jgiannakas wrote:
btheli wrote:
HW doesn't work like the CC. The CC will not arm until it sees zero throttle, but the HW will arm for non-zero throttle conditions. Read over the "Normal Start-up Process" in the HW manual. The bottom line is you need to have zero throttle with the HW when you plug in the battery otherwise the motor will start. The only exception is if you want to go into calibration mode, and then you need to have the throttle stick all the way up.
With the HW, I use two throttle hold switches for safety. Both have to be on for the transmitter to finish booting up, and both have to be off for the motor to start.
Are you sure about this? I have 2 HW ESCs and none of them initialise if throttle is above the min calibrated level.
My motor definitely started up when I plugged in while I was setting things up, i.e., all electronics laying on the bench and before calibrating the ESC. I concluded the HW worked differently than the CC and never looked back. When I read your note this morning I realized that I never checked it after I had everything properly setup, calibrated and flying. So I just pulled the blades off and tried it. I'm using the Spirit gov so when throttle hold off my throttle signal is something like 75%. The ESC/motor started a continuous rapid beep (very annoying), but it did NOT run. I unplugged, flicked throttle hold on, and plugged back in. The motor beeped six times and armed.
So my "corrected" answer to the OP (or best guess!) is that the HW ESC calibration and Spirit gov setup needs to be checked and corrected. Sorry for the error on my part.
