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12-26-2010, 11:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
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|  Sidewinder help
Ok, I need help. After setting up my new Sidewinder I can't seem to get anything more than about 1/3 power in reverse. I have gone over my settings about 15 times now and nothing is helping. I've tried to re-calibrate it to my radio and that doesn't seem to change either. What am I doing wrong? For what it's worth, this isn't my first Sidewinder, I've got them in two other rigs but am at a complete loss with this.  Help!!
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12-27-2010, 12:02 AM
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| Tossin' Salad Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Petaluma
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I may be way off, but on your transmitter, do you have your trim set correctly for throttle?
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12-27-2010, 12:15 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Grants Pass
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What version of software are you using? have you recently updated. Anything past I think 1.24 and you get the crawler reverse which as you found is lame.
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12-27-2010, 12:43 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Way down under!!!
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Mate, Are you using the castlelink or just the TX to calibrate? Castlelink should option you up to 100% reverse? |
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12-27-2010, 12:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Way down under!!!
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+1 to KC above, whats your reverse EPA set to? I once had 0% reverse only to find my EPA was set to 0....D'Oh. |
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12-27-2010, 09:19 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
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Thanks for the responses. The trim and epa settings are both ok and reverse is set at 100%. I'll try going to an earlier version of software and see what that does. The lights on the esc show everything doing what it should with the red coming on when reversing but no movement until 1/3 to 1/2 throttle.
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12-27-2010, 09:25 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Is your motor timing set to 0?
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12-27-2010, 09:57 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
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Timing is set to 0. I just changed to an older version(121) and still no change. I tried to re-calibrate my transmitter to the esc and I don't think its working. When moving to reverse it just continues to flash red repeatedly.  |
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12-27-2010, 12:19 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
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I reversed the throttle and re-calibrated and it seems to work. I had to reverse the motor wires and now red light on the esc is forward but it seems to work ok.
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12-27-2010, 01:35 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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When you had it the other way, would the ESC light up solid red at any point?
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12-27-2010, 01:38 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
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It would light up solid red when put in reverse, yellow at idle and green in forward. I'd move throttle to reverse and the light would go red right away but no movement until 1/3 to 1/2 throttle.
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12-27-2010, 01:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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12-27-2010, 01:55 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central, WA
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Sounds like your throttle dead band is to big. Run your trim so it's sensetive to reverse and 1/3 throttle for forward. If the problem moves to the front (and it should) you need to change the nuetral dead band on the esc to a smaller value. | |
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