Flysky Rx repair..

[Stew]

Hi all.
I recently managed to snip in half with a pair of scissors one of the two aerials of a FS-iA6 park-fly receiver. (Don't ask how).
Servo movement was jittery afterwards.
Do you think it is possible to repair this? If do, how best to do it?
I know it's only a £12 receiver, and I have plenty more, but I like a challenge.

Stew.

[Martin]

If there's enough of the wire still protruding, all you need to do is strip away the outer insulator, and the outer 'tube' of conductor from the coax cable. Leave the inner wire of the coax (with its insulating layer) protruding - that's the bit that does the actual reception (and transmitting too, if it's a telemetry receiver). The protruding 'whisker' should be 30 mm to 31 mm long.

If there's not enough wire left to do that, then you need to open up the receiver case and have a look. Some antenna wires are fixed via tiny coaxial plugs, and can be replaced. Some are soldered direct to the PCB, and it's a very delicate soldering job to replace those.

[Stew]

Thanks Martin. It was only a 'soft' case so I carefully removed it and yes the two aerials are soldered, and the joint covered with some kind of resin, so I didn't fancy my chances there.
I've done what you said with the coax and it looks good. I'll range check of course.
I may have some clear heat shrink to put over the end.

Cheers

Stew.