hv110 wont arm? i need some help from the pros
 

so i have an hv110 in im my revo with pistix adapter and it is just flashing the red light and wont arm

my radio is a dx 3.0

is it my castle setting? i have it set for fixed throtle, should it be on auto detect?

what are your guys setting?

It is possible to get it to arm with that radio, but you won't ever get it perfect. That is an airplane ESC, so you'll need a pistix adaptor to translate the radio signal into something the ESC understands. After that, it's easy.

brian i have the pistix adaptor, its setup just like you said to in your post about your high speed car

what are your castle link setttings? i think thats my problem

im just getting a red flashing led and the bec isnt sending any power to the servos

am i suposed to have an external bec?

( new update, if i plug in a recever pack it works!.............. so should i have an external bec or is it suposed to have an internal and its just not working?)

That is correct. The HV series do not come with a BEC. You'll need to buy the CCBEC or simular UBEC, or stick with the reciever pack if you're running so much voltage that you need an HV controller.

cool thanks, i have a castle bec but i though that the hv110 had an internal

thankyou for your help alsong with brianG

Nope, the HV is an Opto-ESC. Meaning it requires brains power from an external source. We are just used to ESCs that have their own built-in BEC. Even when we "disable" it by removing the wire, it still is powering the internal circuits. Any HV ESC will be an Opto design unless it happens to have a switching BEC built-in. The losses of a typical linear regulator are too great after just 3s, and who runs 3s on a 10s-12s controller? :wink:

That was my point too. If you need a HV controller, odds are that you're running too much voltage for the CCBEC to be of use to you. But maybe not.

Yeah, there are few choices for really HV BECs. DimensionEngineering makes one, and so does Western Robotics. I chose the WR for it's obvious construction beefiness and to try something different. The KoolFlight UBEC is good for up to around 9s (10s is a tad too high at 4.2v/cell).

can you give me a link to the western bec


thanks

Here are their BECs: http://www.western-robotics.com/hercule.html

And here is a test I did on the HV one if interested: http://rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11251