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Do I need to throttle calibrate esc's after changing motors?

Discussion in 'Cinestar 8' started by Chris Newman, Jan 10, 2014.

  1. Chris Newman

    Chris Newman Member

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    I'm changing motors on my second cinestar, do I need to re-throttle calibrate the esc's? Or should the first throttle calibration still be good? I'm using the same transmitter.

    Thanks!

    Chris
     
    #1 Chris Newman, Jan 10, 2014
  2. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    I don't think so, Chris. The calibration of the ESC's is more so that the ESCs know what "full throttle" and "no throttle" settings look like. I don't think it depends on the motors. The throttle idle setting is motor dependent as motors start to spin at different settings, just in case that should be a relevant observation.

    Andy.
     
    #2 Andy Johnson-Laird, Jan 10, 2014
  3. Chris Newman

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    That's what I thought Andy, just checking! Thanks!
     
    #3 Chris Newman, Jan 10, 2014
  4. Andy Johnson-Laird

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    I agree, and the time to check is not when the copter has just headed for the stratosphere or center punched terra firma! :)

    Andy.
     
    #4 Andy Johnson-Laird, Jan 10, 2014
  5. Gary Haynes

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    You don't mention which ESC system you are running. May be different for different brands.
     
    #5 Gary Haynes, Jan 10, 2014
  6. Chris Newman

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    It's maytech brand.
     
    #6 Chris Newman, Jan 10, 2014
  7. Chris Fox

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    G'Day Chris,

    I recently found that min gas settings had to be adjusted to get all motors to spin at idle after doing a single motor change, and recalibrating the I2C converter resolved the issue, making all motors spin up at the same levels again.

    So I didn't do anything to the ESC, but I did recall the I2C converter.

    Cheers
    Chris
     
    #7 Chris Fox, Jan 10, 2014
  8. Gary Haynes

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    Got it, Maytech going to what flight control system?
     
    #8 Gary Haynes, Jan 10, 2014
  9. Chris Newman

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    I'm using wookong m.
     
    #9 Chris Newman, Jan 10, 2014
  10. Gary Haynes

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    I would simply follow the calibration procedure in the WM manual, I think they have one that is pretty simple. No need to do them individually.
     
    #10 Gary Haynes, Jan 11, 2014
  11. Chris Newman

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    Ok, great thanks Gary I will check it out!
     
    #11 Chris Newman, Jan 12, 2014
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