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1 Hey Guys,
This is my tutorial on the Diatone Mamba F722 mini FC that I recently installed on my Gecko frame. Actually I swapped out and existing Diatone mamba F405 because I broke the USB port. I decided to put the F7 because of the extra Uarts and plus this had a barometer. There will be a part 2. Let me known what you think.
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1 Wow is a tight fit on the Gecko frame.
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7 Nice video man! Very good production value. I actually found this helpful as I just ordered the DJI version of this board. Thanks for sharing.
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1 Nice video!
Yeah the MK2 F405 USB sucks big time.. My 3 one broke.. oh well u get what you pay for.
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793 Another way to mitigate the broken off USB socket issue is to keep a special USB cable that isn't a tight fit in the socket. A lot of the problems stem from the constant plugging in and unplugging of a USB cable, and if it's a tight fit then each time you do that you are putting unnecessary force on the socket which is only held in place with solder. I have one specific USB cable that is dedicated for use with my quads only and it slides in and out of the socket with no force needed at all. I have never broken off any USB sockets using that cable, and my very first quad which I still fly has had literally hundreds (maybe even over a thousand) connections and disconnections using that USB cable with no sign whatsoever of the socket having been damaged or weakened.
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97 Hi Snow,
Sounds like a good idea. Thing is, I am not sure how to make a cable fit "loose". Also, I only have 1 (or maybe two) cables that will actually work due to the large plastic housing on the USB cable. In fact, the one that I use, I had to "whittle" down with a knife to be able to use it. Anyway, good idea.
How my USB connector broke was handling the craft after plugging the cable in.
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3 02-Jun-2021, 10:02 PM (This post was last modified: 02-Jun-2021, 10:03 PM by rolo95.) (13-May-2021, 05:55 PM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: Another way to mitigate the broken off USB socket issue is to keep a special USB cable that isn't a tight fit in the socket. A lot of the problems stem from the constant plugging in and unplugging of a USB cable.
I installed a right angle USB cable on my franken bugs3 FC because of that, i cut the 1 foot cable (usb ) to about 6 inches, and leaved the USB A pigtail wire tied to a leg of the quad
that way the stress is on the pigtail and no on the FC USB port
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