Can a Sidewinder SCT ESC power a brushed motor?

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by Thomas Porfert

There is a small glitch in the software on the Sidewinder SCT when used in Brushed Reversing. Normally you would use the red and black motor wires, but the glitch uses the red and the white wires; it doesn't hurt anything running it like that. I know it was in v1.29 and v1.30, but I don't recall if it was fixed in v1.31.

Thomas Porfert
Tech Support
Castle Creations.

Good to know this. I can see how that would have been hard to troubleshoot.

Can you advise us of a reasonable motor limit (number of turns) when using the Sidewinder SCT in brushed reversing mode?

[Thomas Porfert]

Originally Posted by ta_man

Good to know this. I can see how that would have been hard to troubleshoot.

Can you advise us of a reasonable motor limit (number of turns) when using the Sidewinder SCT in brushed reversing mode?

The original Sidewinder was 19T in Brushed reversing and 8T in Brushed high power.

Based solely on the amp draw capabilities of the SWD V2/SCT, I would estimate 12-13T in Brushed reversing and no motor limit in Brushed high power.

Thomas Porfert
Tech Support
Castle Creations