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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Try moving the idle trim all the way down<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>David Harmon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Sperry, OK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Cohen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> NSRCA<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Castle ESC question.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>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><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>In more detail: I plugged in ESC and got the normal spark. The ESC </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>played the Castle power tune, counted 10 cells, but does not play the arming tune. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>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><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.95pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mike Cohen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>