DJI ESC's (do you trust them?)

Dax

Member
Is there anyone out there using anything other than DJI ESC's' on a S800?. I own an S800 and afraid to fly it due to the horror stories I've read about overheating ESC's. I've owned it for about a year now only used it twice and it seems to fly nice but I am afraid to fly it for a long flight. does anyone have any recommendations on what size ESC to use for the S 800?
 

I'm not interested in using any other ESCs than the stock ones from DJI, but I would be curious to see how would anyone ever connect up any other ESC because of where and how they are installed on the S800.
 


RobertsUp

Member
I rejected dji esc's from the get go and installed 40 amp Maytech opto units on my F450 build without giving the matter a 2nd thought. The flight controller can't distinguish what kind of esc is used. So far as I know they all connect the same no matter what the craft. There are BEC esc's and OPTO esc's. Dji uses optos but becs can be used with some kind of bec wire disabling extra effort.
 
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CopterCraft

Member
Is there anyone out there using anything other than DJI ESC's' on a S800?. I own an S800 and afraid to fly it due to the horror stories I've read about overheating ESC's. I've owned it for about a year now only used it twice and it seems to fly nice but I am afraid to fly it for a long flight. does anyone have any recommendations on what size ESC to use for the S 800?

If you have had it around a year, that would have been before the newer versions of the ESC's where released, in fact you must have had one of the very first frames? Around September last year DJI released updated versions of the ESC's. On one of the original S800's i built around August of last year i had a flip of death due to a defective ESC overheating. Since then, i have built and flown a fair few S800's and all have run fine on the new ESC's.

Best bet would be, if your comfortable with it, just undo the top 4 motor mount bolts on one arm, and lifting up the motor and plate to peak in and see which version of the ESC you have. I understand why people would put external ESC's on that they are confident with. But in my opinion if you are going to do that, buy another frame that does'nt have integradted speed controllers and save some money. Im sure if you have the original ESC's in there DJI will get you some new ones out once you make contact with them.
 

RTRyder

Merlin of Multirotors
The DJI ESCs that come in the F series kits are Turnigy Plush minus the BEC under the shrinkwrap, I have a couple sets reflashed with BLHeli firmware for the 25A Plush currently in use on FPV quads, they work well with the new firmware. I've had pretty good service from the DJI motors and ESCs, if you already have them, might as well use them.

Maytech ESCs are rebranded ZTW, aka Hobbyking Blue Series. You can buy the HK Blue for about 1/3 the price of the Maytech and get the exact same ESC, the only difference between them is Maytech changed a few words in the manual, otherwise same thing.

Ken
 

Dax

Member
I purchased The S800 back in July 20th of 2012, did the new ESC's come out before or after that?
 

CopterCraft

Member
Cant remember the exact date, i can have a look through my email folder. But very confident it was some time after the date you bought yours. Have a look under the motor, it is stamped on the ESC circuit board toward one side in white letters. Remove the 4 screws that hold the carbon plate to the plastic arm that the motor is held on to. You can then lift the whole thing up, it is just connected via the 3 standard motor wires, you can then easily see which version of the ESC it is.

It may well be even though it is an earlier one, it is perfectly fine to use, but it is a risk. I think at one point there was a 50/50 on the first batch of S800's as to wether the user would experiance any issues in flight. Most times it was after a fair number of perfect flights. But like i said, after the new ESC's, and with the updated V2 GPS sensor, they are pretty stable nowadays.

It might also be worth updating to the V2 IMU, i think a lot of places are doing good deals as an exchange program (Around £160 when handing the V1 IMU in. A new IMU is about £480). But this is really only needed if you experiance height hold issues, or erratic vertical movements.
 

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