fasteddie said:Has anyone upgraded the motor bearings? I was wondering it they do make a noticeable difference.
tanasit said:I also have a Y6 with more than 200 flights using the same motors. I fly off the gravel road sometime so I often clean and lubricate my motors. Also I make a habit of feeling all of the motors after landing and see if any has higher temperature than the rest. The preventive and maintenance will go a long way not to mention balancing the motors first.
As for the Phantom, I also bought a set of ceramic coat steel ball bearing which is super cheap to test soon.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261191101250?ss ... 1439.l2649
If you want the best: http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-inv ... 4-SMR693ZZ
FangsCPO said:
Where exactly are you lubricationg your motors? What type of lubricant should I be using? I'm totally knew to this flying stuff. I'm usually on the ground running my numerious RC rigs. LOL!!!
Gary39 said:Aren't the bearings sealed ? I don't know just asking. If I was going to replace, from my experience, I'd go with ceramics if you plan on keeping your machine a long time.
Gizmo3000 said:fasteddie said:Has anyone upgraded the motor bearings? I was wondering it they do make a noticeable difference.
I wouldn't say that you'd necessarily notice a difference upgrading a perfectly fine motor to newer bearings.
However, over time, the original bearings in the DJI motors end up losing their lubricant, get hot, start to make nasty sounds,and contribute to jello - at that point, new bearings make a significant difference!
denodan said:Gizmo3000 said:fasteddie said:Has anyone upgraded the motor bearings? I was wondering it they do make a noticeable difference.
I wouldn't say that you'd necessarily notice a difference upgrading a perfectly fine motor to newer bearings.
However, over time, the original bearings in the DJI motors end up losing their lubricant, get hot, start to make nasty sounds,and contribute to jello - at that point, new bearings make a significant difference!
I just don't understand why you just don't keep the bearings lubricated? On RC Helicopters you do it often, so why not quads? Had a Blade 450 RC helicopter, and every 6-10 flights used to lubricate it.
Mr. Lucid said:I'm somewhat disappointed at the lack of maintenance information from DJI for such a "consumer" "RTF" product... I'm guessing that a lot of folks who buy the phantom and similar RTF quads just take to the air without thinking about maintenance.
On that note. I ordered Lightning Lube High Speed Oil from Boca Bearings http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-inventory/13931/highspeedoil-lbt-lightning-lube. I think this will work well for bearing lubrication.
I'm on my 12th flight, no crashes, always take off and land from a clean surface. I really take care of my stuff, however, after only 12 flights out of the box one of my motors is not spinning like the rest. Slow to spin up, and very quick to spin down. There is no grinding or other indication that there is something wrong with the motor. So I assume that it just needs lube.
I just noticed this and hope that the bearings are still good... I have a Syma X1 cheap little practice quad with at least 50 flights and I haven't done anything to it but balance the props and it flies like a champ. So a $700 flying machine doesn't come with adequate lube out of the box?
Just a bit frustrating.