edge 130

[whitmanink]

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

[RC Mike]

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.

[whitmanink]

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 ,?

[whitmanink]

just checked, pulled pretty hard trying to break any connection , and no luck , its solid , any other sug?

[garyji]

What motor? Did you check to make sure it's not damaged or shorting?
Correct timing, poles, PWM, etc.

G.

[whitmanink]

stock blade 550x motor ,, how can I check the motor? im not sure how to go about that?

[whitmanink]

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?

[garyji]

Try here.It's how I check mine.

https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=433666

G.

[whitmanink]

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

[garyji]

Glad you found it. Happy to help.

G.

[whitmanink]

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 ,