Thanks for the explanation. The youtubers nowadays are concentrated in other developments and these videos will always be needed for those new to the hobby.
you are a life saver. i was looking for a way to stop my motors from spinning, everyone was saying that its only possible with a special esc. mine work perfectly
Brilliant ! That was super clear for me and helped me a lot with my dualsky 10 A ESC . My folding prop kept spinning , I had no idea why. Now I know. Its the BRAKE switched off !
Thanks ESC programming has been a challenge for me, especially with the radio. Finally purchased the card which is great. I have several that do not work with my card ,so next step for me is to standardize to one manufacturer. Thanks again for the informative video.
More ESC programming options ... , brilliant ! Man this hobby has changed since I last flew my glider as a teen 😉 Thanks for another 'ESC-manual' Andrew 👍
Wonderful tutorial, especially the part where we learn how to program an ESC without a card. Makes you wonder what planet the designers are from, though. Thanks so much Andrew !
thanks for this good film. ❤❤ this is well working in my 2 ESCs~! one is 20A ESC same as yours in this film, another is 12A noname stock ESC in the U-glider PNP version. I could setup all my ESC motor break.
Thanks for that video Andrew, extremely helpful, I’ve successfully programmed the esc on my Hobbyking Walrus glider to now have the brake on. I was wondering why the prop was still spinning when I came to land although I had zero throttle 👍🏻
I bet you have memorised that little procedure for time ever more, Mr Newton. I haven't quite done enough brake settings to get it memorised yet, I am still fumbling around trying to remember "was that the 2nd or 3rd beep? Bah pfft!".😀
Hi Andrew. I am putting together the AR Pro PNP and want to program their stock ESC to use a li-ion 4s2p pack. The kit came with no ESC instructions and I can't find anything to help this. Could you do a video please?
Hi Andrew can you please set the brake on your Orbit neon and if successful let me know how to do it. I’ve set many escs but can’t get the neon brake set thanks 😊
Hey Andrew! I have a question for you.... Do you still build planes from scratch? I am just about to try to build a proper wire cutter as I think depron wings are a bit limiting. But I've noticed that you don't seem to be building anymore. Is it that you just can't make the perfect plane and the manufactured ones do it better? Thanks for all your amazing content, I can't tell you how many videos of yours I've watched and how many are part of my essential watch lists. All the best.
Many thanks Tim. Definitely still building, 3 so far this year, the Boxler wing, Bleriot XI and the Toro slow flying wing. Scratch builds are the best, although I haven't been able to make a good big thermal glider
I have a brandless 40A ESC. I connected my motor and ESC to a Speedybee F405 Wing flight controller. At first everything seemed fine but somehow I seemed to have messed up the ESC programming(?) When I arm the model and turn throttle on, it turns on. But even for a very low throttle, the moment I input a left aileron stick command, the motor stops spinning. I have triple checked all connections. It isn't an overcurrent issue either since I connected a Wattmeter and verified that the current draw is within ESC range (max current is 13 Amps). I can't think of anything else other than the ESC accidentally being wrongly programmed. I am running INAV 7.0 in my FC. Please do let me know if you have any idea why this might be happening. Thanks in advance.
@@AndrewNewton SOLVED! It was INAV setup indeed. Apparently, I had set up channel 5 as channel 1's slave in my FlySky FS-i6X transmitter during direct manual flight using ESC directly connected to the battery. When I later connected the FC, I had assigned channel 5 in INAV to arm the model as well. That caused the FC to think that I was trying to disarm every time I gave a left aileron stick command because the bracket in the Arm channel in INAV mode for arming interfered with the aileron stick command. I simply had to assign arming to a different channel (I now have channel 6 for arming), and this mysterious throttle cut is now gone. But anyway, thanks for your reply. I enjoy watching your videos and learning from your experiences! :)
Hey i know this has nothing to do with Video, but i just brought a Phoenix 2000 and have noticed that the rudder is on 9gram servo and elovater is on 17gram servo is this correct or should it be the other way around? thanks for your time
If you are running inav, I assume setting the throttle from between 1000 and 2000 and setting motor stop does the same and you don't need to calibrate the ESC?
Thanks Andrew, come to think of it, I believe you can do it from the motors tab in inav by connecting via usb then turning master motor control to 100% and then powering the ESC and reducing power to 0. So same as with the transmitter I guess but that calibrates it to the inav top and bottom settings. Maidening the fx-61 tomorrow so I want it right.
For gliders and belly landers it's essential. Folding props need to stop spinning to fold back, and a spinning prop creates more drag. Also for belly landers, a spinning prop has much greater change of breaking when it touches the ground.
Following your example, I bought a programming card and now only buy Turnigy Plush. However, having just installed a 30amp one in a new glider, the prop absolutely refuses to stop spinning. I’ve programmed it twice, to 100%, I’ve even tried an increasing number of rubber bands. All to no avail. 🤬 Clearly, the esc is not braking the prop. Just a’wundrin’ if you have any suggestions. Until I fix this issue the glider is a duckling, as the torque from the feathering prop spin is tipping the model hard right!
Yes it could be. May need to program the ESC when disconnected from the FC, or use the Outputs window in the configurator to manually operate the throttle.
Andrew Newton , thanks I can not find a good source, I have tried doing single motor and splitting the requirements into 2 equal.parts, it works, but not very well
what your prop will do when brake set on? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mtMLgHPfXfc.html on a flying wing and motor in line with a wing it will hide completely into the wing.
