can someone help please?
 

heres the problem, i have a hobby king 120A boat esc the speed control has a white black and red wire that go to the receiver which plug in do i use?, i will be using the motor battery to power the eceiver, my radio and receiver all work if i plug in the servos to slot one or two they all work, the only way i could get the motor to sound signals and work is if i plugged the black and red wires in where the battery goes on the receiver and placed the white signal wire in the # slot which is the steering, it will not respond if i place it on the throttle side, I am lost on this one . thankshttp://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1927297http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1927303http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1927310http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1927312

ok it works now but I need to reprogram the esc, as my throttle control is now on the steering side, how do I reset the esc and start over with the esc plugged in the right slot?

I don't know what model ESC you have and if it supplies power to the receiver. If it does then you need to connect the servo plug to the throttle channel of the receiver , plug the motor into the three leads from the ESC(doesn't matter what motor wire plugs into what esc wire), Also plug your steering servo into the rudder channel.
Power on the transmitter with throttle in the low/off position and then plug the Lipo battery into the heavy red and black leads on the esc.
The motor should sound tones and initialize and the rudder should work.
If the motor is sounding a continuous set of repeating tones then your throttle channel is reversed ....reverse your throttle channel.
If the motor doesn't respond with any tones and your rudder doesn't work then you have an esc that doesn't provide power to the receiver and you will need a BEC /regulator or a 4.8 volt nicad/nimh pack to power the receiver.
Your other problem looks to be a proprietary set of plugs/connectors on that vintage Tower receiver/servo system . I can't tell if the pin spacing will accept the Futaba style servo plug and if the wiring needs to be changed so power,ground and signal are in the correct spots.

I had a 50 amp hobbyking esc like that. it was ok but tricky to set up, especially since it came with no instructions . I had to reverse the throttle direction on my futaba. after that you hold the throttle on the radio full up then plug the esc into the battery to enter program mode it beebs several times then you relase the throttle. It then learns the throttle parameter of the radio. Did you go download the instructions for that esc. It will be under the "files" tab where you bought it at hobbyking . You might have to look under the 30 amp esc that looks about like yours to find the instructions. I like hobbyking for the price you can't beat them but they offer almost no help with this stuff when you need it. Oh yeah and the program card for that thing is almost a must.

That esc does have a bec so you should need no rx battery I was also wondering about the old radio. If it has no servo reversing I don't think it will work with the esc.

ok i ended up switching radios and rx i now have it working in the right ports, so i think my old radio will work, when i turn it on the motor sings its little tune but i;m not sure at what point i should release the throttle , those instructions on hobbyking were useless to me, now i just need help setting the esc up,i do have the card , and i understand that part but i need help with the initial recognition on radio to esc thanks

You might be looking at the wrong instructions

When I looked at hobbyking they had two differant sets of instructions listed under the files.....one was not the correct one. one worked . Look under the differant sizes of the hobyking esc that look the same as yours. If you are Using futaba the throttle direction MUST be reversed to work with this esc as well as most others.... I had to change where my throttle trigger stopped to get mine to work right . I would try to set the esc up but then it would turn the motor on when I was not even touching the radio. I had to open up the radio and move the cam on the trigger to where it no longer stayed in the center when you let go but more to the bottom of the range. Like you would set the transmitter up for a gas motor. Try going in with the programming card and setting to forward only mode. The procedures are differant depending on if you use reverse or lock it out. The forward only is much simpler to set up. I have three esc's from hobbyking one being the turnigy 180 which is the best they have. They just cannot be beat for the price but none of them are as easy to use as My castle hydra .