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04-21-2014, 11:46 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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edge 130
ok so im having the most troublesome time with this esc, heres whats happening, first , when I plug in the lipo everything starts fine, except for the motor beeps , I have to hit my th back and forth one or two times before it beeps saying the motor is good to go,, now that said, when I try to fly I can hover it , but as soon as I pitch pump it , the motor shuts down , I have full control of the heli , just no motor, so to try to decide what it may be I deconncted my eflight bec and used the internal bec just to see if it still does it,, sure enough as soon as I try to do more than hover the motor will just quit, beeping can sometimes be heard from the esc but when I hook it up to the castlelink it just shows a steep drop in voltage , no error messages, , im stumped, im about to give up and bout to buy a new esc and bec , can someone please chime in on your thoughts here , id hate to say my edge died with less than 160 flights on it
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04-21-2014, 02:15 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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That's the classic symptoms of a bad connection between the motor and ESC. Most of the time it turns out to be a bad/cold solder joint.
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04-21-2014, 05:26 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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hmmm you might be getting somewhere , I did "hardwire" my esc to the motor, the motor wire was solid , the esc strainds , maybe I somehow cold soldered one or more wires, its worth trying right ,?
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04-21-2014, 05:29 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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just checked, pulled pretty hard trying to break any connection , and no luck , its solid , any other sug?
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04-21-2014, 05:36 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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What motor? Did you check to make sure it's not damaged or shorting?
Correct timing, poles, PWM, etc. G.
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04-21-2014, 06:20 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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stock blade 550x motor ,, how can I check the motor? im not sure how to go about that?
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04-21-2014, 06:28 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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the esc beeps 6 times to say its a 6s lipo, but it don't emit the 3 quick beeps it should sound arming the motor shortily after,,, sooo hows the best way to check a motor if its good?
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04-21-2014, 06:35 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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04-21-2014, 06:48 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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yep its the motor the red wire don't have squat , when I wiggle it , then it will read and then flatline, so im pretty sure the wire is cut inside the motor or sumthing,, I also did the bell and wire method , and sure enough I had conuity on the wires , so a call to horizon is is order
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04-21-2014, 07:14 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Glad you found it. Happy to help.
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04-21-2014, 07:19 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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yea thanks a lot, I was about to order a new bec and speed control ,, thank god I decided to troubleshoot one more time before I pulled out the cash , thanks a lot ,, likle $320 a lot , that's what I just saved ,
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