seaking 180 esc not working...HELP!!

[britscoot]

new esc and its not doing its thing.
all i'm getting is a beep beep etc and a red flashing light.
steering is working but no throttle.
freshly charged battery and i have the program card.

i am stumped.


thanks in advance

ian

[LiPo Power]

Did you calibrate with your radio?

[britscoot]

if you mean holding throttle on full while connecting power, yes.

I have even tried a different motor.I have other smaller seakings and this is the first problem
i've had.
I cant get the program card to work with either.

I really appreciate your help.

[m4a1usr]

What battery are you using? 2S? 6S?

John

[britscoot]

4s lipo fully charged.
I have the dx3 tx.
The 180 is beeping and the motor is twitching as it beeps.
If that makes sense....lol

[BakedMopar]

Yes that usually happens when you connect power but have no radio signal. When holding the throttle open on start up are you returning to neutral while its still beeping? I'm going to assume your using the internal BEC, which means power is getting through it and powering your reciever. Try re-binding your tx to you rx and try setting the throttle perameters again.

BTW make double sure your esc is plugged into the correct port and the right way into your rx. Iv'e made that mistake a few times myself.

[britscoot]

i've tried everything i normally do.
re bind etc.
I have installed new esc's before bit this is new problem for me.
The red light on the esc flashes and the motor twitches even when its not plugged in to the rx.
I have also tried another rx.

Looks like its a paper weight or is the 180 different to my 120 and 35amp seakings?

thanks again

[BakedMopar]

i've tried everything i normally do.
re bind etc.
I have installed new esc's before bit this is new problem for me.
The red light on the esc flashes and the motor twitches even when its not plugged in to the rx.
I have also tried another rx.

Looks like its a paper weight or is the 180 different to my 120 and 35amp seakings?

thanks again

Did you try reversing the throttle channel?

[electric]

Did you try reversing the throttle channel?

Try this. I bet that is it.

[blackcat26]

I had a similar problem one time when my esc was programmed for a higher voltage. If the input voltage is not high enough it won't do anything but blink blink blink.

[sailr]

Don't use the auto-detect setting for lipos. Manually set it for the number of cells you are using.

[britscoot]

all i have is a red flashing light and the motor twitches.
I tried using the program card but got nothing.
reversed the tx etc.

this really sux.

[britscoot]

if its not working with the program card it must be f'ed?
I just hooked up the card to my seaking 120 no problem.

what are your thoughts?

[sailr]

The motor twitches because that is where the sound comes from!

[britscoot]

i just tried different voltage and still nothing.
I still dont understand why it wont work with the program card.
Hobbywings website isnt really helpful either.
I emailed them once regarding another esc problem i was having and got no response.
Guess you get what you pay for.