INSTALLING YOUR ESC
Positioning of your ESC in the model
Mounl the ESC as far away as possible from the receivor, using
double sided tapa or vslcro.
Keep the lhick power wires away from lhe antenna and other thin
wl]es to avoid inte,Ierence problems (S9o Frg.1 for example
inslal0.
The antenna should come slraight out of ths receivor lnto the
antenna tube and up out of lhe model. Do not attempt to use any
part of the model as an antanna!
The ESC should be positioned to allow cooling air to pass over
ths heatsink, this r€ducos th€ risk of owr-iEmperatJr6 shutdown.
Make sure your motor is fitGd wiüt fwo (2) motor capaciiora
(0.1uF) - one from the negativo t6,minal to the can and one from
the posilive terminal to th€ can.
llliring up of your ESC in model (See Fig.l)
The ESCS are supplied with Tamiya style plug and bullet
connectors at th€ fac1ory. (Some of the higher powsred versions
come litted with solder posts and loose wires.)
Colour coding for the wires is as follows:
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ALWAYS DISCONNECT FROM THE
BATTERY PACK WHEN NOT SUPERVISED!
Recelver Lead Connections
The receiver lead on the ESC is the JR type, s€6 chart below. For
some receivers you may need to swap the red and brown wires in
the plug.
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B6for6 beginning sst-up you need to conn€c{ up your ESC as in Fig.1.(Whsn
plugging the ESC'9 receiver lead lnto th€ ßcaiver make sure that the signal wire
- orange - is facing inwards).
Ca b,ö,dng ahe ESC to your tansmlllor
I. Switch on your transmittsr onsuring the thro e control and throttl€ bim arg in
the neutral position.
NOTE: lf you havo romovsd the f.qtory fittod battory connoctor, (ase
warian§r) ensur€ polarlly l! consct
2. Plug your ESC into lrour battery pack and tum lhe ESC on with the orvofi
switch. The rsd, green and blue IED'S will flash ior 2 second§ ffhis ,s t t9 sel-up
window il Wu prcss the button onco wttilst lhe LED'' are f,ashing Wu enler set-
up, if you lot ,he LED'S f,ash fot 2 secf/nds then stop, the ESC wi ope7ale with
Wviously set values)
3. With tie LED'S fashing, prsss the sat bulton onca, thls wlll s€t your neutral
position, tho grson LED will light.
4, Push the throttle control to the fullfoMard position, then retJm to the nautral
position, ffr,is rtas sef maximum M speed point, the rcd LED will light).
5. With the red LED lit, pull tho thrcül€ conbolto the tull brake/revsrse po§ilion,
then retum to lho noutral position. ffhrs ,,as st t|ß maximum brake/rewßo
poirr. The ESC lyill light the LEDS to show lt ls in the neutral position.
Th6 ESC is now ready to use.
Callbndon is complete and the ESC yrltl power tha motorl
Failsafe mode
ln failsafe mode the controller retums to the neutral position, this is
shown by the Red LED flashing.
Failsafe mode is activated if there is a loss of signal due to being oul of
range or not receiving a conect receiver signal.
Flg.l - installation diagram
Battery type selection
Th6 ESC is NiCAD/NIMH and Lipo compatible.
To swftch b€ttvesn b l{lCADrl.lI{ cllt ofi and f,tb
l+o ario{t you must press and hold tho sat button boforo
switching the ESC on. With the set button press€d, switch
on the ESC using th6 on/ofi swibh, tie LED'S will cycle
between blue and gresn, to use NiCAD/NIMH cells release
the s€t button when lhe 9r66n LED is lit, to u8s Lipo cells
reloase the set button $'hen ths blus LED is lit. Th€ ESC
will flash all 3 LEO'S then rstJm to the neutral position.
The Blue LED will be on solid all tie time whilst being used
in auto Lipo mode.
Reverse mode selection
Th6 Storm ESC has 2 reverse modes, 'on' and 'otr. On
mode gives full brakes until the model has stopped lhen
engages reverae. Ofi mode removes lhe ,gverse funclion
compl€tely allowing the ESC to operate as a forwards and
brake only ESC,
To switch between 'on lmde' and 'dt modo', at any time
when the ESC is in the neutral position, press and hold tho
set button. Ths red LED will cycle between on and ofi, to
usE the ESC in reversing mode, releasg the set button
when lhe red LED is otr. To usa th6 ESC in brake only
mode, release the set button when the red LED is lit. Tho
ESC is ready to use.
hlhat do the LED's mean?
4r a (l,I/, ,Eh G!,Gtrt, - Battery type seleclion
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nad llD Ga,Glf - Reverse mode seleclion wlndow.
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Calibration whdolv.
FldLEDrr,ff,{-Failsafe mode.
R€d A GrBoa LED5 oI, sorid - Neutral position in
N|CAD/NiMH mode.
Grcen LED ,it sdld - Full forwards position in
N|CAD/N|MH mode.
Red LED lia solid - Full brake/Reverse position in
N|CAD/NiMH mode.
Rad, C,een & Btue LED3 on sorrd - Neutral position in
Lipo mode.
Groelr a Blue LED'E t sorrd- Full forwards position in
Lipo mode.
Rod & Blw LEDUlt sorrd - Full brake/Roverse position
in Lipo mode.
