Novak m2 too fast at slowest speed

[smuggl1n]

My m2 esc seems too fast at it slowest when I try to creep its lowest speed isn't slow enough am I the only one having this problem? What can I do?

[Charlie-III]

I'm having the same issue.
I changed the settings in it to "fix" this, but yes, it's still a bit fast.

It may be it's design, may be the motors....don't know.

I got the M2 with a rig, so I'm trying it out. I'm thinking I want to swap to a CC ESC.

[smuggl1n]

Yeah me too I'm trying to figure it out I got mine used

[chevotafun]

Mine runs just fine 45t motors and it goes pretty slow.
did you play with the settings? half of the setting in there effects how fast it goes.
just acouple thoughts no expert

[new2it]

I have an M2 and had the same problem. I fixed it with a combo of changing the ESC settings and messing with the throttle profile on my radio. I'm using a Futaba 3pm-mx. Have it running really nice. It's no FXR, but I use it as a spare ESC and it works well for that. Oh, and I'm running 45t HH TM Pros.

[Manning]

Have you maxed out the drive frequency, and minimized the minimum drive? It does help. But I never did get mine to work to my satisfaction.

FYI, the Holmes BRXL esc with the new firmware has phenomenal low speed control.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Manning

Have you maxed out the drive frequency, and minimized the minimum drive? It does help. But I never did get mine to work to my satisfaction.

FYI, the Holmes BRXL esc with the new firmware has phenomenal low speed control.

I minimized the minimum drive speed, haven't changed the drive freq (will that affect a brushed motor?).

I could do expo on the TX (hacked GT3B), but this is really a test of the radio, thus I'm only doing some ESC tinkering.

[Manning]

Originally Posted by Charlie-III

I minimized the minimum drive speed, haven't changed the drive freq (will that affect a brushed motor?).

I could do expo on the TX (hacked GT3B), but this is really a test of the radio, thus I'm only doing some ESC tinkering.

Yes, the drive freq will affect brushed motors.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Manning

Yes, the drive freq will affect brushed motors.

OK, thanks for the info, I will try it out in a bit.

1-For my info
2-For anyone else.

[smuggl1n]

I'm runin the dx3c I don't know how to do that

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by smuggl1n

I'm runin the dx3c I don't know how to do that

Drive freq is an ESC function....thus you are fine (go change it).
Throttle expo is a TX thang....you may not have that option.

[Solitaire]

Originally Posted by Charlie-III

Drive freq is an ESC function....thus you are fine (go change it).
Throttle expo is a TX thang....you may not have that option.

Yep, it has. Page 9 of the DX3C manual.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Manning

Have you maxed out the drive frequency, and minimized the minimum drive? It does help. But I never did get mine to work to my satisfaction.

OK, so I have now maxed out the drive freq & minimized the minimum drive.
It's "better", but still nowhere as good as what I am used to from an FX-R or CC ESC (CC ESC's being the best I've used).

Granted, I'm running 35T motors on 3S, so there is plenty of motor power. But, I've run dual Mamba Max's & dual FX-R's in my Bully running 35T motors on 3S, so I do have a comparison. The M2 is just not as friendly "off the line".

I have not tried messing with expo in the TX yet.

Thanks for the tip Manning, I appreciate it.

[new2it]

Here's a short vid that shows some decent low speed action from an M2. It took messing with both the ESC and the TX settings to get it to work - ESC alone didn't do it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zPyw...e_gdata_player

[Sydwall85]

M2 user, 45t $10 crap motors with a hacked gt3b. I haven't done anything special at all and mine goes slower than that pretty well on 2s. Pretty surprised so many are seeing this...

Originally Posted by new2it

Here's a short vid that shows some decent low speed action from an M2. It took messing with both the ESC and the TX settings to get it to work - ESC alone didn't do it for me.

Dahu Torsion Berg - YouTube

[Manning]

45 turn motors on 2s would have limited wheelspeed at full throttle as it is simply a slower, lower power setup. So yes, the low speed should be better.

35 turn on 3s is a pretty standard setup to get the best of both worlds, but the M2 doesn't seem to want to play nicely, It's close, but there's other stuff that's better.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Sydwall85

M2 user, 45t $10 crap motors with a hacked GT3B. I haven't done anything special at all and mine goes slower than that pretty well on 2S. Pretty surprised so many are seeing this...

Well, I'm using 3S (more speed/power), 35T motors (more speed power) plus I'm comparing to several other ESC's.
Thus, I'm not using your set-up and, I'm used to very slow creep speed.

In my Bully, I can start off slow enough that I can count tire lugs as the wheel turns. I can't get that from the M2 yet.

The M2 creep speed may be great to you, but it's not great to me.

Additionally, recalibrating the M2 resets all the special settings I put into the it while all my other ESC's keep them, so one less "thing to do" if I do an ESC recal.