Cody227

Hello, I have a Speed Passion Reventon Pro combo with sensored Motor but I need the motor to spin in the opposite direction for my new car. As the ESC doesn't have an option to change the direction, is there any other way i could run the motor sensored? I'd also consider resoldering the sensor wire (i read you have to swap pin 2 and 3) as long as it doesn't fry my electronics.

theblitzkidd

iTrader: (11)

U may be able to swap wires on the esc/motor leads

Cody227

wouldn't that fry the esc if I still use the sensor at the same time?

Johnnysplits

iTrader: (1)

You can't swap wires on a sensored system. Just reverse the throttle setting in your radio. I had to do it on my wraith.

theblitzkidd

iTrader: (11)

No, u just swap 2 wires it will run in the reversed direction, if u swap the wrong 2 then it just won't work

Cody227

that doesn't work, despite I only have forward/brake/reverse-mode in one of >5 firmwares available, I would've to double tap the throttle after braking to accelerate out of the corner which makes driving nearly impossible.

Cody227

the wrong 2? I thought it doesn't matter which two wires you swap

theblitzkidd

iTrader: (11)

Well there is a neg and pos, and a neutral wire so to speak, so if u cross the a&b wires and it don pt work, cross a&c or c&b and so on lol

klaymon

iTrader: (71)

You cannot swap wires on a sensored setup.

Dave H

That is incorrect. A, B, & C are 3 phases, that are switched between positive and negative in a rotating order by the controller as the motor turns.

You are offering very bad advice for a sensored brushless system.

Dave H

Double tap for throttle is weird, that is normally associated with reverse in a forward/reverse mode. If you haven't already it might be worth trying Johnny's suggestion of reversing the throttle channel in the transmitter and re-calibrating the ESC to the transmitter.

howardcano

iTrader: (37)

Take heed of the warnings given by Dave and others here, or you will be destroying an ESC.

While there are some sensored brushless motor controllers that allow the motor direction to be reversed by simply rearranging the connections to both the motor AND sensors, this requires that the system use special number sequences for the sensors, and have appropriate mapping of the phase drive to these numbers. The sensor signal sequences and phase drive specified by ROAR for RC model car use (to ensure that equipment will be compatible regardless of brand) do NOT have this characteristic, so don't try it!

mkorn

If your ESC doesn't not allow motor reversing you can flip your differentials over your car uses ring and pinion differentials. If you are using a conventional ball diff then I'm afraid you need a ESC that allows motor reversing such as Tekin.

capitaltrevor

I had the same issue. Recalibrate the ESC backwards and it works fine. So go neutral, reverse, forward. Cheers