20 PM   
zeevro


 

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Status: offline 		You think I can just short those two pads?

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 10/2/2004 10:58:47 PM   
SMaric


 

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Status: offline 		Picture of my board is atached - you can see the tracking and the pads

In your picture, you would be better off connecting the pads (if there is something to solder to) directly back to the edge of the baord where the wire is

(if you try to solder to the tracking it will probably lift away)

Hope this helps

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 10/2/2004 11:27:11 PM   
quaker1


 

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Status: offline 		Heres another one if that helps.

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RE: Need help w/ Aerohawk board. - 10/12/2004 10:29:41 PM   
zeevro


 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for all the help guys, I'm back in the air!!

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