Hey all, total newbie to the MR scene, but have been combing the forums for months (everyone here is great, thanks you all for your contributions!), building my first MR, and have hit a snag maybe someone has an answer to.
Here are the relevant specs for reference:
After some quick troubleshooting (swapping around other ESCs, motors, and flight controller ports) I have isolated that one of my ESCs is malfunctioning for some reason. It causes whatever motor I have hooked into it to spin harshly and erratic or "jittery" (like the coils are firing out of phase or something). Because this is my first MR build, I am mostly unfamiliar with the specific components and programming of ESCs, so beyond replacing the ESC my options are limited unless this is an issue you guys are familiar with. I am a programmer professionally and have experience working with microcontrollers but there is no documentation out there on my specific ESCs, and I was not able to get these instructions to work.
There are some speculative comments out there about the standard quality of RCtimer components which I certainly understand, but as this is my first MR, cost was a factor and I am still quite happy with what I have for the price. The build otherwise went together perfectly, and all other components work flawlessly (so far!).
Ideas?
Here are the relevant specs for reference:
After some quick troubleshooting (swapping around other ESCs, motors, and flight controller ports) I have isolated that one of my ESCs is malfunctioning for some reason. It causes whatever motor I have hooked into it to spin harshly and erratic or "jittery" (like the coils are firing out of phase or something). Because this is my first MR build, I am mostly unfamiliar with the specific components and programming of ESCs, so beyond replacing the ESC my options are limited unless this is an issue you guys are familiar with. I am a programmer professionally and have experience working with microcontrollers but there is no documentation out there on my specific ESCs, and I was not able to get these instructions to work.
There are some speculative comments out there about the standard quality of RCtimer components which I certainly understand, but as this is my first MR, cost was a factor and I am still quite happy with what I have for the price. The build otherwise went together perfectly, and all other components work flawlessly (so far!).
Ideas?