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  • jakevisser10
    Senior Member
    • May 2015
    • 100

    #1

    Motor spinning wrong direction?

    I have the leopard 4074 2200kv and 180 amp esc combo from offshore electrics. I plugged it in and tested it and it is spinning the wrong direction for my prop. On my old boat I ran the same prop, and the polarity was right. Can I just switch the outermost wires on the motor/esc connection? Will this throw off the way my boat runs?
  • martin
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Aug 2010
    • 2887

    #2
    Swap any 2 of the motor to esc wires over.

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    • Turbo Dan-O
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2011
      • 292

      #3
      Yup, just swap them around and you will be fine. I always swap the positive and negative wires. Good to go!
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      • Luck as a Constant
        Make Total Destroy
        • Mar 2014
        • 1952

        #4
        Originally posted by Turbo Dan-O
        Yup, just swap them around and you will be fine. I always swap the positive and negative wires. Good to go!
        Huh?



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        • tlandauer
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Apr 2011
          • 5666

          #5
          Originally posted by Turbo Dan-O
          Yup, just swap them around and you will be fine. I always swap the positive and negative wires. Good to go!
          Brushed motor?

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          • Turbo Dan-O
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2011
            • 292

            #6
            Haha, brushless. I guess I should have said "Red and black" wires on the motor/ESC. I'm weird...
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            • jakevisser10
              Senior Member
              • May 2015
              • 100

              #7
              yeah its a brushless combo. I feel like an idiot after looking it over again last night I realized it was a switch on my transmitter....

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              • kevinpratt823
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Aug 2012
                • 1361

                #8
                Be sure to calibrate it if it is a new setup or if you reversed it on the radio.

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                • kevinpratt823
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 1361

                  #9
                  Hold full throttle while you plug it in, after the beeps release to neutral.

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                  • Luck as a Constant
                    Make Total Destroy
                    • Mar 2014
                    • 1952

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Turbo Dan-O
                    Haha, brushless. I guess I should have said "Red and black" wires on the motor/ESC. I'm weird...
                    Huh?


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                    • Luck as a Constant
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                      • Mar 2014
                      • 1952

                      #11
                      Originally posted by jakevisser10
                      yeah its a brushless combo. I feel like an idiot after looking it over again last night I realized it was a switch on my transmitter....
                      Throttle channel should be set to reverse on most radios. What radio?


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                      • jakevisser10
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2015
                        • 100

                        #12
                        Tactic 2.4

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                        • Luck as a Constant
                          Make Total Destroy
                          • Mar 2014
                          • 1952

                          #13
                          Yeah set throttle channel to reverse, turn throttle trim all the way up, then calibrate to your esc.
                          Once that's done, if your motor is spinning the wrong direction, simply swap any two of the motor wires.
                          Done

                          Easy


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                          • jakevisser10
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2015
                            • 100

                            #14
                            Alright thanks guys!

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