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Ay-Nawn  ·  132 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 2, 2025

Messing around with TinkerCAD today and likely through the weekend as I get started. Thanks for the rec. Dipping my toes into electronics/soldering for the flight controls itself is the least interesting part of the long-term goal, mostly due to ignorance. This'll help alleviate some of it. r/fixmyprint seems a goldmine.

Funny (and encouraging) seeing a few of y'all able to chime in on 3D-printing. Wasn't expecting it, but all-the-more excited for the gadget to arrive.





sogre  ·  5 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd suggest picking up a variety of solder types and a full set of tips for your model if you go down this path--just use the right tool for the job. Sure, you could replace a USB-C port with 0.7 mm solder and a chisel tip, but why on earth would you, when there's 0.25 and a needle tip right there in the box?

Some dipshit with soldering tips.

kleinbl00  ·  132 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Any dipshit can learn to solder in 45 minutes.

Any dipshit who knows how to solder can learn to do surface mount in 2 hours.

Sincerely, some dipshit who has gone through four entire rolls of solder

A gift from me to you

OftenBen  ·  132 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is true.

Source: I am a dipshit who managed to fix his wiring harness in his car and saved like $300 on a new one with 10 min of work and some heat shrink.