Help! I can get my esc to calibrate

Slade2009

New member
I plugged everything in and the receiver has a solid red light so I know it is binded but when I plug in the battery to the esc the motor just beeps once ever two seconds or so. I will attach a picture to show
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Foamforce

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I plugged everything in and the receiver has a solid red light so I know it is binded but when I plug in the battery to the esc the motor just beeps once ever two seconds or so. I will attach a picture to show View attachment 247255
You have it plugged into the wrong port on the receiver, unless you happened to remap your throttle to port 10. Plug it into port 3 instead, that’s throttle, by convention.
 

Mr Man

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You have it plugged into the wrong port on the receiver, unless you happened to remap your throttle to port 10. Plug it into port 3 instead, that’s throttle, by convention.
Yes, on fly sky Ch3 is throttle. On dsmx you can easily change it, I have the default to ch1.
 

Foamforce

Elite member
The motor might bounce around on the desk a little, but without a prop I wouldn’t be too worried about it.

I’d be careful with those spliced power leads on the battery though. If those aren’t very solidly attached, a tug could pull those wires apart and cause the positive and negative to touch. With a battery that big, that could cause a good sized fire. I’d strongly suggest carefully soldering the XT60 into the leads directly and eliminate that splice. One side at a time though! I wasn’t thinking one time and snipped both wires together and it took a couple seconds to register the burning hot sensation in my hand that was holding the battery. 😂

If you absolutely can’t solder, then maybe at least drop some super glue on the spice to hold it in place? Also, heat shrink tubing. I’m not sure that this would work, but it would be safer than wrapping the wires in tape only.
 

Houndpup Rc

Well-known member
The motor might bounce around on the desk a little, but without a prop I wouldn’t be too worried about it.

I’d be careful with those spliced power leads on the battery though. If those aren’t very solidly attached, a tug could pull those wires apart and cause the positive and negative to touch. With a battery that big, that could cause a good sized fire. I’d strongly suggest carefully soldering the XT60 into the leads directly and eliminate that splice. One side at a time though! I wasn’t thinking one time and snipped both wires together and it took a couple seconds to register the burning hot sensation in my hand that was holding the battery. 😂

If you absolutely can’t solder, then maybe at least drop some super glue on the spice to hold it in place? Also, heat shrink tubing. I’m not sure that this would work, but it would be safer than wrapping the wires in tape only.
The super glue might get in between the wire the the soldering point on the xt60 plug. If you can solder this is a great option
https://speedyfpv.com/products/72pc...ctors-wire-shrink-tube?variant=34436075028632
 
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Bricks

Master member
The motor might bounce around on the desk a little, but without a prop I wouldn’t be too worried about it.

I’d be careful with those spliced power leads on the battery though. If those aren’t very solidly attached, a tug could pull those wires apart and cause the positive and negative to touch. With a battery that big, that could cause a good sized fire. I’d strongly suggest carefully soldering the XT60 into the leads directly and eliminate that splice. One side at a time though! I wasn’t thinking one time and snipped both wires together and it took a couple seconds to register the burning hot sensation in my hand that was holding the battery. 😂

If you absolutely can’t solder, then maybe at least drop some super glue on the spice to hold it in place? Also, heat shrink tubing. I’m not sure that this would work, but it would be safer than wrapping the wires in tape only.


Wrecked a perfectly good set of side cutters with this brainfart, in a hurry when I did it.
 

quorneng

Master member
Foamforce
It is worth remembering that single constant beep. It is the ESC telling you either that it has no throttle signal (as in your case) or it does not understand the throttle signal it is getting. Can be simple like the throttle not fully closed or harder to trace a poor connection somewhere.
 

tamuct01

Well-known member
Once you get the ESC receiver connection sorted, most ESCs will calibrate the end stops (high and low throttle positions) by powering on the system with the throttle full (props off!), waiting for the beep sequence, then putting throttle all the way down and you get a second beep sequence telling you it's calibrated.
 

Mr Man

Elite member
Once you get the ESC receiver connection sorted, most ESCs will calibrate the end stops (high and low throttle positions) by powering on the system with the throttle full (props off!), waiting for the beep sequence, then putting throttle all the way down and you get a second beep sequence telling you it's calibrated.
Yup, that’s correct, took me a while to figure this out too.
 

luvmy40

Elite member
Wrecked a perfectly good set of side cutters with this brainfart, in a hurry when I did it.
back in the dark ages, us, not so smart GIs would make strippers for WD1(steel core double conductor insulated communication wire) by connecting the bare ends of the wire to a 120VAC receptacle and using the issued wire tool to cut the energized wires. It tripped the breaker but made a perfect stripping cutter.

I do not recommend this procedure. 😁😁😁
 

Mr NCT

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back in the dark ages, us, not so smart GIs would make strippers for WD1(steel core double conductor insulated communication wire) by connecting the bare ends of the wire to a 120VAC receptacle and using the issued wire tool to cut the energized wires. It tripped the breaker but made a perfect stripping cutter.

I do not recommend this procedure. 😁😁😁
Signal Corp?
 

Houndpup Rc

Well-known member
back in the dark ages, us, not so smart GIs would make strippers for WD1(steel core double conductor insulated communication wire) by connecting the bare ends of the wire to a 120VAC receptacle and using the issued wire tool to cut the energized wires. It tripped the breaker but made a perfect stripping cutter.

I do not recommend this procedure. 😁😁😁
WOW. What a ingenious method!!!! LOL🤣