Power cables
Time required
Building: 30 minutes
Tools required
Soldering iron
Heatgun
Parts required
Powermodule
Powercable (3mm diameter)
Shrink tubing
ESC Pigtails for motor connection
ESC
charging port/connector
Prepare Power Module
Presolder the following soldering pads for the upcoming steps
Battery -> Power Module
Cut a 9cm piece of power cable (red and black) - long enough that the battery connctor outside can be connected
Remove 5mm of isolation on both sides
Presolder the wires
The whole cable should be covered with solder
Solder the Cables to the corresponding spots on the power module
Check your solderings by pulling at them
The Weipu connector can only be connected when the power module is inside the box and the cables are routed through the Weipu connector-hole.
Power Module -> ESC
Directly solder the ESC power cables to the designated spots on the power module.
Remove 5mm of isolation on the end of the cable
Presolder the wires
External power plug -> Power Module
Prepare the connector like this (15cm of cables and shrinking tube)
Add the prepared power plug to the power module like seen in the image below (without the irritating excess shrinking tube)
Solder the cables at the back of the power module
Add some more solder to the soldering spot to get them soldered perfectly to the board
Check you solderings by pulling and rotating them
No part of the cable should get free
Now your power module should look like this... (shorter cables at the front, shorter connections to the ESC)
ESC -> Motor
Cut 3x 25cm pieces of power cable (red + 2x black) - long enough, that the motor and its pigtals could be later replaced without taking the fuselage apart
Elongate the three phases of the ESC with these 25 cm long cables.
The pigtails have to be applied after the cables are routed through the "Kabeldurchführung"
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