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Old 07-14-2008 | 09:47 PM
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Default CC Sidewinder Programming - No Reverse

I've recently bought a CC Sidewinder for my crawler. I'm using it with an external CC BEC to handle the servos for my brushed motor 55T

To program it, I did the following:

. Pulled the trigger on maximum (100 EPA) throttle and turned on the ESC, the light turned flashing green.
. When the light turned flashing red, I pushed the trigger forward at brake position (100 EPA)
. When flashing yellow, I relieved it to neutral, then it turned solid yellow.

The crawler works fine with moving forward and steering, but there is NO reverse.

What am I doing wrong? I'm using a Futaba 3PM 2.4ghz radio system.

Thanks in advance.
Old 07-15-2008 | 05:18 AM
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Default RE: CC Sidewinder Programming - No Reverse

Those are a pain to set without the link. I had a hell of a time catching the beeps etc. Your best solution is to have your rc ready to go on a table and call castles 800 # and let them walk you thru the setup. I did and have since gotten a link.
Old 07-15-2008 | 04:04 PM
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Just spend the extra $20 for the Castle Link and then you can set the ESC the right way to handle a brushed motor.
Old 07-15-2008 | 04:46 PM
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I guess I can spend another 20 bucks. Is this also for brushed motor since it only mentions brushless?

http://www.helidirect.com/product_in...roducts_id=311

Castle website also says that the adapter software does not support brushed controller, but no mentions of the brushed motor.

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Here is a link to some info on the Sidewinder. http://www.castlecreations.com/products/sidewinder.html

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