This is actually a good introduction to testing and repairing boards! I learnt much the same from hours of Louis Rossmann livestreams, but you've condensed it down into a 25min video specifically for ESCs. Great stuff man!
I think that this is my favorite video of the year. Yes, please, lets learn about FET's! More electronic videos for guys who like to fly quads!!! This video definitely TINKLED MY PINKLE 🤣😂
Question! I have a problem with a stuttering motor. No shorts, fets all pass but when i check the voltage 1 of the pads on the problem output show 9v. Where do i start troubleshooting this?
What a tiny tech education and the team learning way of training is easy to follow along with and you actually feel confident in doing your own after this video #IM IMPRESSED#
"Ooo...sick move" LOL I watched this video for the hell of it, having never done an SMD transplant before. It inspired me to try replacing a missing 0402 resistor that was keeping my Tinyhawk 2 from working properly. I actually did it with a soldering iron and it worked! Pulled a resistor off a bad FC with the same resistance and bingo. I went ahead and ordered a Txinlei heat station you recommended cause using an iron for that was beeyotch! Lol. Thank you so much for your wisdom man!
nice video, you seem like a really cool personality! had a good time watching this in germany because i have a broken esc on a dji phantom 2. thanks man!
can you teach how to check AIO FC with a multimeter? whether it's working or not. How to troubleshoot a common problems like 5v is really 5v for RX and etc. that would really be great for a newbie like me.
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hey man, my quad has one motor output that does not work properly, I interchanged the motors to be sure and the problems does not come from the motors but from one output, do you know if it's the ESC ? and how to check? thx
Got a HGLRC F4 Zeus F4 FC AIO 15A BLheli_S 4 In 1 ESC with a small chip next to the arrow with a bubble on it. Ironically the AIO works but it trips the smoke stopper. I can't make out what chip it is as the writing is smudged.
Hello there, Excellent Video!! congrats you successfully repaired that 4in1 ESC. I just purchased a speedy Bee F4 V2 stack and the ESC motor No.4 is not working. I have installed 2 proven motors in the ESC No. 4 and none of them are spinning. I have done several tests like voltage o signal and nothing is going out of the ESC No.4. I went to the motor menu and try to make it spin but nothing is working for it, for all others 3 are spinning correctly when I start them to check the spin direction. I'm out of options here is there anything else I can do? Please let me know I will be more than happy to receive your feedback. PS: I replicated your continuity test and everything looks good. Thanks for all your help. Regards,
Love it!! youu teach n show, show n tell time!!, hehe. thank you mate im sure i will need to be that surgeon one day .much love bn God blesss from sth aussie outback. Peace bro
hey drainMan I've the following problem with a 4in1 blheli S. let's say, if i give all 4 esc same signal level in BF motor tab-esc 3 has lower rpm as the other 3. i tried to switch the motor, but this didn't solve the problem. any advice what's the problem? MOSFET or fet controller?
Excellent piece of info... I am so grateful for this. I am seeing an abnormal esc behavior with my esc. Currently I can fly with my quad on 4s 650mah 80c battery. But whenever I am trying to connect a normal 3s 2200mah 30c battery the battery terminals are shorting. How I found out is I have a smoke stopper and the bulb is shorting on connecting that 3s battery. I believe it is happening because of large current flow when trying to connect that battery. Can you please help me sort this riddle.
Hello! I also have a problem with an erevo vxl 1/16, esc velineon 3m, it doesn't go backwards anymore, I reset everything possible, it receives the command, the red light on the esc lights up but it doesn't want to go backwards, i- I also did the test on another car. Sincerely, Octavian!
I have a box full of these ESCs, ten to be exact either with blown MOSFETs, blown capacitors, blown traces, or in the case of two of them completely burned up. I'm glad I switched to BLHeli and BF Not being rude, but the Flyduino and FETTEC stuff cannot hold up or they fail for no reason. For me, it was under racing conditions that caused them to mainly fail on me. Even after modifying them to be soft mounted by drilling the ESCs out, it helped in terms of not being hard mounted. But in terms of handling big power, these Flyduino and FETTEC ESCs are worthless.
Ikarus been running my two fettecs on 6s with zero problems. This ESC is only rated for 5s, people run 6s and complain when it blows up lol. Fettec gear is great don’t let him fool you
So we must google to know which mosfet is, to know about its design? I'm confuse, dont know which pin to test, and how to know it correct or wrong to determine bad mosfet
Hola. recién compre una ESC SPEEDY BEE 55A, pero resulta que cuando conecto el cable de alimentación y mido continuidad, me pita. Y no hay ningún cable haciendo contacto por ningún lado. Lo mas extraño es.. que sin los cables, vuelvo a medir y me indica que hay un tipo de corto.. La ESC esta completamente nueva... Hice una prueba probando la continuidad en el TVS Diode y me pita.. Pero desconozco del tema.. podrías orientarme
I just put my first quad together and I don't get any beeps when I connect a battery. I was able to bind a radio and connect with beta flight but the motors won't spin.
Amigo necesito una ayuda me regalaron dos esc 4en 1 pero no sé de cuántos amperes son como hago para saber sin son de de 20 o 30 o 45 amperes ayuda por favor
Hi mate, i tested my fets and have no problems, but the mamba esc blheli s 100 flights BTF TROUBLE CODE IS RPM FILTER, WELL THAT COULD MEAN LOADSA THINGS, THE ESC DOESNT MAKE ANY MOTOR NOISE ON PLUGGING IN, IT IS DRAWING 50AMPS ON BTFLIGHT, NOT GOOD! IT DEFINATELY THE ESC, HEATS UP TO VERY HOT STRAIGHT AWAY, NO VISUAL DAMAGE ,WHAT ELSE CAN BE DAMAGED PLEASE MUCH APPRECIATED
Excellent, enjoyed this, I have a few defective boards I can try and repair now, I was curious why you didn’t check the caps while you were testing just in case, what temp did you run your heat gun at? , I can’t locate the liquid flux in Hong Kong so in your opinion is using typical high quality flux paste ok , thanks for sharing
Drainman, I have a Holybro Tekko32 F3 4-in-1 35a mini ESC. I tested continuity and I have no shorts. I connect using the fc passthrough to BLHeliSuite_32 and I'm able to connect, but it tells me there is no valid config on any of the esc's. I cannot flash them. Any idea what is wrong?
So what does it mean if I have no motors connected to the ESC but I have continuity between two of the motors pads? I'm pretty positive i have a bad mosfet on that particular ESC. The motor stutters when I arm and won't spin up, but I noticed if I flick the prop on that motor so the motor is spinning, and then I arm it while the motor is still spinning from the momentum of flicking the prop with my finger, the motor stays spinning and I was able to fly. It seems to me it's missing a phase. Since the dead phase can't pull the permanent magnet, it stutters. But if there is already momentum, the motor uses it's own inertia to skip past the dead phase. So the motor seems to be spinning by phase 1 which is dead, but momentum carries it to phase 2, which works, sending it to phase 3 which also works. The inertia again makes the motor bell swing past phase 1, and so on. Sound like a dead mosfet to you?
Hey man! awesome video! mine ESC stop working 2 days ago (Typhoon 32 4in1). All the fets are okay, but one of the filtration capacitor burned on. There is no short if I connect it to the battery. The power distribution to FC, Rx & Camera works well, but it does not power up the motors :( Can you advice maybe?
This is actually a good introduction to testing and repairing boards! I learnt much the same from hours of Louis Rossmann livestreams, but you've condensed it down into a 25min video specifically for ESCs. Great stuff man!
Let's learn about fets drainman.
Where did u learn all this? U in Cali? I'll blaze u out sometime if so
I think that this is my favorite video of the year. Yes, please, lets learn about FET's! More electronic videos for guys who like to fly quads!!!
This video definitely TINKLED MY PINKLE 🤣😂
🤣🤣
ME 2!
@@DrainManFPV You Rock Bro!
I bought an adjustable power supply some time ago. I love it. I use it to power my drones when testing. It saves you from using your lipos.
Riveting. I could actually feel my mind expanding. Thanks for making this.
I can definitely say I learned a lot today from watching this video. Thanks a bunch
Question! I have a problem with a stuttering motor. No shorts, fets all pass but when i check the voltage 1 of the pads on the problem output show 9v. Where do i start troubleshooting this?
Yes, more on mosfets please.
Thanks man me from India 🇮🇳 repair my own esc
glad I found this channel!
What a tiny tech education and the team learning way of training is easy to follow along with and you actually feel confident in doing your own after this video #IM IMPRESSED#
"Ooo...sick move" LOL
I watched this video for the hell of it, having never done an SMD transplant before. It inspired me to try replacing a missing 0402 resistor that was keeping my Tinyhawk 2 from working properly. I actually did it with a soldering iron and it worked! Pulled a resistor off a bad FC with the same resistance and bingo. I went ahead and ordered a Txinlei heat station you recommended cause using an iron for that was beeyotch! Lol. Thank you so much for your wisdom man!
this is a great video man im glad i found it. Im having issues with ESC and this helped me find which mosfet was damaged!!!
Hi :) great video! Just a question, if i don’t have another ESC, how can i find the right mosfet replacement?
Wait what is that stuff your putting on at 12:48 flux?
REALLY enjoyed this video. Great work!
Great stuff men i know this video is a little old but the content its great bro thank you
that was great one question what was the gel you using to an solder the components
Agreed, whats that lube??
Great video, thank you for the explanation and demonstration!
Nice save! Now we want to see that same ESC in a quad 😉
Tell me all about metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors. Ive never attempted to swap em out before, nice job!
Dude your a stud, earned my sub
What's the paste you put on the fets before the heat treatment and removal?
nice video, you seem like a really cool personality! had a good time watching this in germany because i have a broken esc on a dji phantom 2. thanks man!
can you help me, where do you find new mosfets and what they are . i have an VS 3598AP 169J52 how to identify .. thanks
can you teach how to check AIO FC with a multimeter? whether it's working or not. How to troubleshoot a common problems like 5v is really 5v for RX and etc. that would really be great for a newbie like me.
I'd love to see that type of content also!
I have the same problem but from Ground to one of the pads.... Its an iFlight 35A BlHeli ESC
This is great stuff Drainman! $100 esc good as new!!
Its like you teach in a way that's too easy man I'm ready like wow ...thanx man
Hey bud, I couldn't find the board folder in your list of products. Any ideas on where to find it?
This has been so insightful. Thank you for the video
Where can I learn more about UAV testing board, soldering and repairing etc?
Awesome thanks for the knowledge bro man, fav part was the fan bleep LOL... keep em flying
Thank you very much for thus tutorial! It is very helpfull! Thank you!
Hey wanted to pick up one of those double clamps for soldering, but couldn’t find it in the descriptions. Great video
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hey man, my quad has one motor output that does not work properly, I interchanged the motors to be sure and the problems does not come from the motors but from one output, do you know if it's the ESC ? and how to check? thx
Good informative video thanks for sharing with us.
You should definitely do a fet video, I've got like 10 expensive esc'$ that need fixed!
Keep em coming, great repair video!
Could you repair an esc module of the dji agras t10 to t30?
Huh... I thought you were a plumber. subbed.
thankz drain i need to stat doing this to save some cash maybe
Got a HGLRC F4 Zeus F4 FC AIO 15A BLheli_S 4 In 1 ESC with a small chip next to the arrow with a bubble on it. Ironically the AIO works but it trips the smoke stopper. I can't make out what chip it is as the writing is smudged.
Hello there,
Excellent Video!! congrats you successfully repaired that 4in1 ESC.
I just purchased a speedy Bee F4 V2 stack and the ESC motor No.4 is not working. I have installed 2 proven motors in the ESC No. 4 and none of them are spinning. I have done several tests like voltage o signal and nothing is going out of the ESC No.4. I went to the motor menu and try to make it spin but nothing is working for it, for all others 3 are spinning correctly when I start them to check the spin direction. I'm out of options here is there anything else I can do? Please let me know I will be more than happy to receive your feedback.
PS: I replicated your continuity test and everything looks good.
Thanks for all your help.
Regards,
Love it!! youu teach n show, show n tell time!!, hehe. thank you mate im sure i will need to be that surgeon one day .much love bn God blesss from sth aussie outback. Peace bro
I’m Sharkey5150FPV And I learned a BOAT LOAD of info today!! Thank You Mr. Drain ManFPV !
my multimeter doesnt have the continuity feature ..all i have is the ac/dc reader and the ohms ..is there a way to tell with any of those?...
hey drainMan
I've the following problem with a 4in1 blheli S.
let's say, if i give all 4 esc same signal level in BF motor tab-esc 3 has lower rpm as the other 3.
i tried to switch the motor, but this didn't solve the problem.
any advice what's the problem? MOSFET or fet controller?
Wat temp are you running the hot air gun at?
Excellent piece of info... I am so grateful for this.
I am seeing an abnormal esc behavior with my esc. Currently I can fly with my quad on 4s 650mah 80c battery. But whenever I am trying to connect a normal 3s 2200mah 30c battery the battery terminals are shorting. How I found out is I have a smoke stopper and the bulb is shorting on connecting that 3s battery. I believe it is happening because of large current flow when trying to connect that battery.
Can you please help me sort this riddle.
Amazing I’m still doubting my skill on such small things though.
Hello! I also have a problem with an erevo vxl 1/16, esc velineon 3m, it doesn't go backwards anymore, I reset everything possible, it receives the command, the red light on the esc lights up but it doesn't want to go backwards, i- I also did the test on another car. Sincerely, Octavian!
Good video, thanks
I have a box full of these ESCs, ten to be exact either with blown MOSFETs, blown capacitors, blown traces, or in the case of two of them completely burned up. I'm glad I switched to BLHeli and BF
Not being rude, but the Flyduino and FETTEC stuff cannot hold up or they fail for no reason. For me, it was under racing conditions that caused them to mainly fail on me.
Even after modifying them to be soft mounted by drilling the ESCs out, it helped in terms of not being hard mounted. But in terms of handling big power, these Flyduino and FETTEC ESCs are worthless.
So you say fettec esc is also not reliable on 6s? I know kiss esc likes to burn, but fettec is supposed to be more reliable
Ikarus been running my two fettecs on 6s with zero problems. This ESC is only rated for 5s, people run 6s and complain when it blows up lol. Fettec gear is great don’t let him fool you
BammerFlight flies like shit. KISS flys way better out of the box.
yooo bro thanks for this!!!!! great video!!!!
Nice video I got some that needs repair I think I’ll give it a try thanks
What are your airflow settings
This is awesome Drainman 🤘thanks for this
The MOSFET chips have internal connections between the pins. You got to know which pins to test. Many of them would be shorts by design.
So we must google to know which mosfet is, to know about its design? I'm confuse, dont know which pin to test, and how to know it correct or wrong to determine bad mosfet
Hola. recién compre una ESC SPEEDY BEE 55A, pero resulta que cuando conecto el cable de alimentación y mido continuidad, me pita. Y no hay ningún cable haciendo contacto por ningún lado. Lo mas extraño es.. que sin los cables, vuelvo a medir y me indica que hay un tipo de corto.. La ESC esta completamente nueva... Hice una prueba probando la continuidad en el TVS Diode y me pita.. Pero desconozco del tema.. podrías orientarme
Funny and looks easy repair
Thanks!
Very interesting and informative video. 👍🤓
Hey man which hot air rework station do you use?
Dude just saw the motors. Gonna buy them after work yeahhh
Good job 👌
I just put my first quad together and I don't get any beeps when I connect a battery. I was able to bind a radio and connect with beta flight but the motors won't spin.
Very educational. I liked that you did not do this under a microscope where you couldn't see what was going on aside from just one mosfet at a time.
great video thank u
Excellent video ... Subbed
Nice job 😁👌
So what do I do if I'm getting continuity between the VBAT+ pad and one of the motor pads?
Wow. Thanks man.. loving your videos and way you present them. Very educational and exciting at same time. Thanks happy flying.
Did you just use IPA 99% to clean the flux and solder wic?
super helpful
The screaming curse words randomly earned you a sub
Amigo necesito una ayuda me regalaron dos esc 4en 1 pero no sé de cuántos amperes son como hago para saber sin son de de 20 o 30 o 45 amperes ayuda por favor
That’s Amazing work bro
Hey Mr Drainman, what temperature are you running your reflow gun at?? Awesome video btw, It was perfect timing!
Thanks! It's 440 and fan speed 2.5
@@DrainManFPV I was searching for this :)
thank you very much for this useful sharing. i love this 🔥👍
Very interesting video
I want to know about fets
Hi mate, i tested my fets and have no problems, but the mamba esc blheli s 100 flights BTF TROUBLE CODE IS RPM FILTER, WELL THAT COULD MEAN LOADSA THINGS, THE ESC DOESNT MAKE ANY MOTOR NOISE ON PLUGGING IN, IT IS DRAWING 50AMPS ON BTFLIGHT, NOT GOOD!
IT DEFINATELY THE ESC, HEATS UP TO VERY HOT STRAIGHT AWAY, NO VISUAL DAMAGE ,WHAT ELSE CAN BE DAMAGED PLEASE
MUCH APPRECIATED
Really need to try this out soon 👌💯
Excellent, enjoyed this, I have a few defective boards I can try and repair now, I was curious why you didn’t check the caps while you were testing just in case, what temp did you run your heat gun at? , I can’t locate the liquid flux in Hong Kong so in your opinion is using typical high quality flux paste ok , thanks for sharing
Drainman, I have a Holybro Tekko32 F3 4-in-1 35a mini ESC. I tested continuity and I have no shorts. I connect using the fc passthrough to BLHeliSuite_32 and I'm able to connect, but it tells me there is no valid config on any of the esc's. I cannot flash them. Any idea what is wrong?
I have followed your steps. my esc is fine. but all the ice is undetectable when i calibrate the esc using BLHeli_s. do you have any suggestions?
Thanks! ❤
wowow! I wanted to watch about this long time. you are Awesone. and I will be more happy If you make more detail of thoese video! Thank you x99! !
Good tutorial. Do you know how to test for DrMos as well?
So what does it mean if I have no motors connected to the ESC but I have continuity between two of the motors pads? I'm pretty positive i have a bad mosfet on that particular ESC. The motor stutters when I arm and won't spin up, but I noticed if I flick the prop on that motor so the motor is spinning, and then I arm it while the motor is still spinning from the momentum of flicking the prop with my finger, the motor stays spinning and I was able to fly. It seems to me it's missing a phase. Since the dead phase can't pull the permanent magnet, it stutters. But if there is already momentum, the motor uses it's own inertia to skip past the dead phase. So the motor seems to be spinning by phase 1 which is dead, but momentum carries it to phase 2, which works, sending it to phase 3 which also works. The inertia again makes the motor bell swing past phase 1, and so on. Sound like a dead mosfet to you?
Hey man! awesome video! mine ESC stop working 2 days ago (Typhoon 32 4in1). All the fets are okay, but one of the filtration capacitor burned on. There is no short if I connect it to the battery. The power distribution to FC, Rx & Camera works well, but it does not power up the motors :( Can you advice maybe?
Ooooh, sick move! 😂😂Awesome tutorial man 🤜🤛
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lol
This was an awesome video
What hot air temperature and air flow do you use?
Nice work man. Keep it up. Love ya vids
Learned something today :-)
Board level repairs? Subbed! 🙂
Dr. Drain Man!!
Awesome video! I like these. Can u do one with fc? I dunno how but i manager to kill so many fcs