It's as simple as desoldering the stock capacitor and then soldering the new one in the same place and covering with heatshrink. I do NOT recommend joining it with wires, but directly to the terminals and with the shortest capacitor wires you can get away with. I will be filmin some chassis update videos very soon as soon as I find time!
@@RCPACE That was my original thought, but I’m no soldering pro. Doing wire-to-wire jobs, bullet connectors, or motor connections are one thing, but those little capacitor wires are tucked in there tight where they connect to the board! I might just end up taking it to the local drone shop to get that part done… 😅
What do you mean by killing a capacitor? I'm a bit confused since it has reverse politary protection? Sorry I know this is an old video but can't find any info on this.
The ESC has reverse polarity protection, but the capacitor is connected to battery voltage directly (to make it work efficiently and effectively) so if you connect the battery terminals in reverse the capacitor is instantly dead. Change the capacitor and everything should work perfectly. FYI if you do kill a capacitor and continue running it, you will do damage to the ESC and could have bigger problems with battery damage or fire etc.
@@RCPACE Would love to see how that turned out, if even just a pic. I just picked up the Xarvis XX and the blaze and any info you could share would be awesome 🤘🏼
Acuvance do not share this information because it depends mostly on the battery you use and the quality of your solder connections etc. Standard Xarvis is roughly 160A and XX is roughly 220A.
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I know it’s an old video, but maybe you could give us a video explaining how to upgrade the capacitor on a Xarvis XX?
It's as simple as desoldering the stock capacitor and then soldering the new one in the same place and covering with heatshrink. I do NOT recommend joining it with wires, but directly to the terminals and with the shortest capacitor wires you can get away with. I will be filmin some chassis update videos very soon as soon as I find time!
@@RCPACE That was my original thought, but I’m no soldering pro. Doing wire-to-wire jobs, bullet connectors, or motor connections are one thing, but those little capacitor wires are tucked in there tight where they connect to the board! I might just end up taking it to the local drone shop to get that part done… 😅
What do you mean by killing a capacitor? I'm a bit confused since it has reverse politary protection? Sorry I know this is an old video but can't find any info on this.
The ESC has reverse polarity protection, but the capacitor is connected to battery voltage directly (to make it work efficiently and effectively) so if you connect the battery terminals in reverse the capacitor is instantly dead. Change the capacitor and everything should work perfectly.
FYI if you do kill a capacitor and continue running it, you will do damage to the ESC and could have bigger problems with battery damage or fire etc.
so what is the difference between the xarvis xx and the rad?
XX is significantly more powerful with more high end components. RAD is great but XX is still my choice.
do a series on this where you solder the photon, the electronic balancer etc... all the acuvance recommended. that would be fantastic!
I may be able to do something like this but this won't be getting everything, but at least the new Blaze capacitor! Will see what I can do!
@@RCPACE Would love to see how that turned out, if even just a pic. I just picked up the Xarvis XX and the blaze and any info you could share would be awesome 🤘🏼
How many amps is it?
Acuvance do not share this information because it depends mostly on the battery you use and the quality of your solder connections etc. Standard Xarvis is roughly 160A and XX is roughly 220A.