[NSRCA-discussion] Castle ESC question.

[John Gayer]

And/or set the throttle cut switch.

On 4/9/2014 1:39 PM, David Harmon wrote:
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> Try moving the idle trim all the way down
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> *David Harmon*
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> *Sperry, OK*
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> *From:*nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org 
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Michael Cohen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2:33 PM
> *To:* NSRCA
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Castle ESC question.
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> I brought my airplane out of its winter hibernation today and simply 
> went to test the airplane with some new batteries.  I have not changed 
> any ESC or radio settings since the end of the last season.  When I 
> released the throttle cut/safety switch and went to spin the motor, 
> nothing happened.
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> In more detail: I plugged in ESC and got the normal spark.  The ESC 
> played the Castle power tune, counted 10 cells, but does not play the 
> arming tune. Setting the throttle to full (with a restrained plane of 
> course) did yield additional beeps, but did not ever spin the motor. 
>  I don't see any troubleshooting on the Castle website, hence the post.
>
> If I do plug the ESC into the castle link controller to double check 
> settings, does the motor have to be unplugged?  I have shrink wrapped 
> the bullets for the motor/ESC connection together and would rather not 
> separate them.  I will remove the prop, of course.
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> Regards,
>
> Mike Cohen
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