ESC settings for low speed

[Grimmy]

So I went through and redid my E5 settings in my Ikon, as I have now stretched it.  I was looking at my ESC, and well I was thinking 1100 1200 and 1300 for headspeed settings, but it was telling me that it was too low for proper governing.   That got me thinking, should I tell the ESC I'm running 12c packs, when I'm really running 6c packs, and set my speeds for twice what I'd like?  Thoughts?

[Mike Spano]

whats going to happen is the ESC is going to overheat. you need to get a smaller pinion, and/or lower KV motor. some guys that fly scale will actually fly a 12s motor with a 6s pack to get that low of a HS.....you still need to be in the 90-95% on a castle to get optimum performance. just my .02

[Mike Spano]

you could also get a ESC that has active freewheeling...that should help too. they say it does anyway. I have never actually tried it.

[okanor]

What motor are you running? If you are running a 1100kv motor that was on 6s then you would need to swap motors to 550kv range motor. If you are running a 550 KV motor on 6s (you were originally running 12s) you should be close to what you are looking for. What pinion are you running?

[Grimmy]

Thanks for the info all!  Looks like no low speed for me then. 

I am running a Scorpion 4025-1100kv motor with I believe 13t pinion (or maybe it's 12T, it was the lowest one that came in the kit).

I'll just keep my eyes out for a different motor, maybe be a winter project.

[awesomeOne]

You could run 21-2300 HS with your setup just nicely.

[Grimmy]

I could, but that's way too fast for me.  I don't need all that head speed.  1800-1900 is perfect for me, and gives me easily over 5 minutes of flight time, probably closer to 6 minutes.