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[kat2048]

Will the motor,esc,and servos froma 500 work in a 550 or 600?

 

[pvolcko]

Short answer: Maybe, it depends.

500 to 550 may work for the motor and ESC. They're both 6S usually, but you may find the 550 a little underpowered by the 500 powerplant. Depends on what you were running. If it was a hot setup in the 500 then it will likely be fine in the 550, but lacking the pop you may be used to. And you'll likely need to size down the pinion a bit, depends on the maingear tooth count in the 550 vs the 500.

600 is usually a 12S setup, though. If your ESC is an HV model then you may be able to get away with it since 80A HV ESCs are pretty common in 600's and 80-100A non-HV is common in 500's. But if it isn't an HV then you'll likely need to change up. And the motor will not work since it will be high reving (1100+kv probably) vs a 500+kv usually used in a 600 size model due to the 12S battery setup.

Servos... depends. I've seen 500 kits that use full size and kits that use mini servos. The 550 and 600 will liekly use full size servos. You can pick up adapter plates for the minis to fit them in full size servo locations, but depending on what you have they may be under powered for the job.

 

[kat2048]

Short answer: Maybe, it depends.

500 to 550 may work for the motor and ESC. They're both 6S usually, but you may find the 550 a little underpowered by the 500 powerplant. Depends on what you were running. If it was a hot setup in the 500 then it will likely be fine in the 550, but lacking the pop you may be used to. And you'll likely need to size down the pinion a bit, depends on the maingear tooth count in the 550 vs the 500.

600 is usually a 12S setup, though. If your ESC is an HV model then you may be able to get away with it since 80A HV ESCs are pretty common in 600's and 80-100A non-HV is common in 500's. But if it isn't an HV then you'll likely need to change up. And the motor will not work since it will be high reving (1100+kv probably) vs a 500+kv usually used in a 600 size model due to the 12S battery setup.

Servos... depends. I've seen 500 kits that use full size and kits that use mini servos. The 550 and 600 will liekly use full size servos. You can pick up adapter plates for the minis to fit them in full size servo locations, but depending on what you have they may be under powered for the job.

motor scorpion 1600 kv,,hiterc hs5245mg dig.,futaba s9257 or 59257...

 

[murankar]

Personally if your going to go with a bigger heli I would go with a 550. They use most electrics of a 600 but at a fraction of the cost. Then when your ready you can stretch the 550 to a 600 rather easy.

 

[Tony]

Please only post one thread per question.

The 500 is a much smaller helicopter than the 550. The 500 uses 425mm blades and the 550 uses 550mm blades. In all reality, the 550 is a 600, just a shorter boom and blades.

 

[Slobberdog]

Will the motor,esc,and servos froma 500 work in a 550 or 600?

I would not want to run a 500 motor in the 550, as for the servos in a 500 they are mini servos in the 550 they are standard servos,

Long and short I think you would need to replace all.

 

[kat2048]

Please only post one thread per question.

The 500 is a much smaller helicopter than the 550. The 500 uses 425mm blades and the 550 uses 550mm blades. In all reality, the 550 is a 600, just a shorter boom and blades.

thank you all for the info...sorry about the two poat slow pc...ill stay with the 500 and fight the 3gx for now ..going back to the start of the setup for the head see if I can find out what is going on..again thank you all so much..

 

[murankar]

I would take the money You were about to spend and put it on a skookum, ikon or Bavarian demon. That will solve a lot of the tail issues you have. Maybe even a v-bar.

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[Tony]

If you post up and tell us what you need help with, there are a lot of great members on here that will help you out. All you have to do is ask.