Picture Problems & Basic Soldering Gun Temp......

[Eugene]

Hello Fellow Pilots, I fly a Q - 500 4K, What would cause this pictures to do this that I've in the Attachment ? And what the Basic Temp I would need on soldering gun to use on my Drone ? I know they vary in different Temperature !

 

[AH-1G]

Is this on any photo you take? Does this happen when you are recording a video?

Solder gun, just as long that you can liquefy the solder. I use one from the 60's, looks like a gun. Was my dads.

 

[ChuckBridges]

I don't have a soldering iron with a temperature setting, but, if the solder hasn't run and sucked into the work after 10 seconds your iron isn't hot enough. The solder shouldn't look like a bubble, but be absorbed into the wires. Does the video show up like this on the screen of the transmitter. I am just trying to ascertain if it is a connection problem, or a software problem.

 

[Eugene]

Is this on any photo you take? Does this happen when you are recording a video?

Solder gun, just as long that you can liquefy the solder. I use one from the 60's, looks like a gun. Was my dads.

No, just sometime when I'm taking still Pictures. Not every time just periodically. But causes a big when you're really trying to take a good still picture you've been wanting !

 

[Eugene]

I have been a NASA certified soldering instructor for decades. Questions and answers like these above, and the term "Soldering Gun" cause me to shudder. There is so much more to soldering than melting solder with a hot iron. Just because it melted on the connection, doesn't mean it's good solid solder joint, and it doesn't mean it won't fail under vibration in flight! If you don't know what you are doing, don't touch it with a soldering iron -And NEVER use a "Soldering Gun" on delicate electronic components. Before you ask a question like "What temperature I should use" learn the proper fundamentals of soldering and you'll answer your own question. And practice on something that doesn't cost hundreds of dollars to replace. By guess and by golly have no place in the realm of aircraft soldering, both in the model world and in the real world.

As far as the photo goes, I have seen this happen about 3 times on my CGO3+ in the hundreds of stills I have taken, it hasn't happened often. I always chalked it up to a bug of some kind.

Thank You for your Advice, good Information to start at.... Thanks

 

[Eugene]

Soldering temp/wattage is dependent on the type of solder used and the items to be soldered. High lead content (60-40) solder can make use of lower temps while zero or low lead content and silver solder require higher temperatures. Small diameter/surface items do not require as much heat as large diameter/large surface area items do. Multistrand silicone wire requires more heat than common copper multistrand wire. Solder tabs usually require more heat than common wire. You want the item to be soldered to heat up quickly to prevent heat from the soldering process to migrate away from the solder joint and damage items not involved in the soldering process. So there's no "one size fits all" soldering temperature, and we haven't even gotten started on tip sizes and shapes.

For bottom level info about soldering can be found in the following link but there's a lot more to it than what the article provides. I'll let DCH add more that he finds appropriate as he has been certified in the process. I am not certified. One thing is certain. take some time to learn the process on parts and equipment you won't ever have to depend on. Something that can fall out of the sky and cause harm is not the place to learn how to solder.
How To Solder: A Complete Beginners Guide - Makerspaces.com

Thank You for the Information, very much Appreciated, especially Beginners Guide....

 

[Eagle's Eye Video]

Took much of the guts of the soldering discussion and created a new thread...

Carrying on with the photo discussion... @Eugene what are the specs of the microSD card you are writing to? Also, when you shot this, is the camera set to record DNGs, JPGs or both?

 

[Eugene]

Took much of the guts of the soldering discussion and created a new thread...

Carrying on with the photo discussion... @Eugene what are the specs of the microSD card you are writing to? Also, when you shot this, is the camera set to record DNGs, JPGs or both?

Shooting in JPG, SD card is Lexar uSD UHS2 RDR USB 64GB

 

[Eugene]

I don't have a soldering iron with a temperature setting, but, if the solder hasn't run and sucked into the work after 10 seconds your iron isn't hot enough. The solder shouldn't look like a bubble, but be absorbed into the wires. Does the video show up like this on the screen of the transmitter. I am just trying to ascertain if it is a connection problem, or a software problem.

Thanks for the Info. on the Soldering ! No the video don't show any problems when it's played back on the computer, just on the still pictures some time,not every time !

 

[Eugene]

Shooting in JPG, SD card is Lexar uSD UHS2 RDR USB 64GB

Thanks for the new thread, I thought that's what I was doing is trying out what I need to learn about soldering before I started LooL. They wore me out ! !

 

[Eagle's Eye Video]

The card is certainly up to the writing needs of the CGO3+, and if only shooting JPGs, that is the least demanding of resources... so it's definitely not a write speed issue. Since you note that it is an occasional issue, I would suggest that since intermittent electrical issues can be the most difficult to track down... you might start taking several shots as the most direct workaround. If you always shoot at several off at a time, you should still have a majority of usable shots.

As far as an explanation... your drone is obviously communicating with the collective...

 

[Eugene]

The card is certainly up to the writing needs of the CGO3+, and if only shooting JPGs, that is the least demanding of resources... so it's definitely not a write speed issue. Since you note that it is an occasional issue, I would suggest that since intermittent electrical issues can be the most difficult to track down... you might start taking several shots as the most direct workaround. If you always shoot at several off at a time, you should still have a majority of usable shots.

As far as an explanation... your drone is obviously communicating with the collective...

Thank You, I will keep at it as long as it don't get any worse !