Hello everybody. I have an APM 2.8 with Emax ESC 30A Blheli. And there's the problem. At the beginning, when ESCs were connected to RX on my AT9 Radiolink, they seemed to freeze for a milisecond and kinda freeze or shake. I didn't consider it as some serious problem because they (supposedly) are made to work properly just if used with a flight controller. So I put my quad all together. What came up? ESCs do not want to calibrate with the APM 2.8 unless the throttle lower value is 900. It makes a huge problem because I can not use failsafe then as it's lowest value can be 925 (correct me if I'm wrong) and if i calibrate it like that (changing the endpoints on TX and a little trim) motors stop at the highest throttle. I've been struggling with this problem for more than a week now and I have completely no idea what to do next. Maybe it is the ESCs that are faulty?
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Thanks a bunch, I once saw a topic that said you need to remove something, but I haven't found out what until now. I'll test this in the future, when I get some free time.
You need to remove one resistor and one capacitor from ESCs and will work perfectly on APM or Pixhawk
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Hello Grzegorz
Your solved the problem? I am in a similar situation. :(
APM 2.8
Flysky I6 - IA6B
Emax ESC 30A simonk
DJI 2212-920KVmotor
First scenario:
ESC calibration by the RX Channel 3 .... everything perfect, no need to trim TX.
Second scenario:
Calibration ESC connected to the APM, when I try to calibrate, after 2 beeps of max_throtte, when i ser the throttle to a minimum .... do not hear the beeps ... start using the trim ... when I get to -120% of the minimum, I hear the beeps and esc synchronized (the value is 900)
In this way, I lose FS configuration.
Any possible solution?
Thank you very much.
How about to do throttle calibration
Remove your props! and disconnect the battery. Push your radio throttle to
maximum, connect the flight battery, You will hear 3 beeps: di da di (ESC
self-detection finished). wait for 1s, you will hear a short beep: di (ESC is
ready to do throttle calibration). Now lower the throttle to minimum. You will
hear another unique 2 beeps: di di, indicating hrottle calibration completed(If
you hear a short beep, it means throttle set failed. You need to do the calibration
again).Then a long beep di--— tells you ESC is ready to work. Disconnect the
battery. throttle calibration is done.
Yes, I have, and it all works perfectly. But then when I connect it to the APM it beeps as it beeps when there's no signal (4 beeps a second). I have also checek other ESC (Emax Simon Series) and it works flawlessly.
Tim Dickinson said:
Have you tried calibrating the esc without the apm?
Grzegorz Radziwiłko said:
I have already reversed it along with pitch i believe.
If your motors stopping at the highest throttle might be that your throttle need to be reversed. I have an at10 and found that I needed to reverse the throttle. Otherwise when the throttle is at low its really at the highest point.
What does your radio calibration look like?