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09-02-2009, 09:07 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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|  Sidewinder Micro and Insane 370
Picked up a Sidewinder micro from Stacy on this site.. I'm using a Losi Insane 370 Brushed motor. Wired it up per instructions and I get the same symptoms as a couple of others have had. Go through the initial setup with the transmitter and all is well. But the motor only pulses going forward and backward. I've tried black and red to the motor and black and white. Same thing Read that there was an issue with the firmware, but using white and black would work.. Also.. All the led's work, but I get no chirps as mentioned int he manual.. And I was soooo looking forward to using this with my new motor.  Any suggestions? |
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09-02-2009, 09:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kansas city
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Do you have a castle link? It comes from the factory in brushless mode. I tried to get by without one, but it was well worth the money.
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09-02-2009, 09:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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Nope I guess I was hoping the ESC could figure out the type of motor on it's own. I'll check my LHS and see if they have it in stock. Thanks. |
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09-03-2009, 02:33 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Old Hickory
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yeah I have the same set up and had to go with the castle link! and be prepared to try it about 2 or 3 times till all the software updates get in there when you 1st download the info.
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09-03-2009, 07:44 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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So do i keep the motor wired up for white and black or put it back to red and black? Reason I ask is that I wired it up with dean's connectors I had laying around as I didn't have the plug type connections that were on it.. If it needs to go back to read and black, I have to resolder the connections... again.... :-( |
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09-03-2009, 08:18 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kansas city
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Just wait till you get the castle link. After you get it programed you will be able to tell which one.
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09-03-2009, 10:24 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cottontown
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it will have to be wired with red and black even with castle link...
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09-03-2009, 11:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kansas city
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Not mine, even with the castle link and updating the firmware 2 times. | |
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09-03-2009, 12:18 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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Well... I just programmed it and the motor is not doing a thing now.. So I'm getting ready to hook up the red wire instead of the white.. I'll let you know. Now.. I did not update the software from the web yet. The guy at the LHS stated to use the software that came with it first as a lot of folks don"t like the complexity of the newer version.. We'll see... |
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09-03-2009, 12:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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L I Bee it works  Now I guess I need to find out what all the settings mean :-P Thanks for all the help!! |
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09-03-2009, 01:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Derby
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Updated the firmware.. Main change that affected me was motor reversal cna be set.. It appears that with the stock Losi transmitter you have to reverse the throttle on it, then reverse the motor in the interface to get the Green LED to flash going forward. This also effect the throttle and brake curves too.. All in all I'm happy with it so far.. I'll get a chance to play with it more this weekend... |
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