I have an old analogue servo I could put in the car. Is it worth a go do you think?

Problem is with your battery pack the voltage drop is steep maybe because your digital servo has a large current draw which along with your motor and esc the pack just drops the voltage faster than you might have thought it would so your bec fails.

hey guys not sure if im posting in the right place but hope some one can help.

I have a HW 120a V2.1 esc and am trying to put blinky mode in it,
i downloaded the latest software off HW tonight and transfered it across as needed and put the 508-notiming in it.
now when using no accelerator and no brake the red light just stays on (should be blinking) and also at a certain stage in the throttle curve a green light comes on which makes me think its running boost.

can any one Please help asap as i have a comp this weekend, or point me to any step by step instructions with links etc.

Updated manual for 110930_MOD
 

Hi,

Is there an updated manual for 110930_MOD ?

I am interested in this "Turbo Slope" which is set to 24. what does that means ?

Ok updated i re calibrated the controller to esc and it now is blinking in neutral although the green light is still coming on near full throttle and seems like it has a Heap of power! little worried as i dont want to turn up to race and find out i have an illegal car

@Angelo.......I send you a e-mail regarding the heatsink but haven't got any reply back?

regards Roy

Try going back and applying the 508 no timing software twice into your esc.
Sounds a strange thing to do but occasionally when you change the software it doesn't fully change for some reason.
After doing that re calibrate the esc to your radio. Even in 0 timing mode the green light will come on when you pull full throttle on your radio.

Easiest way to make sure you have the correct software loaded is to just plug your esc into your 2 in 1 lcd programing box, connect the battery & switch the esc on. If it displays "508 Zero timing" on the LCD box display, then it will be correctly set.

Cheers
Rob.

That's to double check, so you can see that the ESC reaches 100% throttle. The green light also lights up at full brake.

Yup, was just about to say that too. I just double checked on my 1s, and the green light comes on at full throttle. I'm running Blinky 17.5 with the no timing software so I can confirm that it's supposed to do this.

some emails havent gotten through sorry

please resend

regards Angelo

so how do you fix this then or whats causing it?

What do you recommend?

Changing radios is not an option.

You might have seen that I have another thread in the section here on fixed timing. One of the questions that has come up is how hard/expensive would it be for ESC manufacturer's to implement this if required?

So, I thought I'd ask someone who would be able to say for sure.

If fixed timing (like you can adjust on the end bell, not boost) became legal to adjust on the ESC in blinky classes, how difficult would it be for you to implement?

My 1s had similar problems
i gave up on it
and used a booster , ( with a different esc )
problem fixed

BAD BRAKES - Felt on the track, proven on the bench
 

I'm now certain that a software issue is the cause of the bad brakes on the 508_NO_TIMING software.

The question is whether Hobbywing are going to bother addressing this issue now that the V3 is out.

I've been getting nailed under braking all season, last weekend's BRCA Clubman's meeting was the nadir.

So I put the car on the bench and had a play. ESC is an Xtreme Stock. Radio is Futaba and correctly calibrated with no funny settings.

Straight away I noticed that when going from full throttle to full brake, there was a delay in the green (full brake) light illuminating, and a distinct soft sound to the braking.

If I paused at neutral briefly, then pulled full brake, the green light illuminated immediately and the braking was sharp.

Obviously you can't pause at neutral before braking when you are on the track.

I then tried some different softwares. 205MOD lit up the green almost immediately and the braking was sharp. 930STOCK also lit up the green immediately with sharp braking - I also set the boost and turbo to zero to get a closer comparison and the braking remained sharp.

I then dug up the 120A V2.0 that I have in my buggy. This has the quad cap fitted. Switched to the 508_NO_TIMING software, and the soft delay on full brake remained. Tried the quad cap on the Xtreme Stock - no difference.

I've basically lost faith in the HW ESCs now. Which is frustrating for a number of reasons - not least of which is that I have recommended the ESC to a number of other people because of the quality of the hardware and the value it represents. I'd heard a lot of talk trackside about weak brakes and never felt it had been an issue for me - and it wasn't, until I started to do more racing on fast outdoor tracks that need heavy braking.

HW clearly know how to program strong brakes into the ESC - 205MOD has them. So will there be an update soon to the V2.0/V2.1 software, or do I have to sell my ESCs and move to a different brand?