/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2793205
Oh yeah, it doesn't charge or power up the drone at all. If power is supplied, it blinks it's State-of-charge lights, but nothing really happens. When it died, there was actual smoke and it sent me scrambling for a baking tray in case it would go all up in flames.

I also had the idea to put a generic BMS in there, but I do not know the pinout for the connector and since the BMS board also has the power button, and some unmarked active components, I think it's a bit too involved. Also had no luck finding the BMS board alone on Aliexpress.

I really do not want to invest in a new battery, because it's about 1/3 of the total price and the stock electronics are crap, it's the GPS/compass on it that is really bad, it will wander and start toilet-bowling out of the blue quite often.

I really like the idea about gutting it and just keeping the frame/engines. I'm sure there will be some growing pains, but it doesn't sound too insurmountable overall.

Either-way, thanks a lot! Now I know my options better and have a better idea on what to research further.