Related somewhat to my thread about surface receivers, I decided to go with the newly released Spektrum SR215 receiver for my jet boat project. That’s up and running and plenty of fun, so I decided to convert an Aquacraft airboat to brushless power. The current setup is an Emax 2210, spektrum SR215 receiver, cheapo 20a ESC running BLHeli (https://www.buddyrc.com/collections/esc-1/products/kensun-blheli-program-20a-esc-with-2a-bec-on-sale) and the Spektrum DX5c transmitter.
For some reason the ESC doesn’t seem to like the car/boat style trigger throttle and makes a bunch of chimes but won’t initialize the motor. I tried turning the brake off and limiting the reverse throttle travel in the TX but still a no go. To make sure everything was in working order I swapped in a $9 Lemon RX receiver and ran it off my DX6e with zero problems. However, it’s a boat and I want to run it with the wheel/trigger TX. I feel like there has to be some throttle trim or setting I’m missing here that would allow this to work.
As an aside, what am I missing on the telemetry side of things on the SR215 or other receivers in the future? Do people run adapters to connect the balance connector so you see actual pack voltage instead of BEC voltage?
For some reason the ESC doesn’t seem to like the car/boat style trigger throttle and makes a bunch of chimes but won’t initialize the motor. I tried turning the brake off and limiting the reverse throttle travel in the TX but still a no go. To make sure everything was in working order I swapped in a $9 Lemon RX receiver and ran it off my DX6e with zero problems. However, it’s a boat and I want to run it with the wheel/trigger TX. I feel like there has to be some throttle trim or setting I’m missing here that would allow this to work.
As an aside, what am I missing on the telemetry side of things on the SR215 or other receivers in the future? Do people run adapters to connect the balance connector so you see actual pack voltage instead of BEC voltage?
