Walksnail Moonlight VTX Damanged Socket | VTX to storage

Any idea how I fix this socket ?

Will caddix direct offer any help ?

GoFilm20

Firmware updates are no impossible and latest firmware 38.43.8 is not compatible with anything 37.x.x or before

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Eeeek don’t look good. how that happen? have a cable in when flying?!

Be really hard to replace that… sockets are a pain on any device like that.

Be interesting to see what they say!

Fat fingers
Grass dust filled the socket . No other word for it but lots of small grass bits built up.

Cleaning it out I may have damaged it and made it worse by trying to get the plug in the socket.

Apart from a taking apart the moonlight can think of any other way to fix

Ahh cleaning it… ISO and pressurised air I guess… though that’s hindsight… crap hobby…

I have little USB covers on the USBs for that kind of thing, though they fall out and I don’t replace…

Yep feel like a twat.

I’ve had success straightening this size of pin before
Either very thin tweezers with sharp points or a knob pin.
Get the point positioned where the bent pin leaves the plastic and use that as a lever point to bend the bend pin gently back to straight
Needs delicate hand but is possible
:crossed_fingers::crossed_fingers::crossed_fingers:

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can you source a new socket should be easy enough to remove and replace with a new one

I think it’s worth a shot contacting Caddx. I’ve sent my Gofilm20 back to China twice for a VTX issue and then an FC issue which in the end happymodel fixed as they make the board, but both times they have helped, great customer care.

Ah cool - top tip thanks.

Presume you started with the website contract Contact Us – CADDX FPV?

Yes, that’s the address. They usually get in touch at around 9am Monday - Friday.

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