I noticed some changes between my 6 month old VX3 and new VX3 Pro. Suspect they are trying to improve the sealing technique. I’ve epoxied the new ones but may not have needed to.
The one with the water in it that I drilled in three places totally dried out after being in the fruit drying oven at 45 degrees C for 15 hours. It’s now epoxied as well. So fingers crossed I have three sealed VX3’s to enjoy!
You can see the clean black edge in the new one compared to the earlier messy silicone/black epoxy muddle.
Even on the new ones it looks like some areas of black epoxy to polycarbonate casing show more effective wetting than others. Maybe there is release agent there, who knows. Certainly appears that Flipsky are trying to improve things though. One I sent back for warranty they are replacing as well to their credit.
I opened the display case to access the antenna. I smeared the perimeter with silicone, closed it, and after three sessions there is no water in the display.
I opened it with a blade from a utility knife. I also applied silicone with it. I opened it because there were problems with the signal. It turned out later that the problem was not in the transmitter, but in the receiver, so I didn’t touch the antenna in the end.
I installed the cover and shorted the cable. Then I changed the antenna, but was too lazy to completely clean the socket from silicone. As a result, the connector did not snap into place completely.
Hi! If the screen looks like in the photo, then it will die soon.The problem there is not the screen, but the backlight LEDs. they won’t thin out the water.no amount of drying will help. Just a replacement. We bought more than ten remotes from flipsky, and the pieces are already dead. But we have learned how to change LEDs.
I completely dried a display that had water across the screen. Picture of the drying machine further up the posts. Not a trace of water and now fully epoxied. Worked great.
That image is not water in the screen, it’s epoxy. Whole display module is filled with epoxy, the image shows the epoxy not properly wetting out but it’s fully sealed all around. I’m confident no water will ever get in. Yep we have experience every single display eventually failing as well, so disappointing. Hopefully this simple epoxy fill fixes them.
I gave the remote control to my friend for repair. He is an electronics engineer and he has the equipment. He disassembled the screen with a stationery knife, but very carefully. And I soldered the LEDs with a hair dryer.
I lost the remote. The little hook probably snapped, as evidenced by the intact rope I was left with.
I have to find an attachment solution and floatation solution.
Switched to the “brighter” version today and didn’t find iit any easier to see while foiling. Bright sunshine so I was wearing sunglasses (but I almost always do) and didn’t find any different.
Yes that little string running through the plastic clip doesn’t inspire confidence. I put the clip in the other section of it attached to the yellow float - wrist band and gave it a sharp tug
Pulled the string right out of the clip. Just a small knot holding it in.
