Hello there. Nice little community you have here! I'll get right to it...
So today I was flying my Zephyr Quadcopter and mid-flight it just stopped, fell to the ground and started smoking. I got the battery out ASAP fearing the battery wires had a short somewhere but upon inspection I suspect that one of the wires for the led lights had come loose and had touched the circuit board.
I can see where the board is damaged. 3 of four rotors turns fine and responds to control, but one of the rotors is stuck always-on.
Anyhow, the damaged bit is a little black rectangular bit labelled A22T that I am assuming is a diode, but not 100% sure as my electronics knowledge is only so-so.
I do however, have some half-decent experience soldering electronics (I used to fix and rewire original xbox controllers and mod systems) so I would like to attempt a repair myself.
I tried contacting the manufacturer but they can't/won't give me any information on the part, and don't stock controller-boards (they, of course, advised I just purchase a new quad from them lol) so all the more reason to fix it myself.
So what I am hoping is that somebody here can identify the little part that I need and hopefully tell me where I can purchase a replacement, as well as give me a little bit of advice on how to go about de-soldering this little bit and getting another one in there.
I do have some other electronics around here I might be able to get parts from, but I am uncertain as to whether or not something labelled differently would work where I need it.
I did find an old video card that has some little rectangular things that look pretty much exactly the same, but they say SIMM on them (I think that is what they say, I don't have a magnifying glass but that is what it looks like to me).
I have attached a picture with the damaged part labelled.
Thanks for your help guys, I hope I can get it working again!
So today I was flying my Zephyr Quadcopter and mid-flight it just stopped, fell to the ground and started smoking. I got the battery out ASAP fearing the battery wires had a short somewhere but upon inspection I suspect that one of the wires for the led lights had come loose and had touched the circuit board.
I can see where the board is damaged. 3 of four rotors turns fine and responds to control, but one of the rotors is stuck always-on.
Anyhow, the damaged bit is a little black rectangular bit labelled A22T that I am assuming is a diode, but not 100% sure as my electronics knowledge is only so-so.
I do however, have some half-decent experience soldering electronics (I used to fix and rewire original xbox controllers and mod systems) so I would like to attempt a repair myself.
I tried contacting the manufacturer but they can't/won't give me any information on the part, and don't stock controller-boards (they, of course, advised I just purchase a new quad from them lol) so all the more reason to fix it myself.
So what I am hoping is that somebody here can identify the little part that I need and hopefully tell me where I can purchase a replacement, as well as give me a little bit of advice on how to go about de-soldering this little bit and getting another one in there.
I do have some other electronics around here I might be able to get parts from, but I am uncertain as to whether or not something labelled differently would work where I need it.
I did find an old video card that has some little rectangular things that look pretty much exactly the same, but they say SIMM on them (I think that is what they say, I don't have a magnifying glass but that is what it looks like to me).
I have attached a picture with the damaged part labelled.
Thanks for your help guys, I hope I can get it working again!