turnigy 180 esc problems in df29

[Flying Scotsman]

my problem is a weird on to me but who knows...anyways I have a turnigy180/seaking 180 amp esc in my df29 on a 9xl with 4s and 5s setups I toss the 5s batts in and then in the water she goes good for about 2 seconds then cuts to 1/3 throttle..then I tried my 4s setup and It didnt do it.Weird because the 4s are 50c 5400mah 2sx2 but the other 5s is a 25c 4000mah combo as in, one pack is a 3 cell and the other is a 2cell,and yes it was fully charged the 5s and yes they are all the same cells and mah Am I missing something or is this just an esc that likes high c ratings or no go....I am baffled? the drive line is smooth as butter as well so not that.

I have that ESC....are you running it with an external power source and not the power from your main batteries ? also remove the low voltage cutoff, if you are using BEC

Douggie

[Diesel6401]

it just sucks tho when you keep having to reconnect the red bec wire to reprogram it

The programming box has to plug inputs, 1 for you esc and the second is for your rx pack if your not using the esc's bec. You should be able to connect your battery pack to the programming box and power it from their.

Page 2 explains more http://site.hobbypartz.com/hobbywing/HW-10-v2.pdf

[chummer]

it just sucks tho when you keep having to reconnect the red bec wire to reprogram it

On another thread a member (I think it was Fluid) suggested a short 4" servo extension between your rec. and ESC. Just unplug the red wire on the extension that way you don't have to mess with your ESC wires.

Try printing this off and taping it to the back of your card.

[forescott]

Cool................i couldnt find a download of it............i swear from what im reading in threads, that the manual programming is so much easier.........................i have it memorized

I'm with you on that one! All my esc's are seaking/turnigy. Tx programming is easy and I also have it memorized.

[driftah]

scotsman I have the positive and negative from the bec going to my positive and negative on the esc then the other side is going in my battery port on the rx and no I do not run an external rx pack just my lipos for power.and why are you all saying to run with no lipo cut on this esc??????? confused here

[forescott]

Some of the 180's act funny and the only way some guys can get them to work is to turn off the lipo cutoff. Not recommended, but it sometimes works.

[JMSCARD]

I don't run LIPO cuttoffs on any of my esc's ..... ever...lol... and somehow I have never run them down past there point... I tend to run mine for a few minutes and call it good.... stick some freshies in it again and run a few more minutes....lol... of course I bring a suitcase of lipos with me when I go out...

[Flying Scotsman]

scotsman I have the positive and negative from the bec going to my positive and negative on the esc then the other side is going in my battery port on the rx and no I do not run an external rx pack just my lipos for power.and why are you all saying to run with no lipo cut on this esc??????? confused here

Just my opinion....I run all my ESC with external power and for those that use BEC circuitry on that ESC, turning off the low voltage cutoff has solved the problem you describe

Douggie

[maxmekker]

On another thread a member (I think it was Fluid) suggested a short 4" servo extension between your rec. and ESC. Just unplug the red wire on the extension that way you don't have to mess with your ESC wires.

Try printing this off and taping it to the back of your card.

That tip is great. I can not get mine to work with the rx pack, and had to remove the red wire when I wanted to program it with lipo, can't figure out why I did not think of using an extension wire.

A short clip of me programming the 180 amp.




As Diesel6401 say's. it's a great little thing to bring to the lake. I was not expection much after reading the stuff on hobbyking, many reportet doa unit's, and then it I had to figure out that the template was wrong, but after that it's a great thing to have.
Only thing is the typhoon I ordered with it gave up on 6s.