Soldering Flightmax 4mm bullet connectors

Short solderingvideo of my move from T-connectors to Flightmax 4mm bullets.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• solder
• soldering
• 4mm
• bullet
• connector
• connectors
• housing
• red

[Y0UCANTPARKHERE]

can you use these on brushed motors and esc

[wolw66]

@Y0UCANTPARKHERE

Of course you can, but they might be a bit of overkill unless you have an old large Astro motor or similar. As far as I know there are no makers of brushed motor anymore.. A cheap brushless brushless will still be more efficient than a many times more expensive brushed.

[martinairsoft123]

so the bullet connectors are less resistant than deans/tshape connectors?

[wolw66]

@martinairsoft123 Yes, Deans/T-connectors can sustain short bursts of high amps but not continuous. A friend had a .50 Sebart Katana crash due to melted Deans. <50A continuous is safe, above that, bullet connectors of some sort is preferred.

[heberorozco]

hi man! for some reason the iron that melts doesnt melt when heating up the bullet connetor, why? my soldering iron has 45 watts of power

[wolw66]

@heberorozco

A standard soldering iron with a pencil shaped tip will have problems transferring heat and doing it too slowly, you'll end up heating the wires and the battery (a bad thing).

A 45W iron with a blade tip shouldn't have any problem melting the tin (should be 60/40 rosin core electronic solder). A blade tip will transfer heat faster. I use a Star Tec 80W soldering station.

Hope that helps.

Hope that helps.

[PlumboKula]

@wolw66 Man, instead of putting the red plastic protection on after you have soldered on the 4mm plugs, put the plastic protection into the wire first. Then you dont need to "smash" the whole plastik with a screwdriver when putting the red plastic on ... i tried your methode, and i culd not get the plastik on. I almost smashed 2 of these plastic protections when i tried your methode... My methode is much easier :)

[heberorozco]

@wolw66 got it! thanks man, yes, mine has pencil shaped tip, guess that i will look for the blade one

[heberorozco]

heheheh, however, nice video, it helped he a lot, it is very hard man, this is my 1st time soldering!

[wolw66]

@heberorozco

No idea, maybe YouTube though videos on soldering connectors was boring and wanted to cheer us up ;)