Another new problem with blade

[Russ The Chippy]

hello,following crash and advice fitted new ESC to blade 400 and nothing happening except motor is rapidly moving back and forth ,even without main shaft and gears in doing the same,found out first battery had faulty cell could this have screwed something up after/during crash? Any thoughts bearing in mind this is brand new with only 10 seconds of flight.

[GravityKills]

my first guess: The motor is running only on two phases. Could be the wiring (the three wires between motor/ESC). Could be the motor. Could be the ESC.

It's one of those diabolical schemes to get your money: A broken ESC may destroy the motor. A broken motor may destroy the ESC. Go figure

Have a look at the motor, use a bright lamp and look inside: Any signs that one of the coils looks darker than the others (or are they all toasted? Does it smell like it's burnt)?
The same with the ESC - Phosphorus smell (like a burning match) means the magic smoke has found its way out.

[spunkmyer]

Hmmm, strange one. the motor case is not jammed is it, power plugs are correctly match in colour, check main gear is not binding. Esc power leads correctly connected as in black to black and red to red etc.

[robgt]

Have you programmed the new ESC so it knows what to do on your particular installation?

Which ESC is it?
Cheers,
Rob

[Russ The Chippy]

thanks all,stock ESC and was told no need to program and did the same thing with old ESC,nothing smells burnt out all leads correct and motor still doing it with gears and main shaft out so nothing binding,could it be i got a duff heli from new? is a new motor the next step?

[stuskimac]

this is a long shot, but it has happened to me, i unwittingly dropped a screw inside the vent holes on the motor & it jammed it , does the motor turn freely by hand with no power ? ( i,e battery not connected ) and if so is it smooth & slick with no stops or binding when turned by hand ?

also did you re-bind transmiter to reciever after fitting new ESC ? this might help ?

[Russ The Chippy]

motor turns freely by hand but have not binded tx as i was told it not necessary but now looking like i may have to as it keeps croping up on here

[stuskimac]

when you plug in the battery does the ESC bleep & arm itself ?, can take a while & also make sure the throttle is fully down on the TX, throttle hold off.
not plugged in upside down on receiver ? check polarity.

[Orfink69]

Does sound like a supply issue, as if the motor is "single phasing" ie only has power / using power on two of the phases.

Do you have access to a multimeter of some form, would be well worth checking to see if you are getting all 3 phases off the speed controller, also it's worth checking the motor windings just in case.

If you have or can get a meter and you're unsure what to check, give me a shout and I'll talk you through it

[Russ The Chippy]

Thanks for replys yes armed ok with a beep,did a re-bind and now nothing from tail at all and motor still to-ing and fro-ing and gyro not happy now either, constant flashing light!!!! lost the will to live at this point and phoned Horizon direct and they said it has a fault, pack it up and return it to them so that`s what i`ve done.Will inform you of the good news on it`s return..................

[sacko]

Where did you buy it from?

If you can take it back to them

[Russ The Chippy]

Bought it from local model shop but i phoned distributers Horizon hobby direct and they said just send it back to them and they were really good about it and turn around time about a week,so i`m going to pace about untill it returns!

[Hangar-7]

Horizon Hobby have excellent customer care policy. They helped with my Blade 400 so you're under good care now. It is a shame you ended up with this unforeseen problem.

Hope all goes well for you.

[stuskimac]

just had my Dx6i repaired by Horizon, got it back in 2 days, perfect and best of all FOC, even though it was over 18months old !

i hope you get the same brilliant service & back flying soon!

best regards,
Stuskimac.

[jboweruk]

If I know HH even half as well as I think I do, the wait will be worth it. I've been through it with my Blade in the past, though admittedly not her fault bless her, all my lack of ability to fly. However she is a lovely heli, and once you get her into that first steady hover mate you'll realise you love it to bits. I've had mine for 14 months now, and although people say you will outgrow it quickly I disagree, I still love mine.