[NSRCA-discussion] ESC settings for Outrunners??

[Chad Northeast]

  lol,

Well I never tried the 3s or 4s thing until I tried to setup my 
Terminator in the garage, and full throttle (about 5.5kw) nearly took my 
Xigris right off the wall lol.  Then I figured I better not do that 
again lol.

C

On 10-08-21 7:01 PM, Ron Van Putte wrote:
> I can just see Lance reading Chad's input and thinking, "Now he tells 
> me!"
>
> Ron
>
> On Aug 21, 2010, at 7:55 PM, Chad Northeast wrote:
>
>>  Lance,
>>
>> Two suggestions,
>>
>> 1. If you fly Futaba, the throttle channel needs to be reversed 
>> regardless of what esc etc. you fly.
>>
>> 2. Do the setup on a 3s pack (most guys have 3s packs sitting 
>> around), you can still run the motor with a prop (a little load is 
>> good), but the RPM will be very low so you can easily do the setup 
>> without much trouble.  All the settings you determine on 3s will work 
>> on 10s.
>>
>> I setup my big Terminator (12s setup) on 4s, and it worked like a charm.
>>
>> Chad
>>
>> On 10-08-21 5:20 PM, Lance wrote:
>>> OK, my hands have now stopped shaking enough so that I can type out 
>>> this update.  I set everything up but have one final problem.  With 
>>> the Fixed Endpoint setting it is intuitive that I need to actually 
>>> set the low and high endpoints to my low and high stick position.  
>>> The instructions in CastleLink didn't work at all with the motor 
>>> disconnected, so I connected the motor and that's where the "fun" 
>>> began.
>>> They say to back off on the throttle ATV and put my throttle stick 
>>> at full (this seems an obvious design flaw already since they 
>>> require the violation of the most obvious safety feature of all - 
>>> having the motor connected), then disconnect CastleLink and plug the 
>>> ESC into my receiver.  Then plug in the battery and increase the ATV 
>>> until I hear a beep (this occurred at 65%).  I suppose this will set 
>>> the high point but I don't understand how the ESC knows that it is 
>>> in Fixed Endpoint setting mode?
>>> Then you are supposed to bring the throttle down to low stick 
>>> position and again increase the ATV until you hear a beep.
>>> When I began to lower the throttle stick the motor started running 
>>> backwards at an idle and the more I moved the stick the more it 
>>> accelerated.  I thought I would hook up the CastleLink and reverse 
>>> the motor there but that is a BAD idea.  It did not fix my problem 
>>> except now it idles at full stick position in the correct rotation.  
>>> The really BAD part of this is that when I turned off my transmitter 
>>> (stupidly before unplugging the battery) the motor went to full 
>>> power instantly, until the dead mans switch (which I debated 
>>> installing due to "unnecessary" weight) paid for itself.  No harm 
>>> done except my heart rate is not yet at normal.
>>> Not touching it again without a strategy.  So I offer my plea for 
>>> advice again, humbly.
>>> --Lance
>>>
>>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>>     *From:* Patterndude <mailto:lance.vannostrand at gmail.com>
>>>     *To:* General pattern discussion
>>> <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>     *Sent:* Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:50 PM
>>>     *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] ESC settings for Outrunners??
>>>
>>>     Thanks!!  This is great. I'm surprised how skittish I've become in
>>>     preparing this plane as I don't want something as simple as a
>>>     config setting to force a scrap part
>>>
>>>     Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>     On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Chris <cjm767driver at hotmail.com
>>> <mailto:cjm767driver at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Lance,
>>>>
>>>>     Here is a link with step by step settings.  The 80HV and 85HV
>>>>     will use similar settings.
>>>>
>>>>     http://electric-f3a.com/smf/index.php?topic=214.0
>>>>
>>>>     Chris
>>>>
>>>>     On 8/21/2010 1:52 PM, Lance wrote:
>>>>>     Pardon the obvious newbie question.  I'm trying to do the final
>>>>>     setup of my first e-symphony with a Phoenix HV85 and Pletty EVO
>>>>>     outrunner.  I connected to the ESC with a Castle Link and there
>>>>>     are lots of settings available but I don't know what should be
>>>>>     the best starting setup and I haven't seen any "settings files"
>>>>>     from experienced people shared to help newbies get started.  The
>>>>>     factory defaults clearly will NOT work because I can see at
>>>>>     least one setting that can't be right: PWM Switching Rate set to
>>>>>     12 kHz but there is an Outrunner Mode option available...
>>>>>     Can anyone point me to some information or help me to the next 
>>>>> step?
>>>>>     --Lance
>>>>>
>>>>>
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