Forgive me for asking; Just making sure you understand the ESC is setup without a prop on the motor? I believe you can change motor wires to reverse the motor rotation; or, just do it on your radio. A red light will come on (the ESC) when the ESC is at full power. Stop is stop, the motor shouldn't be turning. <br>
<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Lance <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patterndude@tx.rr.com">patterndude@tx.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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? </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Then you are supposed to bring the throttle down to
low stick position and again increase the ATV until you hear a beep.
</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Not touching it again without a strategy. So
I offer my plea for advice again, humbly.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">--Lance</font></div>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:50
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] ESC
settings for Outrunners??</div>
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<div>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<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Chris <<a href="mailto:cjm767driver@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cjm767driver@hotmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div>Lance,<br><br>Here is a link with step by step settings. The 80HV
and 85HV will use similar settings.<br><br><a href="http://electric-f3a.com/smf/index.php?topic=214.0" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://electric-f3a.com/smf/index.php?topic=214.0" target="_blank">http://electric-f3a.com/smf/index.php?topic=214.0</a><br>
<br>Chris<br><br>On
8/21/2010 1:52 PM, Lance wrote:
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<div><font face="Calibri">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...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Can anyone point me to some information or help me
to the next step?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">--Lance</font></div><pre><fieldset></fieldset>
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