APM2.5 and simonK ESC's

Posted by Tono on May 25, 2013 at 1:39pm

Hi,

I just got 4 new SimonK flashed ESC's

http://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=780&productname=

I just replaced the older turnigy plush 30A for these new ESC's.

When the quad had the non-SimonK ESC's it was working fine.

Now, I connected the new ones to the APM and the quad just flips.

My questions are:

Are simonK's supported for the APM?

Is there a special way to connect them?

Do I need to calibrate them somehow?

I tried to calibrate them with the turnigy programming card, but none of the lights turned on in the card.

I guess that is expected from these flashed ESC's.

Any idea?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

-Tono

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  • SYED MUHAMMAD MOHSIN SHAHID September 27, 2015 at 7:37pm

    hi , Tono

    i am facing the same problem , my quad is also fliping in one direction and when i throttle high the other sticks are not responding ..... can you please help how you calibrate the ecs ????...

    I am using Simon 12 amp ecs and callibrated by all at once method

    Thanks in advance ..

  • SYED MUHAMMAD MOHSIN SHAHID September 27, 2015 at 6:33pm

    hi , Tono

    i am facing the same problem , my quad is also fliping in one direction and when i throttle high the other sticks are not responding ..... can you please help how you calibrate the ecs ????...

    I am using Simon 12 amp ecs and callibrated by all at once method

    Thanks in advance ..

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    Marco Robustini May 26, 2013 at 3:21am

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  • Charles lakins May 25, 2013 at 5:26pm

    Great to see you got it!

     

    The second video I posted before was the wrong one also

    Heres the first one from that post still

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBXtwu-GeHM

     

  • Charles lakins May 25, 2013 at 2:52pm

    Yeah what he said :)

    the programming card would only set options

     

    you still need to perform the endpoint calibration for throttle travel relating to your RX for each esc

    once that is done you should see much better results

  • marc.kulhavy May 25, 2013 at 1:49pm
    Tono,

    make sure the motors spin in the correct direction. The firmware runs fine with the apm, I use simonk and wii-esc flashed escs.
    The calibration cannbe done one by one by connecting esc to the rx, set throttle to max on your tx, then connect battery, wait for a beep (depends on firmware if it comes or not), pull throttle back to low, you hear e beep, esc is calibrated.
    If the esc firmware has a bootloader installed, you can use an adapter cable to reprogram them via servo cable. If not, you need a ftdi to usb cable and read through the instructions on the simonk repository.
    And, not every motor runs fine with the standard timings, to change that, you need one of the cables mentioned above.
    Regards
    Marc
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