Extremely short range on tinyhawk 2 freestyle rtf

[short shadow]

I got the TinyHawk 2 Freestyle RTF kit about a month ago and I was recently attaching a RunCam Thumb to the 5v connector on the FC. After doing so and going for the first flight, everything worked fine except the VTX range. After about 5-10 feet, it completely lost signal. I've checked every channel and made sure the antenna was soldered on but it all seems fine. I unplugged the RunCam Thumb (not unsolder) and the problem persists. If I need to unsolder it or if anyone knows whats going on please let me know thanks.

[short shadow]

this is basically the same as the example forum post

[hazy comet]

Btw I got one of those too but didn’t upgrade anything... It has shit range out of the box for me too, but like 10-15 feet is rough

I maybe get max 50 meters?

the vtx is shit, the antenna is shit, the rx is shit

Sooooo

[hazy comet]

Probably a bridge then, idk what you could’ve changed

Sorry

[short shadow]

bridge?

what’s that

oh like connecting two ports in the fc

i’ll check

hard to get a good picture but the two wires are the runcam and there’s a piece of solder next to it that might be the problem

[hazy comet]

I’m not an expert at soldering, but no offence, that soldering is... ewwwwww

I’d say try to remove and re solder

[short shadow]

yeah one of my first solders

ill get better but it does the job

i got rid of the piece of solder next to it and everything is good now

[hazy comet]

Sick! Happy you fixed it! Have fun!