I totally did that when doing test drive. I didnāt know not fully inserting would cause that. Thank you!
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I would avoid plugging in the damaged key any more so that you donāt damage the male side in the board. If itās already plugged in, leave it plugged in until you make a new key. Just make sure the battery isnāt left to dieā¦
If itās not already in, I would discard it and not use it
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Nah I wonāt. It smells terrible now. Thanks for the heads up.
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ANOTHER DRV QUESTIONā¦ Sorry!
Hi guys sorry to ask what looks like a common question. But Iāve searched the forums n canāt find an example quite like mineā¦
I am running a sk8 6374 149kv motor in foc on a 4.10 turnigy vesc latest firmware, set up using latest vesc tool. Been running foc for ages. However sometimes when I brake to a stop on a hill, the brakes suddenly release right at the last second.
Realised today vesc was throwing a DRV error when this happens.
Anyone know what causes this, got any solutions or ideas to try?
Fairly confident my Max and min settings are well within safe limits and I didnāt pull more than 50 motor amps (-25) on my last adventureā¦
Dunno but would try to reproduce the issue in BLDC mode see if itās something strictly related to running in FOC mode just to narrow things down (also know FOC isnāt 100% on the 4.x hardware, but have been running it myself as well in the last few months without issue either).
Thanks will give it a go!
I just setup my dual FESC 6.6 from flipsky following this great article http://esk8.news/how-to-ackmaniac-esc-tool/
My question is about modes. Iām using the flipsky vx1 remote and it has 3 modes. Does switching modes (say to ālowā) just limit the signal from the remote? Or does it tell the esc to use less power? Do I need to program what the modes āmeanā to the esc? Also how do the modes set by the remote relate to the modes you can configure with the ackmaniac Android app? Are they all the same thing?
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Yes, low mode is typically 70% of total, medium is 85% and hi is 100%Q.
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How do you get the beta values for a motor?
TB 218s hangers will fit on Caliber baseplates without any issues. I have tried it myself. Beware that the hangers is fatter, so if you are using standard Caliber clamps, it might not fit unless you file down the TB hangers a bit.
These are getting harder to find. I got mine from Skullboard, but theyāve been sold out for a while.
Does the FSESC 6.6 plus(pro switch)'s inbuilt antispark work well or does it blow up after a few uses?
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Do you guys generally loctite your motor pulleys in place? Seems like a potentially bad idea if you wanna play with belt tensioning. Are there any parts people generally DO NOT loctite? Iāve read all kinds of different preferences, some say loctite EVERYTHING, some say only this, not that. Iām wondering specifically about motor pulleys really though, thanks.
woops, edit, I meant the screws that mount the motor to the motor mount. Those ones are used for belt tensioning with my current setup.
I use a key way so only blue loctite on the grub screw
Edit: usedā¦ currently have no motors to put pulleys on anymore
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Think worth putting loctite on the screws you still have time to adjust if using blue loctite and can wrench them loose but once cured wonāt easily vibrate out. Donāt want them coming out and motor mount getting loose or can slam the motor into your trucks or have screws go between the belt and pulley all sorts of not awesome mayhem.
Motor mount screws, YESSS
Pulley, only once you have it dialed-in. You should still have a key and grubscrews holding it prior to that.
I donāt recommend not using a key.
I use Loctite 290 (green). Not sure what others use.
If you use 290 on a motor shaft where the pulley is, you cannot remove the pulley unless you use a heat gun to get it to 300Ā°F (148Ā°C) first. So make sure you are 95% sure it doesnāt need to come apart again.
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Iām using 245 blue. Thanks @b264 just curious, whatās a reasonable range for a test run before loctiting the motor mount screws (just to make sure I donāt need to adjust anything)?AKA how quickly will vibrations knock those suckers loose?
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