Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

Trying to set up a Wraith with a Holmes 540 Sport with a Sidewinder 3. As usual, the Sidewinder cannot be done manually very easy with a brushed motor because the beeps don't work with it. The truck stutters and stops immediately, I'm guessing because the Sidewinder is in brushless mode. Would hooking up the brushless motor allow me to program more easily into the brushed mode and then reattach the Holmes wires? I'm really beginning to hate the Sidewinder.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

Pick up a castle link for $20. I can't imagine trying to program all that stuff through beeps and clicks.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

You could plug the motor into the other spare wire and see if it makes the beeps then.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

Thanks for the ideas. I bought the field link card and that did the trick in a minute or so. The Sidewinder ESC with the HH motor is awesome. Increased speed on the top end with better slow speed torque. My son is running this with a 2S battery. Would there be any issue running a 3S with this setup, both in terms of the HH motor and the existing LED lights?

I run a sensored brushless motor in my TH on 3S but I'm not up on running more voltage with the brushed motors.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

I'm pretty sure the options are still limited with the field link card. With the castle link you can set custom throttle curves and other fancy stuff. Like I said, well worth the $20.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

Another reason for the Castle Link -- you can't set the CC BEC's voltage with the Field Link for Driving.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

I'll check out the link also. It came in the package with the field card also.

Re: Sidewinder - Holmes issues
 

The field link card works as a castle link to your pc as well via the supplied usb cable, just download the software from castle.
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