Ft viggen group build!

[Matagami Designs]

I learned to solder in Electronics class in High School. Super careful with the soldering iron, just enough heat to do the job. Very precise and pretty difficult. I was having a bear of a time soldering the connectors necessary for these birds, when my uncle, @sundown57 shared a bit of wisdom. Not a soldering iron. A soldering gun. High heat. As high as it will go. Use the flux. Not just the flux in the center of the solder, actually use a can of flux and liberally coat either end.

Coating either end in flux and just touching the hot tip of the soldering iron? Boom. Solid joins in almost no time at all. Not nearly enough time for the heat to damage anything. It's nearly instantaneous. It was a serious game changer for me.

Yeah I watched a instructional video a few weeks back and realized that the heat wasnt transfering because my tip wasnt tinned properly. I eventually got the job done but the connectors were quite distorted. I picked up a can of flux today since I knew this was immenite. Hopefully I can tin it better now. Just need to pick up some bullet connectors. The edf motor has 3.5mm and the esc is 4mm... Sold this way as a kit. Jerks.

 

[The Hangar]

I learned to solder in Electronics class in High School. Super careful with the soldering iron, just enough heat to do the job. Very precise and pretty difficult. I was having a bear of a time soldering the connectors necessary for these birds, when my uncle, @sundown57 shared a bit of wisdom. Not a soldering iron. A soldering gun. High heat. As high as it will go. Use the flux. Not just the flux in the center of the solder, actually use a can of flux and liberally coat either end.

Coating either end in flux and just touching the hot tip of the soldering iron? Boom. Solid joins in almost no time at all. Not nearly enough time for the heat to damage anything. It's nearly instantaneous. It was a serious game changer for me.

I’ll need to try the extra flux thing! I use a soldering gun though. I didn’t know @sundown57 was your uncle...

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I didn’t know @sundown57 was your uncle...

I think that was a shot at Sundown lol

 

[The Hangar]

I think that was a shot at Sundown lol

Naw, just making connections

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I mean by buzz calling him uncle sundown, its a shot at his age i am thnkin

 

[The Hangar]

I mean by buzz calling him uncle sundown, its a shot at his age i am thnkin

Lol - I get it

 

[The Hangar]

So @BATTLEAXE what do you think about this for the kfm wing? I’m going to try to get the viggen done within the next week or two. I’m getting low on tractor style props cause this cold weather without snow to cushion the landings is brutal on them. I end up breaking them every time it seems which is a blow to my ego😆😂 so I need a pusher plane for this weather. I have an extra b pack so that will be put to use either as the swappable pod or a simple firewall.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

So you are going to do the Viggen as a pusher, with a swappable pod, B pack, with a KFm wing? Sorry I am confused, what's the question?

 

[The Hangar]

So you are going to do the Viggen as a pusher, with a swappable pod, B pack, with a KFm wing? Sorry I am confused, what's the question?

Wow - what a stupid mistake! I forgot to include the picture 🙄. I was wondering if this is a good size for the top layer of the kfm wing. And you ironed the le on both the top and bottom the wing to get a sharp le, right? Sorry for the confusion.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

I would stick with where you have it at the wing root, but end it at the very wing tip, not behind. you want it to be about as close to 50/50 as possible.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Wow - what a stupid mistake! I forgot to include the picture 🙄. I was wondering if this is a good size for the top layer of the kfm wing. And you ironed the le on both the top and bottom the wing to get a sharp le, right? Sorry for the confusion.

Do you have a skewer or CF spar involved in the process?

 

[The Hangar]

I would stick with where you have it at the wing root, but end it at the very wing tip, not behind. you want it to be about as close to 50/50 as possible.

Ok, will do.

Do you have a skewer or CF spar involved in the process?

yeah, I’ll add a skewer spar to it.

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Ok, will do.

yeah, I’ll add a skewer spar to it.

There you go, you are gonna have a sweet flying machine, what size of prop are you planning for it?

 

[sundown57]

Another simple way to solder the bullet connectors is to put the bullet in a small clamp and just heat it up with a Bic lighter, dip your solder into the can of flux and fill the hole in the connector with solder, while keeping the connector hot dip the wire in the flux and stick it into the molting solder and stop the heat . it will cool instantly and stick the wire. it does it so fast you can hole the wire with your fingers. The heat won't travel at all. You can also use the same technique to unsolder old connecters and reuse them, if the old wire is broke off inside just solder a new wire in beside the old one, let it cool. the heat it up again while pulling on the wire and it will pull all the solder and old wire out of the hole.

 

[The Hangar]

There you go, you are gonna have a sweet flying machine, what size of prop are you planning for it?

Yeah! Pretty stoked. 9x4.7 or 10x4.7

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Another simple way to solder the bullet connectors is to put the bullet in a small clamp and just heat it up with a Bic lighter, dip your solder into the can of flux and fill the hole in the connector with solder, while keeping the connector hot dip the wire in the flux and stick it into the molting solder and stop the heat . it will cool instantly and stick the wire. it does it so fast you can hole the wire with your fingers. The heat won't travel at all. You can also use the same technique to unsolder old connecters and reuse them, if the old wire is broke off inside just solder a new wire in beside the old one, let it cool. the heat it up again while pulling on the wire and it will pull all the solder and old wire out of the hole.

I might copy and paste this vid to the Quick Tips thread if you don't mind my friend. It's a good vid

 

[sundown57]

I might copy and paste this vid to the Quick Tips thread if you don't mind my friend. It's a good vid

sure you can repost it. I'm glad other people are able to learn from it. See now why buzzbomb is so proud to call me uncle Lol..

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Haha yeah he seems to like to give you the gears doesn't he.

I'll try again to post it there. thx

 

[Matthew Sanders]

Alrighty, Ive got all my materials (finally) and so I'm ready to Speed Build the Viggen

 

[The Hangar]

Alrighty, Ive got all my materials (finally) and so I'm ready to Speed Build the Viggen

Nice!