Quad dead motors
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Lee
Well-Known Member
We need a lot more info to tell you whats wrong. And pictures of the set up would be even better and video, priceless. How is the battery connected?. What distribution device are you using? have you removed the red wires from 3 of the ESC's? lots of questions, so lets try to narrow it down a bit.
Good luck
Lee
Good luck
Lee
Sorry it took so long to answer...included please find a picture of my spyder wiring (no high tech) and picture of Rx and Motherboard, In the process to replace the Rx. Please explain the removal of the 3 red wires from the ESC...Ops...unable to upload pictures...will reduce the size...
Tony
Staff member
The removal of the red wires is just that. Out of the 4 ESC's you are using, remove the center red wire from 3 of them. I would suggest undoing the clip, and putting heatshrink over them, but you can also just cut the wires if you don't plan on using the ESC's for anything else. But, if you lose a BEC in one of the ESC's you are using for power, then you will have to resolder the wire you cut.
In theory, you should not have any adverse effects using all 4 of the BEC wires. It's like wiring in parallel. But, many will tell you do to it. When I was using two or more ESC's, I never unplugged the wires and never had an issue. I will leave that one up to you lol.
In theory, you should not have any adverse effects using all 4 of the BEC wires. It's like wiring in parallel. But, many will tell you do to it. When I was using two or more ESC's, I never unplugged the wires and never had an issue. I will leave that one up to you lol.
Tasajara
Active Member
This may be to late to ask but just checking....
Are you getting the board to arm? The red light letting you know it is ready to run? If for some reason you are not getting it to arm Check to make sure the throttle trim is centered. If it is set to high it want arm. Also what radio are you using. I have noticed that a friend with a Spektrum radio will arm different than my Futaba. He has to move the rudder stick right I move mine left. Also all grounds will be on the outside of the board when plugging in the RX and ESC's. I have run the HK and KK boards with all the Red esc wires in place the center pins are all connected where the esc's plug in. But removing the red wire on all but 1 will give you cleaner power to the RX. Some boards will state to do it this way.
Are you getting the board to arm? The red light letting you know it is ready to run? If for some reason you are not getting it to arm Check to make sure the throttle trim is centered. If it is set to high it want arm. Also what radio are you using. I have noticed that a friend with a Spektrum radio will arm different than my Futaba. He has to move the rudder stick right I move mine left. Also all grounds will be on the outside of the board when plugging in the RX and ESC's. I have run the HK and KK boards with all the Red esc wires in place the center pins are all connected where the esc's plug in. But removing the red wire on all but 1 will give you cleaner power to the RX. Some boards will state to do it this way.
when uploading the pics, I get a 404 error...trying to upload from my Iphone....they are 2.7 mb jpeg...
Replaced the Rx with an Spektrum Rx, it was bound and power gets to the RX...when the throtle stick is moved to the down position and to right, I get the LED on motherboard comes on...I hear to many beeps and sounds...the original motherboard was HK which I replaced with a black board...it has 6 plugs for motors...
Replaced the Rx with an Spektrum Rx, it was bound and power gets to the RX...when the throtle stick is moved to the down position and to right, I get the LED on motherboard comes on...I hear to many beeps and sounds...the original motherboard was HK which I replaced with a black board...it has 6 plugs for motors...
Tony
Staff member
I am working on the upload issue. One way around it is when you click on the upload picture button, click on the bottom right where it says "Basic Uploader". That should allow you to upload the pics until I can find the reason for the upload issue. If you can't see where it says that (using the black theme), just mouse over the bottom right of the box, it's there, I promise 
Finally have my quad running or so...Some forums indicate that front and rear motors should run CW...while others say it should be CCW...I think it should not matter as long as the right and left motors run opposite...another problem I have is not enough elevator...using an Spektrum Tx/Rx...