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Throttle Problem

Hey guys here is a wierd one.

I switched Tx from the Esky one to the Eflite one I had because the Esky fried on me.

Ever since this the throttle is acting weird. When I increase the throttle, the swash goes down instead of up. To compensate for this, I naturally switched the throttle setting to reverse on the Tx. Now the ESC wont run the motor. When I turn it on, it goes BBB BBB BBB BBB instead of B B B.

I am hoping to get a Futaba 6EX soon, but untill then I want to get this thing back airborne. Any ideas?

Thanks for the help!

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ORIGINAL: flyinsolo11

Hey guys here is a wierd one.

I switched Tx from the Esky one to the Eflite one I had because the Esky fried on me.

Ever since this the throttle is acting weird. When I increase the throttle, the swash goes down instead of up. To compensate for this, I naturally switched the throttle setting to reverse on the Tx. Now the ESC wont run the motor. When I turn it on, it goes BBB BBB BBB BBB instead of B B B.

I am hoping to get a Futaba 6EX soon, but untill then I want to get this thing back airborne. Any ideas?

Thanks for the help!

I'm not familiar with your radios, but...

If it was the swashplate that was moving in the wrong direction, why did you change the direction of the throttle?

Most likely the ESC is receiving a full throttle command now (since you reversed it) and will not arm. The beeping that you hear is most likely the ESC's way of telling you this. Did you read the manual?

Rafael

RE: Throttle Problem

Yes, I just realized this that the ESC would not arm because of it being full throttle.

I still just dont know whats going on...

RE: Throttle Problem

So keeping in mind that I know nothing about your particular radio, let's try to diagnose this, maybe somebody that actually know both radios will jump in.

Are both the helicopters CCPM? Or mechanical mix?

Does the radio that you want to use have a channel reversing switch?

Rafael

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That's not a throttle problem ... that's a pitch problem.
You need to reverse the pitch FUNCTION. If it's non-CCPM ... then reversing the pitch channel will reverse the pitch function. If it is CCPM, you need to reverse the pitch Function only and NOT the pitch channel.

Keeping in mind ... you may need features in your TX that is doesn't have (reversible channel & AFR menu). Getting a better TX is a good idea but unless you can reverse you pitch channel and/or function in the existing TX, I'd abandon the idea of trying to fly just yet.