2023-09-11 A800 brushless v2! first flights

Recently updated the brushless conversion of my old XK A800, and today I'm flying it for the first time. Also fun is that I'm flying it with my new Radiomaster TX16S, which is an awesome transmitter.
Sorry it's 14 minutes of video with only 8 minutes of flight, and it's not the most exciting flight. But some might find it interesting, and I comment here and there about how I got to where I'm at now with it, and how it's flying with the new motor and prop.
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2018 bought my A800, loved it, but hated the brushed motor
2019 converted it to brushless, but poor motor & prop setup
Mothballed it till this week
2023-Sept. updated the motor & prop, and HERE WE GO!!
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• Remember that it will probably be too much work to try to make the existing control board work with the brushless setup. That stock control board includes the Rx, the flight stabilization, the ESC, and 2 of the 4 servos, and it is only designed to output to a brushed motor. So I just yanked it, got a separate ESC, separate Rx, and 2 separate servos for the elevator and rudder. It's more components, but fitting them in isn't too bad, and it's a better setup.
Here are the parts, though I'm not claiming these links are the cheapest or the fastest delivery or anything like that:
• A600 motor
www.aliexpress...
• A600 motor back plate & motor mount base (lower right and upper left in the image):
www.aliexpress...
• A600 prop, prop center screw, prop mount, prop mount screws (3):
www.aliexpress...
• A600 Hitec ESC (unless you have an ESC you are confident will be compatible):
www.motionrc.c...
• Rx:
www.amazon.com...
• A600 servos (2) for elevator and rudder (because on the stock A800 they are incorporated onto the one flight control board...which you'll need to yank out):
www.aliexpress...
• Finally, keep in mind that there may be a screw, or connector, or some other little tidbit I'm forgetting to include. Sorry...but I just didn't have a 100% complete bill of materials to share. Some of it I just figured out and cobbled together as I went. But let me know in the comments below if any specific questions, and I'll try to answer!

[@BrianRamseysg01]

Nice one enjoy that RM TX 16s I have had one for sometime, with all my planes in and a sail boat!! I also have a AK800 flew it several times 2022

[@deanedeane4318]

Wow that sure flew better !!! Great job !!!I have one still in it's box..... might be time to dig it out 😉🤪😎

[@SteveGergetz]

All depends where you're at in your journey. If you're a early on in your plane flying experience, the A800 is really a nice one to fly with. Be really careful you don't crash it nose first into the ground or whatever because the brushed motor really doesn't stand up to any abuse. It may be the first thing to go. The wings and fuselage are so-so toughness, but most importantly, they're easy to glue and get right back in the air (Foam Tac glue is amazing!). If you've already been flying for a while, then the A800 isn't any challenge to fly, but it's still a nice relaxing jaunt around the park when you're not in the mood to "push the limits" and all of that. But again, with the brushed motor being weak and fragile, I'm really happy I finally got the brushless setup working well. :)

[@deanedeane4318]

@@SteveGergetz hiya Steve yes I've only been flying for around 3yrs , I hadn't realized how cheap ( or expensive ) RC can be so having a ton of fun getting into trouble 😉😎

[@danielnagel290869]

Can you tell us which motor and escape you used for this Update, please ? I crashed my one yesterday in reason of to much wind and I like to do this the same way like you

[@SteveGergetz]

Sure! I simply used the motor, motor mount, prop mount, prop, ESC, and servos (i.e. sort of a whole system that all works together) from the XK A600 or from the XK A430. They are slightly different from each other, but either should work fine. In this video what you see there is from the A600. So if you look up spare parts for the A600 (or A430 if you prefer) on AliExpress, or Banggood, or eBay, or wherever you find them in stock and affordable (most likely AliExpress), it's not too much work to slice a little and glue a little and get the motor mount base secured firmly to the A800 fuselage. I will say that this motor doesn't feel like it's any more powerful than the original brushed motor. In fact, maybe it's even a little less powerful? (I really don't know because it's been like 3 or 4 years since I've flown one with the original brushed motor and I just don't remember clearly how much power it had.) But it's nice having the brushless motor that's more reliable and for which there are countless places you can order replacements from yet today. The only downside is that using the A600 system isn't really going to mix-and-match well with common hobby-grade parts. If you decide to use the A600 motor, (at least as far as I could tell), you're kind of locked into all the parts of that system. I've added some links and extra info up in the video description/notes. Good luck with it, and ask me if any other questions!

[@danielnagel290869]

@@SteveGergetz thanks a lot , you're the first one who ever answered since I use KZbin ,( I use it since almost 21 years) 👍👍👍

[@SteveGergetz]

@@danielnagel290869 :)

[@snauzze7007]

What size batteries you using

[@SteveGergetz]

The ones you see me using in this video are 300 mAh 2s, but I'm usually using a 450 mAh 2s battery that gets me about 13 minutes of flight time (at like 80% throttle) and the battery ending up around 3.7 volts. So even the 300 mAh 2s battery will still get me something like 8+ minutes.

[@geofkane2365]

Well done. Nice improvements.

[@SteveGergetz]

Thank you :)