Dreddy

I cracked[&o] the capacitor of the rear rotor !
Is it critical to replace it diredtly or not?
can i get one in a local modelshop? Or do i have to order it @spectr. or rctoys?
I dont know when it happend but i wa still flying well this evening( no crash)....

Greetz Dreddy....

Design1

mine cracked as well. Two of them. I have been flying with them cracked for the last couple weeks and I still have not had any problem when flying. If it doesn't have any problem or normal controle why replace it? Of course I have spare rotors as well.

av8ersteve

My Feedback: (1)

A cracked cap. is a pretty big deal. They kill RF interference produced by the electric powered motor. You may get away with it for a while but sooner or later you WILL get a glitch. If your high enough, then maybe you'll recover before slamming into that hard stuff rushing up to meet your Draganfly. If you don't have any altitude, well you've seen the pictures. Remember, everything has it's purpose.

targit

Hi. you can get the capacitors from any electronics supplier or model shop (probably more expensive) and yes you should replace broken caps ASAP.

Dreddy

tought so, thanks for the advice!
O.K. that means i'm gonna be going on a [:-]''quest of the capacitor''[>:]
0.01 microferad is the strenght.?

laceycopter

He is right..it is a big deal..it cuts down the arcing from the brushes which causes RF interferace and will shorten the life of your motor.
I wouldn't fly till I replaced it. One radio glitch and that little 25 cent part could cost you a lot more. it shouldn't be hard to find, if you have Radio Shack stores or something like them they stock them. You can alway get them from spectrolutions they stock them and most of our parts now.
Lacey

TheHindmost

The other major problem with a cracked cap is that it can short out against the motor case, not a good thing!

I was told by DFI that flying with one missing cap (removed after cracking) is not that big a deal, especially at close range. 0.01 uf sounds right but I've been told the value isn't critical, so something close would work, too.

Will

Dreddy

Thanks Will. Friday i'll go buy a bunche[8D]
gonna have to find a way to protect them better

Dreddy

TheHindmost

You're welcome, Dreddy...Someone else on this forum mentioned rotating the motors so the caps are inboard rather than outboard (make sure you observe the correct polarity when you resolder the motors), and using a dab of silicone sealant to cushion them. Since I'm down to one arm for several more weeks [:@], I haven't had a chance to try that yet...but I'm not flying either.

Will

Dreddy

i found capacitors from graupner ''47 nF/30 V'' told him it was for mabuchi motor.
what can go wrong? and do i need to change all 4 caps. because of the different range or not?

p.s. Will,if you are allready operated, i wish ya a good and fast recovery

TheHindmost

Thanks, Dreddy! Operation went smoothly; it's up to me now. At least they gave me some good drugs!

I wouldn't worry about changing the other caps...

Will

laceycopter

Drenny,
I asked my dad and he said they should work find and no need to change them all to match.

TheHindMost,
glad to hear things went well for you....Hope your up and flying soon.

Lacey

intrim

Hi all!

Hey you guys. You dont have to turn the motors around, just flip the cap over! You might want to unsolder the motor wires so you can put the cap under the wires or they might get to a point where there too short. If you buy your motors from spectrolutions you will find that the wires to the cap are twice as long as from DFI. This makes it nice because you can just about put the cap anywhere you want.

mike [8D]

Sky High

When you all mention the cap, what are you talking about?

Dreddy

Sky sometimes you give such a good reply on a tread and othertimes you seem so far away in the sky with your toughts!! You are flying to much with ya draganfly boy,come back to earth[>:]!!
When we talk about ''CAP'' we mean a CAPacitor ofcourse[:-] lol j/k

thanks for the reply Will and Lacey girl[8D]

Dreddy

TheHindmost

Thanks Lacey!

Will

laceycopter

No Sky....They're messing with ya....We were talkin about flippin our baseball CAPS around backwards so we could see better.
Would I lie to you???

Sky High

Oh, I see.