OK, so I collected my malenki earlier today at the wonderful BBB beetles pub event. I am currently soldering the electronics (so much fun lol) and have stared at the soldering diagram for a bit, and wondered - since the esc wires are chunky and there are two holes for each + or - pad, couldn’t I just solder the wires to the lipo and switch to the other hole? I’m not sure if this is right as I don’t know if the two holes are the same and link up or if they are different or something. Any advice would be appreciated!
The twin positive and negative pads on the Malenki are connected. Handy for splitting out power to escs and such.
You won’t get that switch to disconnect the battery if you put it effectively after the ESC.
You’ll still need it to be between battery/Malenki like the BBB diagrams
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Thanks Harry. That’s a relief - I wired it up this morning, everything was OK and nice. It binded up good first time, then second test after I waited 90s for the blue led to flash I then turned on the tx to bind but the malenki stopped the blue flashes and proceeded to flash red in a long - short - long pattern, refusing to bind. How do i fix this?
Hi, any sequence of red flashing leds, is always bad. It usually indicates that the radio chip or associated components have failed. We see this occasionally and I don’t know why - it’s possible that it was a dud or that it received electrostatic discharge.
If it’s a brand new unit, I suggest contacting your seller to see if they can offer a replacement.
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Oh, mbad. Thanks for the advice Mark, any future malenki will be treated and looked after well - but I just carefully watched Team Panic’s overview - and noticed that he just turned on the tx and wiggled the sticks (BBB favourite quote) and it binded/ bound? I don’t know how to spell.
I tried this and well well well, it actually worked! thanks for the advice guys, now I know more (it’s better to learn something rather than nothing right?)
Not to question your solder skills, but it is possible to fry a malenki with to much heat, like any PCB. I’ve seen it happen a few times before. And if you own a Radiomaster binding could be a little bit more tricky.
yes, possibly, as sometimes a soldering iron will just burn through pcbs and leave this black mark and weird juice on the board - so don’t risk it! 23 quid is worth it but also quite a bit to burn 