Steering issue
#1
Whenever i give full throttle my servo steers sharply to the right and then goes back to neutral all in the blink of an eye.
I checked the wiring and all seems good, i measured the servo's signal which i believe was 5,66V full to the right, 5,77 neutral and 5,88 to the left which all seem good.
When steering is in neutral and i give full throttle the servo signal seems to dip to 5,75, but this may in reality be even lower since my multimeter may not be fast enough.
The servo is a Power HD S15, receiver Sanwa RX-482, and the ESC is a ORCA BP1001
This problem occured with my old receiver as well which was a Ruddog RR482
I checked the wiring and all seems good, i measured the servo's signal which i believe was 5,66V full to the right, 5,77 neutral and 5,88 to the left which all seem good.
When steering is in neutral and i give full throttle the servo signal seems to dip to 5,75, but this may in reality be even lower since my multimeter may not be fast enough.
The servo is a Power HD S15, receiver Sanwa RX-482, and the ESC is a ORCA BP1001
This problem occured with my old receiver as well which was a Ruddog RR482
#2
The servo signal is no voltage, it is a PWM pulse you can only measure with an oscilloscope or a special PWM meter.
I would advise to play with the EPA setting of your full throttle. If the servo get blocked at full throttle then a huge current can flow making a small voltage drop with which probably the failsafe is activated causing the servo going to center.
I would advise to play with the EPA setting of your full throttle. If the servo get blocked at full throttle then a huge current can flow making a small voltage drop with which probably the failsafe is activated causing the servo going to center.
#3
They're using an ESC, not a throttle servo.
#4
#5
Thanks, i'll try moving the receiver first, and order a glitch buster just incase.
I did use the same layout on my TB Evo which had this issue aswell..
But what could be causing the interference anyway, i initially thought the ESC was pulling too much current.
I did use the same layout on my TB Evo which had this issue aswell..
But what could be causing the interference anyway, i initially thought the ESC was pulling too much current.
#6
An ESC is creating a high power and high frequency PWM signal creating a magnetic field. Not directly in the 2.4GHz range but more in the range of internal data signals. Any high impedance data signal can still be influenced by external electro-magnetic fields.
Another thing I have heard. Do you have a 3 wire RC4 transponder put in the battery slot of the receiver? That seems to cause issues with a Sanwa receiver.
Another thing I have heard. Do you have a 3 wire RC4 transponder put in the battery slot of the receiver? That seems to cause issues with a Sanwa receiver.
#8
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,410
From: Austin,TX
Check your wiring for loose connections, the following issue was solved after I re-seated the servo connector back into the Rx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frkmoMhQ5AQ
The following issue was solved after fixed the HV servo harness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LneubAZ5oX0&t=35s
Solution here:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...0#post40061288
Also note that it can be anything from an incompatible servo with your ESC and myriad of other gremlins if the glitch buster doesn't solve your issue after checking for loose connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frkmoMhQ5AQ
The following issue was solved after fixed the HV servo harness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LneubAZ5oX0&t=35s
Solution here:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...0#post40061288
Also note that it can be anything from an incompatible servo with your ESC and myriad of other gremlins if the glitch buster doesn't solve your issue after checking for loose connections
#9
Beside that, he has the issue with giving throttle, so no active servo.
#10
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,410
From: Austin,TX
Strange words.... Some servo's can be power hungry and so they can draw currents beyond the limits of the ESC in the BEC. But lets say a 40kg strong servo in a simple 1/10 tourer will never draw high currents unless the endpoints are not adjusted well.
Beside that, he has the issue with giving throttle, so no active servo.
Beside that, he has the issue with giving throttle, so no active servo.
It's been many years since I've seen incompatibilities but they were mostly around analog servos getting jittery from the digital signals from the ESC. It was a common problem at the track in my area and I had a list of known combinations that did not work between brands of ESC/Servo that I tracked on the URC forums, but that info was lost after URC shut down many years ago. Glitch buster did not solve the issue, new digital servo from a different brand fixed it

#12
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,410
From: Austin,TX
https://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/comm...e%20180704.pdf
The gist is you need to run new with new and old with old, don't mix match an old servo with a newer ESC and visa versa
#13
#14
I can assure there are compatibility lists out there and it was very painful to manage when servos were still analog, the following is an example from Sanwa that compares their Rx's but it translates back to incompatible analog servos:
https://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/comm...e%20180704.pdf
The gist is you need to run new with new and old with old, don't mix match an old servo with a newer ESC and visa versa
https://www.sanwa-denshi.com/rc/comm...e%20180704.pdf
The gist is you need to run new with new and old with old, don't mix match an old servo with a newer ESC and visa versa
I would not say incompatible because high chance with others it can work without issues. A tolerance thing, design revision, wrong component choice or an alternative component choice with a production serie and lets not forget the huge amount of fake components that hit the market in Corona time. And I know because I work at an electronic production company facing this on a daily base. All issues that can not directly named as an incompatibility.
#15
I would not say incompatible because high chance with others it can work without issues. A tolerance thing, design revision, wrong component choice or an alternative component choice with a production serie and lets not forget the huge amount of fake components that hit the market in Corona time. And I know because I work at an electronic production company facing this on a daily base. All issues that can not directly named as an incompatibility.



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