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ByronTrantham · 11-06-2016, 08:00 AM

I ran into my first "no longer available" parts for my 500 3D. The ESC died and they don't stock them anymore. I went to eBay and was presented with several sources ranging from $23 to $70! Yhe end is near folks.....

learnedthehardway · 11-06-2016, 08:20 AM

Never owned a 500x but for my 450x and 300cfx I couldn't wait to replace the crappy Eflite esc's with a far superior YEP esc that cost me all of $20, stronger bec, better reliability and a good governor.

Should be tons of esc's out there that will work for the 500x. Unavailable airframe parts are a problem, crappy Blade/Eflite electronics disappearing is a blessing. ...lol

Waxxingibbous · 11-06-2016, 08:23 AM

yep eflight makes terrible escs.
go with hobbywing and grab a program box with it for when you decide to use only hw on your fleet.
im replacing my 450xl with a hw50a

BrokeDad · 11-06-2016, 08:32 AM

I like the hobbywing programming box I got for my Oxy. It's much nicer than the Castle link stuff. If I need to replace an esc on something I have it's going to be a HW ESC.

learnedthehardway · 11-06-2016, 08:46 AM

Personally prefer YEP to HW. Hobbywing program box cost as much as a 40a YEP esc and programming card combined and I had to update the program box just to get it to work even though it's the newest version available. Have a HW 40a platinum and 50a v3 and both have had some hiccups and bs during setup. Nothing major but enough to be annoying.

Prefer the simplicity and reliability of the YEP plus you cannot beat the price.

60a YEP will handle your 500 just fine, 60a YEP is $30 and the programming card is $7.

corywrx · 11-06-2016, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by learnedthehardway

Personally prefer YEP to HW. Hobbywing program box cost as much as a 40a YEP esc and programming card combined and I had to update the program box just to get it to work even though it's the newest version available. Have a HW 40a platinum and 50a v3 and both have had some hiccups and bs during setup. Nothing major but enough to be annoying.

Prefer the simplicity and reliability of the YEP plus you cannot beat the price.

60a YEP will handle your 500 just fine, 60a YEP is $30 and the programming card is $7.

I'm thinking the "hiccups and bs" you had during setup were user error... because my Hobbywing 50 was extremely easy to setup.

I've done both the stick programming and the program box method. I really don't think it can get much easier

eightyduece · 11-27-2016, 09:54 AM

I have a yep on my 500x, 80amp for 40 bucks works great way better than the stock one, wish I would have done it sooner

11-06-2016, 08:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
ByronTrantham Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2012	And it starts I ran into my first "no longer available" parts for my 500 3D. The ESC died and they don't stock them anymore. I went to eBay and was presented with several sources ranging from $23 to $70! Yhe end is near folks..... __________________ SAB 700, 700C, Kracken, Blade 550X,mCX2, MCPX BL, DX7s,DX9 - Black Series

11-06-2016, 08:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
learnedthehardway Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2015	Never owned a 500x but for my 450x and 300cfx I couldn't wait to replace the crappy Eflite esc's with a far superior YEP esc that cost me all of $20, stronger bec, better reliability and a good governor. Should be tons of esc's out there that will work for the 500x. Unavailable airframe parts are a problem, crappy Blade/Eflite electronics disappearing is a blessing. ...lol __________________ Mini Protos 6s stretch/XK K110/Trex 450sport v2 fbl/Rochobby Nemesis NXT/RareBear funfighter620mm ~Problem Child~

11-06-2016, 08:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Waxxingibbous Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2016	yep eflight makes terrible escs. go with hobbywing and grab a program box with it for when you decide to use only hw on your fleet. im replacing my 450xl with a hw50a __________________ Écureuil AS355n.50 600mm - Lynx 450xl ntm1700kv 350mm- KDS Chase 360mm Scorpion 1880kv SK720be/Ikon

11-06-2016, 08:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
learnedthehardway Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2015	Personally prefer YEP to HW. Hobbywing program box cost as much as a 40a YEP esc and programming card combined and I had to update the program box just to get it to work even though it's the newest version available. Have a HW 40a platinum and 50a v3 and both have had some hiccups and bs during setup. Nothing major but enough to be annoying. Prefer the simplicity and reliability of the YEP plus you cannot beat the price. 60a YEP will handle your 500 just fine, 60a YEP is $30 and the programming card is $7. __________________ Mini Protos 6s stretch/XK K110/Trex 450sport v2 fbl/Rochobby Nemesis NXT/RareBear funfighter620mm ~Problem Child~

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11-06-2016, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
BrokeDad Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: -	I like the hobbywing programming box I got for my Oxy. It's much nicer than the Castle link stuff. If I need to replace an esc on something I have it's going to be a HW ESC.

11-27-2016, 09:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
eightyduece Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2014	I have a yep on my 500x, 80amp for 40 bucks works great way better than the stock one, wish I would have done it sooner

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