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I took apart one of my "A" controllers to see what's inside. This one looks like it had been dropped before and had a funky RTH button so I wasn't worried about screwing it up. Anyway, I found that there is a fan on the main board.

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I am having a problem getting a full connection between an I1v1 and its remote. The AC has a fast flashing yellow while the controller has a steady green. The app shows disconnected but there is some connection to the AC because I can move the camera and snap a photo, but cannot do anything...

Thank you two for the info, I didn't notice the data wires were in different positions. I fixed that and also found a spot where the solder had touched a trace it shouldn't have. I looked at that board a few times and never noticed it, they are both working now!

Yes, I did find out the battery is causing the solid red. An I1v2 came up for sale near me cheap so I grabbed it, and it came with a good TB47 and a 48. With a good battery the red light problem is gone, but now I get a fast flashing yellow, lol. I got a chance to fly the v2 yesterday and wow...

The new batteries are 'TB47S' made for the Matrice, same cells as the 'TB47' for the I1 but different circuit board and plastic top.

I did this to 2 ea TB47 batteries. On one of them the I1 wont complete start up, when I turn it on the drone goes thru initialization but ends with a solid red light and the app shows no info on battery. I will try the discharge and unplug the balance cable and see if it works. The other one...

I am trying to get an old Inspire going. I bought it with little information, as it belonged to the sellers father. He thought it had only been flown a couple times but he did tell me one of the motors was questionable and a shop had told him it needed replaced. The 3 batteries were dead so I...