My guinea pig's motors aren't in sync.

Fredioactive

New member
I have a guinea pig (directional thrust not set up) and for some reason the motors aren't synced. For example, when I put it at around 5% throttle, one motor spins while the other is still stuttering. When raised to 10% both are spinning but there's still a very obvious difference in speed. I haven't flown it in a while and I'm not sure if this is just low speeds or if its going to be a problem in the air.
 

Mr NCT

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I have a guinea pig (directional thrust not set up) and for some reason the motors aren't synced. For example, when I put it at around 5% throttle, one motor spins while the other is still stuttering. When raised to 10% both are spinning but there's still a very obvious difference in speed. I haven't flown it in a while and I'm not sure if this is just low speeds or if its going to be a problem in the air.
I'm assuming you've connected the ESCs to a Y cable and then to the Rx (and disconnected one of the ESC red wires) and they are running off one battery on a Y cable. Even if you've calibrated the ESCs in the past you may need to do it again - that's an easy step to forget.
  • Props off
  • Battery unplugged
  • Tx on and throttle all the way up
  • Plug in battery & wait for beeps
  • Lower throttle to minimum
Now if the ESCs and motors are good they should start and spin in sync
 

Fredioactive

New member
I'm assuming you've connected the ESCs to a Y cable and then to the Rx (and disconnected one of the ESC red wires) and they are running off one battery on a Y cable. Even if you've calibrated the ESCs in the past you may need to do it again - that's an easy step to forget.
  • Props off
  • Battery unplugged
  • Tx on and throttle all the way up
  • Plug in battery & wait for beeps
  • Lower throttle to minimum
Now if the ESCs and motors are good they should start and spin in sync
this worked great, thank you!