Parrot AR Drone 2.0 - Repair Part 2 of 4 - Inserting New Central Cross - Step by Step
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Topic = Parrot AR Drone 2.0 - Replacement of the Central Cross PF070036
This is a detailed video where I first remove and then replace a broken Central Cross.
It takes circa 120+ minutes all in (to the point you can fly again). I explain what tools and parts you need and then talk through step-by-step how to perform the removal and then the new part instal. Part 2 of 4.
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Hi Richard. Great to see that you have successfully repaired your broken Central cross with glue and tie-wraps.
To make it easier for people to see your video, why not use the RUclips feature where you 'Reply' and add a link to your RUclips video. That way the videos can cross link each other. It is an option at the bottom of the screen when you hit Reply..
Great to hear that you found the problem and are all up and working again!
This is certainly a hobby where repairs are part of it and sharing experiences can only help :)
I am glad you Liked it. Good luck with the repair. Hope this helps.
(Be very careful when removing those two black plastic clips !!)
I don't even have a parrot 2.0, but watching you repair it was so interesting. great video!!!
..and before you started the repair - all the electronics worked ok ?
I can only suggest that you try to disconnect and re-connect the two cameras.
The front ribbon cable camera and the downward facing tiny one. (both are attached to the foam body shell)
You are most welcome - great to hear that you are flying again :D
I split the PCBs by unscrewing the two smalls screw on the small PCB. This made it much easier to get the tricky cable off and on.
All I can suggest is that you 're-seat' all the connections to the motherboard. (Including the one under 'that' black connector...
Odd that you have different voltages.
You may also find the Parrot AR drone forum a good place for help from a wider audience.
I am glad this video helped. I also hope you had better luck than I did with those 'clips'.
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. :D
Great to hear you are up and flying again!
:D
The video explains all this detail. Please re-watch from 01:39.
Good luck with your repair!
If it is just 2 of the 'feet' or 'legs' then I would first try to glue them and repair them.
The only reason I replaced my Central Cross is because my Cross broke into two!
(I always recommend a cheaper repair etc first!)
I always end up buying them through amazon or ebay.
Glad you Liked it.
If you watch the whole set of videos (There are four parts) you will see that you must remove all the blades, props and motors. The cross piece comes with only the necessary wiring looms.
(I also have a video that shows you what is in the bag from Parrot that shows you this exactly)
Double check that you reconnected the Ultra Sound connectors to the Motherboard ok.
I would disconnect - double check orientation and then re-connect to be sure.
Ok - Before you took out the Central Cross - did you test to see what was still working ?
IE - Did the Motors do their start up test (even with a broken Central Cross ??)
You will be the first to find out if not !! ;) ;)
As I recall 1 and 2 where to the front and 3 and 4 to the rear, so I am sure you got it right.
Hey Tom. I didn't spot the arrow marking the front. However, I did see the numbers on the arms, and since the old cross brace had 1 and 2 toward the front, and 3 and 4 toward the back, that's how i fitted the new cross brace. Hope I'm right lol
Ok - Thats good - then it is not the motors or the Main Motherboard.
You need to look at unplugging and then re-plugging in all the connections to the main Motherboard again. They are very fine copper contact connections and they only need to be crossed in a slight way and it wont be happy. It is fiddly. (See 10:00 and onwards)
The new bottom base plate has a peal-able cover that then reveals the sticky side.
I have a complete series of videos that shows every step in full detail. I think you will find them useful.
ok,all fixed now.
was a bent wire where the big plug in on the main board goes.
very small,had to use magnifier to see.
Thanks for the pointers.
Ok - What you need to do is to double check that you have the right Propeller blade on the right Motor.
It sound like you have them wrong and that you need to just take them all of and rotate them once round clockwise.
My next Video in this series of repairs shows this in more detail.
Yeah, thanks, i found them. I just wanted to take a look to see if it was damaged as i keep getting ultrasound emergency errors when i take off from the box.
Thanks for the comment. You know you need to go and buy one now don't you...... ;)
ok,will do.
Thank You for your time.
Thanks for sharing your tip. :)
Did the motors all perform the normal 'Motor twitch' or jiggle that is normal ??
I am not sure you selected the 'Create a video response' button. I can't see your link anywhere..
yes,everything worked before cross replacement.
hi Tom I just wanted to say thanks for responding to me and I just wanted to know do you think they will be opening up parret stores in the near future, this way if I need a part or wanted to pay to get it fixed I don't have to wait a month and halo for eat her the part or my drone being repaired and sent back to me.
+John Wurst It is VERY unlucky that Parrot will open any stores. That is not their model of business.
You are encouraged to make your own repairs. Parrot and other third parties sell all the necessary parts and you can buy these from Amazon / Ebay etc.
People like me have made many videos to show other people new to the hobby what needs to be done.
It will be far cheaper to perform your own repairs and you will learn so much! (I know I did)
You help me a lot
thank you :)
Do I need to remove the motors to replace the central cross as well or does the new one come with motors?
i just did what you did-but on power up i get a "motor emergency".
any thoughts as to where i went wrong?
all motors worked before cross replacement.
Thank You.
Hello, just had a little shunt and broke two of the feet! The central cross is fine so was trying to find replacement feet but without much joy so far. Do you have any idea if theyre available seperately or do Parrot prefer we buy the whole section?
Many thanks,
smo341 I think your best bet is eBay. People sell on their damaged parts as well. Then you could look at stripping off just the feet. I do not know where you can buy just feet alone.
how do you know how to put the croos bar in the right position,or it does not matter,i mean how do you know which is the front and wich is the back?
I think the board would've been easier to attach to the cross by doing it outside the body, dunno as im gonna do my repair here soon
if the crossbones are just a bit off,would that effect the flight?
I bought an AR Drone 2.0 at an auction. It appeared to be brand new with no visible wear. Brought it home, charged it up, went through the start procedures, video feed worked, hit takeoff and nothing happened. Someone suggested I check the wiring to the central cross. Would a loose wire cause the motors to stay red?
william taylor certainly if it is not wired up correctly, it will not fly. But there are other reasons. Maybe the height sensors are blocked / damaged / faulty. (All on the bottom of the craft)
I feel you need to disassemble it to check all the ZIF connections and cables are seated correctly. As you are getting lights to the motor controllers, I suspect it is something else right now.
Hi : Tom
Thanks Again.
no.
i took it all apart again this morning,checked all connections and still nothing.
Tom, great series of videos and I used them to replace my central cross. My only issue is that upon starting it back up, the rear propellers appear to spin backwards and the drone flips over front rising and flipping over the rear. Any ideas? Thank you!
Glad you have found the series of four videos useful.
Your symptom sounds like you have the wrong Propeller Blades on the wrong motors. They have corresponding letters on and if you rewatch that part of my video I do show you what to look out for and how I kept track of each one.
Tom Strong Reviews Thank you! Simple fix!
Man that looks hard... Is the motherboard very fragile?
Toy Tuber The motherboard is a fragile item in that it is an exposed circuit board. The tiny ZIF connectors and cables are more fragile!!
Tom Strong Reviews Wow! I'm just going to get another one! my drone last 2 years! not bad! but one day i dropped it from 48 meters and cracked the mother board and the motors ):
Toy Tuber 48 Meters is a pretty long drop!
How do you take the bottom off, from the sticky?
No you have to remove the motors and put it againt in the new one ;)
I did this, but after putting it all back together, the iPad interface just kept saying VIDEO CONNECTION ERROR
Hi, I have recently followed all of your instructions, this video and the mounting motors to the drone. So, I installed all of my motors back, I think its the wrong way but I cannot tell, but when I connect it to the battery they all just rotate once. And when I try to connect to it, It just doesn't show up on the network list. Is there way to tell which motor is which? Because if there is, I think that I would need to replace the motors again.
***** Seperate issue if you can not see Drone on network. It is you Mobo and connections that you need to concentrate on first.
The motors are all the same. It is the propellas that you have to assemble onto the right motor. (My central cross replacement series shows all of this)
Good luck!
Tom Strong Reviews So how can I fix that?
***** I would double check if the Mobo is or is not making aMyFi signal or not. Have you other devices to check with ?
Did you replace the mother board ?
Double checked all your connections ??
The fact your motors do a "start up" twitch is a good sign.
Tom Strong Reviews I don't now how to check, I did not replace it, and I have double checked the connections.
***** With a different Smartphone / laptop.
(in case your normal one cannot see it for some odd reason)
Need to be sure its a Mobo fault before replacing it (its expensive!)
Once you checked with another Smart Phone / Laptop. Try the RESET button and then check for WiFi again.
does anyone know what type of processor is used on the main-board? From the specs on the website it makes it sound as if the drone was using a TI OMAP processor (3530 or 3525), i just don't know which. Thanks in advance
Can you replace individual arms? The wires on the end of one of mine broke and the whole motor assembly came off... It would be an easy fix but with the wire broken idk what to do
Not that I can easily figure out. The wire is inside the arm strut. You would have to cut of the socket, re-wire, solder or somehow rewrite the sockets. doable, but fiddly.
@@TomStrong Probably just easier to try and repair the wire then.. it would've been an easy fix it the wires didn't get damaged.
Can broken ribbon connector be replaced ?
Joe Brown Parrot do sell official spares and there are other independents that sell replacements that are not official, but are "compatible".
can you put subtitles please ? I am french and i have to repair the centrall cross of a parrot drone 2.0 but i don't speak english and it's very diificult for me can you help me please ?
+Theo Ardoin I do not know French well enough to add subtitles myself.
However - it is better to watch the videos in the correct order. This one has them all in one place:
ruclips.net/video/KoAdcBHt5B0/видео.html
+Tom Strong Reviews and can you try to put english subtile? thanks you
i'm so stupid i threw away the broken plastic bits so i glued it on instead was that the right thing to do
As you can see from this series - I just 'wedged' back in my broken plastic clips. I did not use / need glue etc.
The problem with glue is not today but if you need to do this repair again.... tomorrow.
If you are lucky the glue just 'holds' everything in place and if you need to remove these again you can get a 'glue remover'...
I say - If it works and you are flying... Win!
i want to unscrew the mainbord, but i dont have the special screwdriver , how can i unscrew it?
The Screwdriver they sell is nothing that special. Just a cross head on one end and a flat head on the other. If you have a decent set of small screwdrivers I am sure you will soon be able to 'feel' which ones are the right sizes.
Can you update this video? So the rest of us don't break ZIF connectors like I just did
Joe Brown Sorry to read you had the same problem that I did. I had already added a great deal of warning text onto the video before I break one end of the ZIF.
Next time I do the same repair, I will update the video itself.
thanks!!!! moved on to the Bebop drone with skycontroller... lot more $$$ but wow. its a real drone. 10mph wind is no issue.. distance is no issue, stabilitiy is no issue.. im fixing up my old 2.0 to sell
What do you mean rigid?
+John Wurst By rigid I mean that there should be no movement or play. That all legs are even and solid feeling.
I repaired the cross bar. Works great! Copy and paste /
ruclips.net/video/vWp6Dn23LtQ/видео.html / put it in front of w w w .
I put the spaces between the w w x because it wouldn't acept the comment.
if the crossbones are just a bit off,would that effect the flight?
+John Wurst The cross strut needs to be rigid for your Drone to fly correctly.
What E xcactly does rigid mean?
Solid, securely in place.