I crushed my drone(P3 Standard) today and one of the capacitors came off from the centerboard. Can anyone identify the capacitor? Please....

TZ 220 VTZ Capacitor

TZ 220 VTZ Capacitor

I want to replace a new capacitor.

look for one with matching numbers.  its pretty common part

Have you tested the capacitor with a multimeter? Some times you need only to re-weld...

Weld? ;-)

Cold solder might fix your ills. Haha


RedHotPoker

RHP excuse me because English is not my language.

But I think my English is so much better than your Portuguese!

Whats going on with those wires with black tape round them.?? Thats not standard is.?? Looks like the grey wires been pinched too.
It must have been some crash to brake that off.

Da Lata Posted at 2016-11-25 05:13
RHP excuse me because English is not my language.

But I think my English is so much better than yo ...

Mucho Gracias Señor!! Yes, yes it is. Hahaha
But then, Czechoslovakian is mine... Chuckles


Perhaps he could use JB Weld? ;-)
http://www.jbweld.com


By the way, Shakira is still my one and only... Ha

RedHotPoker

You have gone down in my estimations now. Shakira...1 hit wounder

Shakira from Colombia....
MuchAS Gracias Señor!! Spanish not portuguese....
By the way
I think the capacitor is in good condition, need only re-SOLDER.

Try Carmem Miranda or Gisele Bündchen... they are Brazilian!

Thanks everyone!...I did a little research about the capacitor and found out that it's okay that i can use similar capacitor for my drone. i just ordered a new capacitor (220 uf 35 v) . I hope it will be okay.  

Marko1 Posted at 2016-11-27 11:38
Thanks everyone!...I did a little research about the capacitor and found out that it's okay that i c ...

If it fails in mid flight you would be liable for negligence.
What makes you think that there is no crack somewhere in the PCB?
Posting this set of messages would incriminate you should there be an accident causing hurt
This is an AIRCRAFT you are talking about.
The whole board can be replaced for around a 100 bucks, get that done instead.

I once lost a P2 over water because of a bad solder job. So be warned.

This would require replacing the entire centerboard. Replacing just a capacitor wouldn't be recommended.

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-11-25 13:41
You have gone down in my estimations now. Shakira...1 hit wounder

Um, I've been listening to Shakira long before she ever sang in English. I love dozens of her songs.
Top twenty Hits don't interest me, never did in any way. My favorite music is stuff I haven't heard, ever before... ;-)

Her hips don't lie! Ha


RedHotPoker

Resordering a capacitor is not a major thing. I am an engineer from Canada and fixed much more complicated items that just a capacitor. But for my defense, we had most of the scematics fo find out WHERE it belongs and To be able to mke some tests in order to validate the repair and find out if there is other things ( broken PCB, etc ).

Indeed we are talking about a flying item and safety is the major factor and should not be forgotten.

I would use this drone for testing over a long period before devoting my confidence to it again, that is for sure.

PS: A capacitor of this magnitude on a drone or else is mostly used for filtering unwanted noise on a DC line. If the pcb trace is broken when the capacitor ejected itself from it's location, I would suspect a destroyed multi layer rivet hole.  Resolder it AND measure at a few locations if there is much noise on all DC Lines with a OSciloscope.

Dompie Posted at 2016-11-27 21:32
Resordering a capacitor is not a major thing. I am an engineer from Canada and fixed much more compl ...

This makes sense. Key thing is safety here.
It takes 1 crash in 10 000 safe flights to get detractors banning drones.

Austria, Italy, Sweden... US state parks etc. already ban them.

Mike-the-cat Posted at 2016-11-27 22:24
This makes sense. Key thing is safety here.
It takes 1 crash in 10 000 safe flights to get det ...

I would say this :

I know two (2) things that are infinite :  the Universe and Human stupidity although I am not sure about the first one.

and OHHH another one for you all :   If you really wanna get rid of your dog, the best way is to say that is has RABBIES..