Mini Remote Case Mod

I have designed a new mini remote case, this has the same components to build as the Avio remote.

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Features:

  • Small
  • USB Charge
  • Battery Indicator
  • More Travel
  • Wrist Lanyard

Lithium-Battery-Battery-Capacity-Indicator

Lipo Battery Max Size 30X35mm

Charger Board could probably use TP4056A also

Voltage Reg

You will also need a donor remote and will need to remove the steering wheel pot. you may also want to re-solder the connections to the trigger to make it neater.

There are 2 version of the remote, a mini and a tiny, the tiny does have both the pots showing through the top

I have been printing in PETG.

This is a work in progress, there are probably going to be problems, so feedback is appreciated.

STL files here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3539757

Thanks to @jaatis for sharing his files.

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i have a thumbwheel version based on @jaatis thumb wheel.

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What itch did you have that AVIO remote wasn’t scratching?

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I just like to design things :slight_smile:

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Maybe you could show us a few photos comparing your design to the AVIO? Just so that people get the idea what’s different. I’m sure the ergonomics are different and it’s always nice to have options.

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Open case and save screws:

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Snip Snip

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Snip the steering wheel pot wires

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Keep these 2 screws

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Bend this crystal the other way to make room for the battery - you may have to heat up the hot glue

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snip the plastic between the pins on the reg

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de-solder the pins

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Solder to the output and gnd that goes to the board

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Solder both ways from the input and ground - solder the lipo metre board - snip the LED of the reg and headshrink

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Solder the battery wires to the charger board

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Solder the other last pair of wires to the battery pads on the charger board - have fun with that one

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Snip down the throttle about this much - and also the spring lever - once you do this, there is no turning back.

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Assemble

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Where can i find these files?

Hey, sorry about the delayed response, im working on a new design as i was not 100% happy with the current, i would like to make it much thinner by re-designing the thumb wheel. should be done in a couple of weeks.

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Any update with the thumb version? Looks pretty good.