upgrade burned 3 in1 with.....

[dabigrussian]

hey all,
was flying this afternoon, when lost some power, set it down easy and it wouldnt spin up again. i came over to it and gave it collective input and it started to smoke! i couldnt tell what was smoking so i unpluged the battery and threw it!

its the 3 in 1! instead of replacing it- can i upgrade it somehow? if it was the rx that blew, then i would upgrade to 2.4ghz and use my dx6i remote. but its the 3in1 so what are the upgrade options?

[dabigrussian]

if i go with the brushless new main motor, i already have a spare 25 amp esc from my b400, so i wanna know- do i still need a 3 in 1??? i have a g110 gyro for the tail and am running twin tail motors for extra control. the tx is stock, as is all else on cp pro.

do i need a 3 in 1 with a brushless motor upgrade?

[dabigrussian]

i found out at another forum- sorry guys, too slow! - that yes i can drop the 3 in 1 and use my esc to run the main motor! yippee!
however, i still have 2 brushed tail motors! without an 3 in1 to plug into, what will run them?
if i go Direct Drive on the tail, will i need a small esc for the tail?

[dirtysteve]

Exactly, I just did this upgrade on mine due to a non functional 3-in-1. I am still trying to tweak it and get it to fly right again. This heli is nothing but bad luck for me lately, but I know that after I get it flying right it is going to be much better than it was when it was stock. After I get mine working properly I will post my set up so that other can have a good starting point. I was not very successful in finding other peoples radio setups for brushless main and tail, but I will post mine after I get it figured out.

[Epoweredrc]

Originally Posted by dabigrussian

i found out at another forum- sorry guys, too slow! - that yes i can drop the 3 in 1 and use my esc to run the main motor! yippee!
however, i still have 2 brushed tail motors! without an 3 in1 to plug into, what will run them?
if i go Direct Drive on the tail, will i need a small esc for the tail?

use your B400 for main motor and you will need a small 10amp or 8 amp brushed esc for your tail motors. if i was on laptop ild give you links search for it online you ill see how to do it.

[WickedDragon]

GWS 6 amp or a CC Pixie7 will run the tail nicely!

[dabigrussian]

so i can run a small 10 amp or less esc for my twin tails motors and still have a brushless main motor running off my 25amp spare b400 esc???

what brushless motor would be recommended for the cp pro?

[Epoweredrc]

Originally Posted by dabigrussian

so i can run a small 10 amp or less esc for my twin tails motors and still have a brushless main motor running off my 25amp spare b400 esc???

what brushless motor would be recommended for the cp pro?

yes
I run himaxx already had them... i think thats a popular one 2015-4100 or the e flite recomended 370

[WickedDragon]

Originally Posted by dabigrussian

so i can run a small 10 amp or less esc for my twin tails motors and still have a brushless main motor running off my 25amp spare b400 esc???

what brushless motor would be recommended for the cp pro?

Correct! That Neu RZ350 looks really interesting, but........ 4100KV range is the norm.

Originally Posted by Epoweredrc

yes
I run himaxx already had them... i think thats a popular one 2015-4100 or the e flite recomended 370

AND..... Absolutely correct!