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Old 07-23-2013 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by WindDrake
If I'm remembering correctly, isn't Neutral Throttle actually 50% duty cycle, forward is 51-100% and reverse is 49-0%? If your ESC is auto-calibrating (whatever duty cycle it sees on boot = neutral) this could be your issue.
No, the usual control range is from a positive-going pulse of about 0.9 to 2 milliseconds length. (The repetition rate is usually in the range of 7 to 20 milliseconds, but that doesn't determine servo or throttle position.) The so-called neutral point is different for different manufacturers and radios. It's usually around 1.2 to 1.5 milliseconds.

That's for old-school equipment, not the latest, proprietary "high-rate" stuff.
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