(I don’t know if it is the right thread to post this, let me know if not)
Hello everyone, im facing another problem… I am currently changing my chassis to a tracked, skid steering platform from a typical RC car chassis (servo steering), everything went mostly smoothly, i wired my FC to it, and it was working perfectly and would follow waypoints flawlessly. I had it working perfectly fine until this afternoon, when I noticed that one of my motors wasn’t spinning (no matter what mode i was in). I lifted it off the ground (no load) and it started spinning again normally, but when i put it back on the ground (load), it stops. I am using a 33gb-520 brushed motor and a BDESC-S10E-RTR ESC. It ran perfectly both on 7.4V (2S) and 11.1V (3S) batteries. The ESC seems to be working normally, it behaves same as the second one from the other motor does (looking at the red LED). I am struggling to find any info on these motors or esc’s (probabbly because of the chineese source and cheapness) and i would love to solve this and have the rover back up and running. Even if its not fixable, i would love to know if it is either the esc or the motor fault.
those escs arent very good, i would reccomend the HobbyWing QuicRun 1060. dont use its bec as its 6v.
Would these esc’s work properly with these motors? Had some issues in the past with incompatible motors and esc’s, ended up burning the esc’s… I guess i need to save up for a new pair
I’m surprised you got those escs to work at all since they have a brake.
Yes, and it is annoying to drive it, sometimes skid steering does not work beacause of it, but it is driveable, and autopilot deals with it.
I would replace the ESC. The Hobbywing units are good as @geofrancis suggests. I have used a few different ones. Reasonable cost, waterproof and durable.
there are a few fake versions that look very like it so make sure it actually says hobbywing.
Add some fuses to protect the escs.