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</div></div></span></div></span></div><br><div><div>On Apr 9, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Michael Cohen <<a href="mailto:precisionaero@hotmail.com">precisionaero@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div class="hmmessage"><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In more detail: I plugged in ESC and got the normal spark. The ESC </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;">played the Castle power tune, counted 10 cells, but does not play the arming tune. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 15px;">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.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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.</div><div style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Regards,</div><div>Mike Cohen</div></div></div> </div></div>
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