Derek
Well-Known Member
I'm curious about the ESC calibration on the Castle ICE 120HV that I have on my large 3D plane. This is the last step that I need to do before I maiden the plane but I'm unclear about how to do this. In the "Castle Programming" there is a drop down tab that states:
Auto-Calibrate Endpoints
Auto-Calibrate mode will 'learn' your transmitter's end-points automatically, so you should always have the highest resolution possible for your throttle stick. After arming the controller, you must go to full-throttle on the ground so the ESC can learn this value before take-off.
Fixed-Endpoints
Fixed-Endpoints will set zero-throttle and full-throttle points to fixed values so that the ESC does not have to learn from your transmitter. If you are using this mode, you will most likely want to change the EPA settings on your transmitter to allow full throttle resolution with the throttle stick. To do this, turn on your TX and set normal mode in the transmitter for a linear throttle curve (0,25,50,75,100). Bring your high side and low side endpoints on your throttle channel down to 25%, plug in the battery pack with the throttle stick at full (it won't start up), then bring your high endpoint back out towards (and sometimes past) 100% until you hear a single tone. Next, bring your throttle stick down to the bottom position and bring the endpoint out from 25% out towards (and possibly past) 100% until you hear the ESC arm. Unplug the battery pack, wait a few seconds, then plug back in and verify that the throttle is working properly.
Calibrating all my other ESC's, all I've had to do was plug the battery in to the ESC, raise the throttle stick to full, turn on tx, wait for a few beeps, lower throttle stick to minimum and then the esc was calibrated. I've never used an "Auto Calibration" feature before. I'm thinking that I'll be using the "Fixed Endpoints" setup for this plane.
Any thoughts?
Auto-Calibrate Endpoints
Auto-Calibrate mode will 'learn' your transmitter's end-points automatically, so you should always have the highest resolution possible for your throttle stick. After arming the controller, you must go to full-throttle on the ground so the ESC can learn this value before take-off.
Fixed-Endpoints
Fixed-Endpoints will set zero-throttle and full-throttle points to fixed values so that the ESC does not have to learn from your transmitter. If you are using this mode, you will most likely want to change the EPA settings on your transmitter to allow full throttle resolution with the throttle stick. To do this, turn on your TX and set normal mode in the transmitter for a linear throttle curve (0,25,50,75,100). Bring your high side and low side endpoints on your throttle channel down to 25%, plug in the battery pack with the throttle stick at full (it won't start up), then bring your high endpoint back out towards (and sometimes past) 100% until you hear a single tone. Next, bring your throttle stick down to the bottom position and bring the endpoint out from 25% out towards (and possibly past) 100% until you hear the ESC arm. Unplug the battery pack, wait a few seconds, then plug back in and verify that the throttle is working properly.
Calibrating all my other ESC's, all I've had to do was plug the battery in to the ESC, raise the throttle stick to full, turn on tx, wait for a few beeps, lower throttle stick to minimum and then the esc was calibrated. I've never used an "Auto Calibration" feature before. I'm thinking that I'll be using the "Fixed Endpoints" setup for this plane.
Any thoughts?