Trouble Possible Reason
Motor doesn’t work and there
are no audible tones while
servos work properly after
powering up ESC.
Motor doesn’t work and no
audible tone emitted after
connecting the battery. Servos
are not working either.
Motor runs in reverse rotation
Motor stops running in flight.
Action
The ESC throttle
Set up the ESC throttle
calibration has been not
calibration.
set up.
Poor/loose Connection
Clean connector terminals or
between battery Pack
replace connector.
and ESC.
Replace with a freshly charged
No power
battery pack
Poor soldered Re-solder the cable
connections (dry joints) connections
Wrong battery cable Check and verify cable
polarity polarity
Check the ESC cable
ESC throttle cable
connected to the ESC to
connected to receiver in
ensure the connectors are in
the reverse polarity
the correct polarity.
Faulty ESC Replace ESC
Swap any two of the three
cable connections between the
Wrong cables polarity ESC and the Motor or access
between the ESC and the Motor Rotation function
the motor. via the ESC programming
mode and change the pre-set
parameters.
Check proper operation of the
radio equipment. Check the
placement of the ESC and the
Receiver and check the route
of the receiver’s aerial and
Lost throttle signal
ESC cables to ensure there is
adequate separation to prevent
RF interference .Install a
ferrite ring on the ESC’s
throttle cable.
 Trouble
Motor stops running in flight
Motor restarts abnormally
ESC Overheats
Possible Reason Action
Battery Pack voltage
Land the model
has reached the Low
immediately and replace
Voltage Protection
the battery pack.
threshold.
Check and verify the
Possible bad cable
integrity of the cable
connection
connections
The normal operation of
the ESC may be
susceptible to surrounding
RF interference. Restart
Possible RF
the ESC to resume normal
Interference at the
operation on the ground to
flying field.
verify recurrence. If the
problem persists, test the
operation of the ESC at a
different flying field.
Inadequate Relocate the ESC to allow
Ventilation better ventilation
Use servos that are
Servos drawing too adequately sized for the
much current and over ESC. The maximum BEC
loading the ESC. current drawn should be
within the BEC limits.
Over sized motor or Reduce Prop size or resize
prop the motor