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Old 09-19-2011 | 07:29 AM
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Default RE: ESC braking. Truth vs. perception. Please help!

Hi guys,

  I am having issues understanding how to truly "set up" braking on my Castle 85HV.  I have set the braking to 50% on the ESC.  When the plane is sitting on the rwy ready for takeoff, the one click needed to start the prop spinning seems a little high but if I use one less click the motor stops spinning.  In the down line, I can literally hear the prop picking up considerable speed and then when I pull level, I can hear the prop decelerating.  This, of course, is at "idle" or with my stick pulled all the way back.  I have no switches programmed at this point to set different braking.

My down lines are just too fast and I should be able to have more of a constant speed flight than what I am experiencing.  Can someone help me understand how I need to actually accomplish using the braking system?  Here is my setup:

De Ja Vu
Neu 1513/2Y motor
Castle 85HV (because my ICE 80 is in recall)
Falcon 21x14 prop
10S batteries
Futaba 10C radio

The plane was more constant speed with the ICE 80 and an APC 20.5x14.  The only thing I can think of is that the Falcon is half the weight of the APC but I would think that would make it easier for the motor to brake vs. a heavier prop so that's probably not it at all.  I really just need help in setting this up whether it be in the ESC or the radio itself.

Many thanks,
Scott