DIY Aviator Connector Tutorial - Mechanical Keyboards

Here's a tutorial of how to add an aviator connector to your mechanical keyboard cables. Hope this helps you out!
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[@RuiPalmeira]

very cool of you to be a vendor and have such detailed tutorials on this :) I wasn't looking forward to spend about the amount of money I spent on my keeb for an aftermarket cable, but I really like to fiddle around with and make stuff, and my buy the required materials.

[@dru1f627]

Great to see how much passion this man has for making his custom cables. Great content! Keep it up.

[@xandersnyder7214]

Just wanted to tell you that I have followed your channel for a while and you need to know that your videos are great! I've been a DIYer for 25 years and your tutorials are very detailed but you take your time. Your enthusiasm really comes through, you can tell that this is what you enjoy doing. As an old hand at electronics I REALLY appreciated the extra heat shrink around the pins and connector, one for the added stress relief to the connector as well as protecting against shorts! Keep up the great work!

[@1flyndoc]

With your help I reassembled the connector for my experimental aircraft flight control panel. Full circle! Thank you.

[@CarlmeisterWasTaken]

Super appreciative of you for making tutorials like this, people are selling $40+ in my area

[@mauriciomarin5599]

Dude thank you so much for what you're doing in the community. Love watching you and i've purchased my first custom cable kit from you can't wait to get cracking

[@kamilzielinski1623]

I just finished my first soldering in my entire life (I am 25+ :D) doing this connection cable and it is all working thanks to your video man! thanks a lot!!!

[@CruzCtrl]

Heya thanks, this made my day :) I started learning how to make cables around the same age. Hope it's fun, and it's never too late to try something new.

[@0Elegy0]

Very good tutorial! I'm thinking of starting to make custom keyboard cables myself so thanks for this ^^

[@miraie]

DROPPED A LIKE LETS GO JOSH

[@CruzCtrl]

u r a legend. uwu

[@vorseil3230]

Wholesome comments. Btw, huge fan miraie

[@qwertty5939]

hey its miraie

[@robertmorrison4020]

Been looking for a how to aviator video for a while now. Thanks man! Subbed!

[@BrendanMcGinley]

Couldn't have asked for a better tutorial, thank you.

[@rafaelisaac21]

Dude, you are awesome! This stuff is great, please keep them coming!

[@Cameronol]

You had me at 4 pin MOLEX! Definitely gonna try this out and make up some cool looking cables using your vids! Awesome work man :)

[@the_jzapata]

I love your content! Thanks for sharing all of your skills!

[@farhan-app]

FANTASTIC video mate - keep it up!

[@natesplanet]

The way that you showed me how to that that removed all the insecurtities I had about doing something like this. Just subbed!

[@CruzCtrl]

Wish you the best luck in your build :) (it's really not that hard, plus it's always fun trying something new)

[@sillynapalm]

Dude this is an awesome tutorial. Huge thumbs up.

[@MrDill]

Very informative man I want to make my own, now I need a solder gun kit!

[@stevewest5397]

Thanks for this! I have a PC power supply that uses these connectors at the PS end, and I always wondered what they were.

[@TheZorboidOrbb]

Yay was waiting for it.

[@jayden_rico]

Awesome tutorial! I find it interesting that we have the same vocal habits. I always catch myself saying “so, yeah” and so it really stuck out in this video lol

[@jettigger77]

Love your videos really informative ^^ hope to see more videos in the future

[@SparkyNorth]

You're so wholesome man!

[@P4nGuu]

Great content, love your videos!

[@xomgitsjay]

Man im so glad I found your channel. Making my own shit is going to be so satisfying rather than just buying it.

[@CruzCtrl]

Yes! There's something so satisfying about being able to make things that you use on your own :)

[@MYTHICALTWINKIE]

Very helpful and well made video Thankyou!

[@joma94]

Great content, good luck on your journey

[@anthonycampos7417]

YOOOOOO THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been looking for a 4 pin quick disconnect adaptor for my Nitecore HU60 headlamp. It comes with like 4.5ft of cable and I want to cut out a 3ft section that I can reattach if I like and it looks like the YC8 is PERFECT for my needs!. Thanks again

[@inigoalonsobilbao7112]

Súper useful video, love it

[@canneverthinkofaname]

great video, helped me a ton. thanks man! subbed and liked!

[@iNotsuoh]

So glad i just found this channel. Dope vid man. Very well done and organized. Very well spoken. good job! I'll be in contact on discord when i get my parts in for help ahaha!

[@henrycasil4076]

Love these videos man, you're such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing!!

[@caigehart2013]

Awesome video might try this 🤞

[@TheAidil999]

THANKS FOR THE TUTORIAL. SUBBED

[@MarcAndreLevesque]

The aviator connectors are easy with a little bit of knowledge you published in this great video! It's the usb-c connectors that are a bitch to solder and assemble and make sure they don't short.

[@AaronBiscuits]

THANKS FOR THIS, CHIEF!

[@CruzCtrl]

thx for checking out this vid :)

[@dirkbuermann5053]

Great video! Thanks a lot!

[@CruzCtrl]

thx for watching :)

[@jFreshn3ss]

Hey Josh, I'm Josh there for I am going to buy my cables from you. honestly I bought it because it is awesome that you sell these in kits. You name "Josh" is just a bonus sure thing. Cheers!

[@killlog3717]

Found you on ig. Been looking for videos for months for something like this man. Thank you for being so informative. Thank you for being the fucking man

[@fatboy1271]

Thanks, this is a huge help! I've approached soldering more like a cave man and that's only made things very frustrating... 🤘🤘

[@fatboy1271]

Joined Discord, followed on Twitch and Twitter 🤘🤘

[@IgnitePain]

thanks man just made one for myself

[@tcricafort3883]

Great content btw.

[@elektrolyte]

Excellent tutorial. FUll of DETAIL! one thing... the side that can be plugged into power... should have the female connector. This is to avoid live male pins that could be shorted to something if left unattended.

[@sikproB]

great really good video explication

[@sutairu5328]

I keep coming back to this video its very informative, by the way is it normal that in my country the aviator connectors I can find doesn't have a shell in the male side ( male side is so short / doesn't have the metal that covers the pins where the wires gets soldered into )

[@wanzai567]

Thanks a lot!

[@10death]

amazing finally someone upload a video about this overprice cable

[@nicholasruby2108]

the molex cable got me good

[@sushpicious9016]

I'm looking into building my own cables. Where would I go about buying the wire and metal housed usb c connectors. I looked through your spreadsheet and couldn't find either. Thanks!

[@B0sser]

I see some people use 5 pin aviator conenctor instead of 4 , and route the metal from shielded cable in the fifth pin. What is better? What do you do with the extra metal which is with 4 cables?

[@itsplaytime8690]

Is it better to make your own usb c and usb cable or can i cut a normal one in half?

[@amendsgctv7421]

What do you do with the 5th "exposed" wire when using 4-pin connectors? I didn't see what you did in the video

[@robr640]

Yeah the chunky metal aviator connectors are pretty cool & all, but like you said molex is true end game in USB connectors. Making myself one right now, gotta keep up with those hot trends! 🙃

[@CruzCtrl]

these are facts. molex is endgame

[@hsharma3933]

How do I do this for double USB-A connectors like the ones for Corsair keyboards?

[@schultzjacobp1582]

Is there a way to make one of these but an hdmi cable and I can change the end with a mini hdmi cable and stuff?

[@pitmalogs]

Hello! im planning to make my own custom cable using gx16 connectors as well, is it really required to cover the solder points with shrink wrap or is it just a preference thing?

[@IslandDeep]

In my country there aren't any/many custom cable makers. I'm potentially looking into opening a online store and was curious as to the average profit margins? Thank you.

[@triduum3787]

So once you've made the cable, do you just cut it in half to put the aviator on?

[@TheAidil999]

What's the temperature of your solder and the type of solder wire you use?

[@7heLostCause]

so ive run into a little issue when doing this i keep getting errors on windows saying the usb had malfunctioned, any ideas on what i can do to fix this?

[@balobreached]

Do you need to use a 5 pin for USB-C?

[@Dacheee]

Does it matter how many pins are in the connector or do they have to be 4

[@W2TW]

does the shielding need to make contact with the aviator connector? if not are the 2 ends no longer connected via the shielding?

[@Enforcer248]

is there anyway to fix an aviator connector that doesn't sit flush at the connection point where the cables screw together?

[@ginnayyyy]

hey i'm super new to this, can someone explain what was happening around 11:55? is this optional? cause i didn't see it being done on the female side, thanks in advance!

[@neilbertg8143]

What is the clamp holder you are using?

[@silversanign9288]

Hi.. excuse me ..for type c cable what pin i need for aviator connector

[@KeenyNewton]

Thanks for an excellent tutorial. What if I don’t have a heat gun? Any alternates? TX again.

[@splitRace]

thank you so much

[@noahbirdrevolution]

End game molex. lol After this first build, I plan on making a second one that will indeed be used as a hot swap between my macro keys usb mini and my midi controller usb-B. So excited.

[@CruzCtrl]

just molex every build lol

[@Fnatixful]

between the male and female aviator connector u need to have the same order? I mean 1 is black in both, 2 is white in both for example and so on

[@slugzkea]

Any tips on getting a ws16 apart? There's a stupid snap ring holding it in place.

[@bielz1013]

Where can I buy the gx16?

[@ilhamwicaksono5802]

Does everyone or majority use the configuration you used ? I mean for the 1 = GND, 2 = D+, 3 = D-, 4 =VCC

[@Tiyratania]

"its kinda cool to see some metal on your table right?" dude couldnt have said it better also the molex cable lmao

[@Maseiy]

I'm having some problems when making my own. I seem to have all connected continuously an soldered but when I try to use it I only am getting power but no actual data transfer to the computer. Idk what I'm doing wrong an need help!

[@_larf]

Just a question. Why does my cable do an error that says usb power surge?

[@lenamclark81]

How do u solder 3 pin Aviation amd what colors go into what number? For 3 pin

[@user-ie5tr8je1w]

I believe I have the GX16 4 pin on a 12 volt ac the cord with the pin end is missing and the other end of it connects to a 12 v battery bare cable but why 4 pins when there are only two terminals at the battery end?

[@primary7208]

Is it possible for me to change the aviator connector without soldering? Or even possible at all? I have a black connector on one cable and I want that connector on a different cable

[@vnzstz209]

nice tutorial m8 sad i dont have those tools right now and i dont know where to buy custom cables coiled with aviators in Germany. but still good vid and youve got a new sub bruv.

[@wegvS]

you can get them on aliexpress, shipping will take a month though

[@kryptone3032]

What techflex is on the blue side?

[@shadowmoore552]

Bro just wondering what standard size of cable are you using?

[@fintantowey6149]

Should this type of connectors use Dielectric Grease?

[@DustinVang]

4 pink molex is hype!!!!!

[@draildiagnostics]

Do you use adhesive or non adhesive lined heatshrink?

[@pouryajannesari1204]

So i bought the aviators from your website and it came with 5 pins. Do i just ignore the 5th one?

[@krylo3558]

im a little confused on how to tin the connectors and how u know how much is enough

[@LinHtet230]

Dat sexy cable :D

[@benitovalle8065]

Para corriente eléctrica es igual?

[@Guel_13]

hi is it ok to use a cable that has already have a type c and usb connector on it ill just cut it to put some cable sleeves and aviator on it i hope u understand whaat am i saying osrry about my english im not good at english

[@armoredkaiju]

Anyone know how to get the female end apart on a gx16 that doesnt have a screw holding it in? It seems like its glued in or something

[@Kyurnmakes]

Hi there, I bought a diy kit with aviator from you and I'd like to convert to molex quick connect. How do? /s In all seriousness, thank you so much for these how-tos. They're awesome.

[@PaulPagel]

Brother, new subscriber here. How much in parts are you looking at? Less than twenty bones of connectors are bought in bulk?

[@khalish371]

Is the female connector HAVE to attach to the type C/mini-USB or is it doesn't matter at all? I'm really interested on making my own cable but this one got me curious the most.

[@nooxegg6610]

is this support fast charging? or i need different cable and connector?

[@BalenCM]

i swap black and green and it works, is it bad?

[@Esk-be8kd]

I got a three pin with only a blue and brown how do I connect 2 wires to 3 pin gx16?

[@geofferyromany4634]

my stupid question is what is the maximum size of wire that can be used with aviation gx16 connectors? If I want to make one to connect my lead acid battery can I use 6 awg wires?

[@lindaweaver6801]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I have no electrical knowledge. I'm using a power station that has 2 aviation type outlets. I did not install the aviation plugs into the station, but cannot unplug them. I'm sure I am doing something wrong. Can you tell me how to insert and un-insert aviation plugs into their corresponding outlets please? Apparently, just pulling them straight out does not work. :(