Electric powered radio controlled models need something to control the motor. Somehow, a signal from your transmitter has to tell the plane or other model when to go, how fast to go, when to stop, etc. That’s not as simple as it may seem.
The motors that are used are fantastic, powerful little things, but they need power provided through three leads that create a rotating set of electric pulses. Fortunately you don’t have to be an electrical engineer to know how to use one, but you do need to know how to control one. That means you need to understand what the ESC does. That’s the Electronic Speed Control.
I would like to share with you two short documents. The first explains what the ESC does and why. The second gives you the simple steps in how to program it to allow your motor to function well.
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Here’s a document that explains what the ESC is all about, followed by one that goes into the details of how to program one.
Now, here’s the document about how to do it!
RC Jim 