History Several years ago this site was created as www2.pmb.co.nz to use WordPress to replace our much older html only pmb.co.nz site. When rcbeacon.com was introduced 2-3 years ago, the site contained a lot of content. Fully converting from www2… to rcbeacon was going to be a big job. The […]
My First Radio Scanner This is the first scanner I bought; probably 7 or more years ago.. Mainly because it was cheap at the time. It covers the 433MHz frequency range but I am pretty sure it defaults to FM and cannot be manually switched to AM reception. Another problem […]
A new page is taking shape Here to support LED lighting on RC models and the LED controllers.
Two controller boards and a Fluke multi-meter Security panel board repair Several of these boards have failing power supply capacitors affecting reliability. These boards have internal power planes with little or no thermal relief. This means that removing, clearing the holes of solder and replacing the capacitors is tricky without […]
Caught in the USB lead I received a large DJI camera gimbal to repair, from a big Hex milti-rotor. The mini-USB connector was broken when the lead was accidentally caught and pulled. Removing the old connector The first step was to remove the circuit board from the gimbal without damaging […]
To buy new or repair In this case, the cost of a new unit was much higher than the cost or replacing the 20 LEDs. There were 3 faulty LEDs which affected the appearance of several others. They are arranged in 4 groups of 5 LEDs. The circuit boards used […]
An Accidental Slip I received a Futaba T14-SG 14-channel RC Transmitter to repair. It had a damaged LCD display ribbon cable and damaged ribbon connector on the main board. The result of an accidental slip while tightening a internal nut that came loose. It can happen to any one. The […]
What’s the plan and why A few years back I was looking at building a larger (about 2M) flying wing for FPV. Since then I have been playing with multi-rotors. Not the 250 racing size but rather 350-400 FPV types. Considering the short flight times, relatively high accident cost in […]