Deans Plugs

[Steve Smith]

After a huge amount of wasted time at the field last week, i found out that Red Deans and Black Deans are not compatible

[Beetleguice]

Deans Plugs

The eternal blockage in the E/RC line, I offer only two points of advice, No1 always use the set from the packet..(Don't keep the spare!, throw the oldest one away!), No 2 (cut little blocks of fine sandpaper and cyano-glue to both sides of each dean for grip!)

[spacey]

Hmmm the sandpaper tip is gonna come in handy...thanks for that one!!

Another one is to beware of imitation deans plugs. Some of them claim but simply can't handle the power the original Deans can.

[Skylar]

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...No 2 (cut little blocks of fine sandpaper and cyano-glue to both sides of each dean for grip!)
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The best advice I can give you guys is: Learn how to solder Deans plugs.   

Deans plugs are by design not difficult to pull apart, once mated. If it is, the problem came at the soldering stage. Too much heat will distort the plastic body and the pins will go out of alignment.

The correct way to solder cables onto Deans plugs is:

1. Mate a female and male plug. This will retain the alignment, even if they get very hot.
2. Solder the cables and allow the plugs to cool off.
3. Unmate the pluges and heat shrink the solder joints.

That's it. No more miss-aligned Deans plugsand they should come apart quite easily.   

Cheers
Christo

[spacey]

Christo: Thanks for adding that yes! It definitely helps and I do all mine this way.


Still is a pita to unplug these things when you take a late afternoon flight with the T-rex after a whole day's glow flying. The oil on you fingers and sweatyness along with that doesn't help the whole matter. Sandpaper "should" help with this one, gotta get some stuck on tonight so I can test on Sunday. Hehehe.

[GootyS]

Christo i have to agree and disagree that the problem with the plugs come from the soldering stage. I always test fit the plugs together before soldering and find that not all of them are easy to split. BUT yes keeping heat on them to long will indeed melt the plastic and distort.