How to Turn On ESC Engine Braking on Hobbyking ASW-28

[@lsearls1]

Thanks paul once again .I was at it for ages until I checked you out again.Your so helpful as normal.

[@robstearns1896]

Had been waiting for someone to do this video, thanks so much

[@sverrewiborg-thune5015]

Thank you so much!! I've really kracked my head to find out how to set the ECS brake on my ASW28. Thank you!! And thank KZbin!

[@G56AG]

Thanks so much, my prop was windmilling and killing the glide, I was wondering what was going on, and today noticed the prop windmilling, which I knew was wrong, as you found no instructions on programming, but I just ran onto this and reprogrammed it, worked like a charm! I've been flying another electric sailplane and knew it was supposed to stop, I was really surprised when I saw this one still spinning with the throttle closed. I was wondering why it wouldn't glide for more than a minute, there's the answer.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Yes. They really don't glide at all with the prop still spinning! I did a major crash on my first flight just because the plane kept stalling out on the glide. I lost it in a corner and it tip stalled - only time that has ever happened was when the prop was still spinning - acts like an air brake.

[@flyman1340]

very useful, very easy to do! thank you very much! i have tried esc programming by written instructions before, but this video made it super easy...

[@ThisIsDavesGarage]

Thank you for this video! I needed to turn on the ESC for my 1.5m HK U-Glider. Same steps as your ASW28.

[@stetkal]

Hey thanks for the heads up. Going to buy one of these and this video will help big time.

[@johngraps5149]

Hi Paul, great explanation, did what you said and worked perfectly first time.Thanks

[@JaleelJohanson62]

Thanks Paul! This was helpful. I just turned the braking feature on for my Lanyu ASW 28.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

+JaleelJohanson62 Great! Happy flying.

[@gruuthuse]

just bought one and this is gonne be the first thing 'im gonne try.. thanks!

[@atomflyer44]

DUDE!!!! Thank you SO MUCH !!! it worked flawlessly, I really appreciate the information.

[@fobria]

awesome... old video, but still applies today. Thanks!

[@FlyingCivic91]

cheers dude. very helpful. thanks a lot for sharing! !

[@stevebeale2379]

Great help. Thanks for posting

[@mmmasterscross7915]

Great. Thanks so much for your help

[@Norminal1]

Cool. Good to know. Just got one and was wondering about the brake.

[@ficosk8]

Good one! Mine was probably already with the brake on since I bought her second hand...

[@powernumpty]

Thanks, the ESC bleep thing is one of my least favorite parts of the hobby, did this today all good.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

powernumpty Great! Happy Flying.

[@CC-oh6dw]

Very helpfull Thanks for the info..It worked very good .

[@jakegriffiths2k]

wow this worked on my phoenix 1600mm thnks a lot!!

[@carlosmurphy4u1]

Thanx for the info, it worked for me.

[@christophemanning6739]

Thank you so much!!! Worked perfect>>>

[@nickfry1113]

thanks mate ,great tip !

[@ronggrimard9430]

Happy New Year Paul....I wanted to just say Thank you for all of your Videos and explanation on How to correctly make changes to flying the ASW28. I wanted to thank you for your Video on Setting the Engine Brake to the ON function. it was very helpful and now my ASW28 has Engine set to ON. Can you tell me what the Web Link is to the Variety Channel, I would like to Tune in ....thank you again...Ron State of Maine USA

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

+RonG Grimard Your most welcome. You should be able to click Subscribe somewhere on the page of one of my videos. This will keep you up to date. However, you can also see all the videos at this link: kzbin.infovideos

[@patrickb8286]

@@PaulGarbettNZ SALUT LA TETE DANS LES ETOILES ET LES PIEDS SUR TERRE. QUESTION: QUEL TYPES D'ACCUS UTILISER ?2S 3S ET LE NOMBRE DE Mnha MERCI

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

@@patrickb8286 Hello. I use a 4s 1500mah battery for short bursts. It doesn't seem to get too hot. You are supposed to use a 3s 1500/2200/2500 battery, but i found it just didn't have enough power. Since the motor is only on for short bursts i use a 4s, but a 3s would be better for FPV flying.

[@patrickb8286]

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[@corcholato]

it worked like a charm

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Great - glad I could help.

[@sergeyzadrutsky6869]

Thanks really helpful!

[@ianp8921]

worked first try, cheers

[@grantandrews2755]

Cheers dude life saver

[@dzubot]

Hi Paul, I tried this on mine, I get the exact same beeps as you do after I put throttle high to low and same sounds when I reconnect the battery after but the braking doesn't turn on. Is your speed controller a volantex 30amp? This is what came with my lanyu asw 28 from hobbyking. Thanks

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Hi Darryl, sorry to hear it isn't working for you. My ESC does not say that it is a Volantex. It is plain blue with a few numbers written on it. Its the one that came with the plane, which i got from Hobbyking just a few months ago. I pushed the throttle down on the 2nd beep of the second series of beeps. Maybe try activating different series of beeps and see if that works. Then reverse it if something undesirable happens (like engine reverses). Maybe search online. FMS ESCs go: Brake; Battery type; Cutoff Threshold; Reset; Timing; Soft Acceleration; Governor mode; Reverse; Frequency; Cutoff type. So maybe yours is the first series of beeps like it is on FMS? Try it and let me know. Paul.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Also, make sure that your throttle is calibrated right. Engine braking only comes on when throttle it quickly reduced to zero. You can get it to keep free spinning if you reduce it to about 10%. To calibrate throttle: Turn controller on -full power. Connect battery to plane - wait for 1 beep, then reduce throttle to 0 (before it enters programming mode). Should then give 3 or 4 beeps.

[@dzubot]

Paul Garbett Hey Paul, after calibrating the throttle I was able to get the brake set! Thanks a lot for your advice. One other question, did you replace your foam hinges with real ones? a couple of mine are whining, i'm thinking it's because the foam hinges have too much resistance. I may just change them anyways, used to having standard hinges on my planes. Thanks.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Great! I'm glad that worked for you. My hinges have a couple of cracks in them, and I am watching them closely. You can replace them with tape easily enough, without needing to use actual hinges (if they are hard to get). I gave mine a good flexing to soften them before I hooked them up, and that seemed to help.

[@jeanfsac]

Thanks. just done it!

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Great, glad it worked. Happy flying!

[@nielsh1286]

Hello, I am trying to make my ASW work. But the ESC gets really hot when i have the throttle stick all the way up. Do you know what is causing this and how to fix it. I dont think the ESC have shortage because its all nicely made.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Hiya, its not uncommon for the ESC to get hot with full throttle. It will probably turn off the engine if too hot. It means there are too many amps going through it. I'm assuming you mean it gets hot because the propeller is turning and burning too many amps. If you are using a 4s you can only have it on full for a few seconds, so do most of your climbing on about 3/4 throttle. If on a 3s you can have it on longer. A glider like this is probably not designed to have the engine running continuously. Just for climbing then a break to cool off. So see if you can adjust to that way of flying. Else, if you want to run the engine continuously for fpv etc then you could get a bigger ESC. Its 30amp from memory so maybe a 40amp one would suffice.

[@nielsh1286]

Hey, Thanks for the responds. I have switched the ESC with another one and now the engine works fine. I have tried flying the plane but it went straight in the ground and broke my prop so i have to wait for another one. When i tried to take off the plane instantly went to the ground and hit the ground. Do you know how to properly launch it by hand. How much throttle and how hard you have to throw it. Thanks for the help. ;)

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Oh, sorry to hear that. I think it could be because the plane is noise heavy. Try moving the battery to the back of the tray, and check where the cg is by balancing the plane on your fingers under the wings. I would usually give it quite a hard throw on half to three quarters throttle. Just enough for a gentle climb. You can use the flaps or better half flap and a little more power on takeoff if you want to be safer. Or even run along with it and throw. The plane should be able to glide safely to the ground with just a throw and no throttle. Tell me how you get on.

[@nielsh1286]

Thanks for the advice. I am a member of a glider club in the netherlands and i fly gliders IRL. We got some members who are also model builders / flyers. They are going to help me with flying and balancing it up! Thanks for he tips they sure will help me ;)

[@jeanfsac]

It works. Have you suggestions fort thé CG? With a 3s 2200mah, n'ose heavy. I put 20 GR un the tail.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Adding a bit of weight to the tail is probably the right thing to do. Check the elevator. I noticed mine had a bit of a curve in it and needed to be angled up a bit to compensate. I keep the battery as far back as it will go on that little stand. Make sure you can get it to balance before you fly, cause a tial heavy plane is a diaster. There is a little mark under the wing to balance it on.

[@jeanfsac]

Paul Garbett Thanks Paul. I've found the topics on rcgroups. Some have removed the support for the accu or have made it longer in the rear or have replace it with velcro direct on the fuselage. I'll removed the weight and try to put the accu more on the rear. I had a bad experience with a tail heavy and underpowered glider yet: disaster in fact.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

jeanfsac ok cool. Sounds like a good idea. I have all the wires and receiver etc taped down now to keep it all neat and out of the way. Also have the antena taped into a verticle position inside cockpit for best reception.

[@steelydanZ]

Hi Paul , i am trying to find the Instructions for the Volantex ESC , so i can decipher the tones beeps and musical notes , any help appreciated?

[@rickkremer0525]

I'd like to know as well. I somehow did something during the programming and now it only beeps once when its plugged in the first time. ughhh

[@haggis5516]

Would this work using my Spectrum Dx6 ?

[@gwo7610]

brilliant. all sorted..

[@jeanfsac]

Hello, what is the size of the propeller. Touch and ....go too rapidly ;-)

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Hi. I am not absolutely sure the prop size. I think it is a 9x5. I measured it as exactly 260mm from tip to tip accross including the hub in the middle. Hub is 40mm and shaft is 4mm. Hope this helps.

[@jeanfsac]

Thanks a lot Paul. In think so too. a link to a gallery with the asw28 and how i modify the battery tray. plus.google.com/photos/100421072122578340076/albums/6128983860035188113?authkey=CNi3qMLexq67cQ

[@hoz152]

Hi, I think you'll find the prop is 10x8, mine just arrived, and it has the 4023/850kv motor. I've swapped the combo out for my Turnigy 2836/1040kv and it's 11x6 carbon prop.

[@jeanfsac]

I think Paul is right. i've a copy of a mpx blizzard - T2 m Infinity (9x6) and the propellers are the same.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Does anyone else out there know for sure? I have ordered a 9x5 for another plane and I can compare that when it arrives. I could beleive that it is a 10'', but there's no way that mine is a 8'' pitch. It would be 5'' at the most i think. It might be that some people have a model with a different prop. One guy who contacted me seemed to have a different ESC as standard, so there might be a more recent version out there?

[@Skymaxy]

Thanks but it didn't work, in fact nothing works at all even when I had a senior RC technician try we got nowhere. I had to buy another ESC.

[@tommyharbofriis]

Thx for info :-)

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Your most welcome. Hope it flies well.

[@mikekindon3923]

thanks very helpful, but mine was okay out of the box...strange...very anti-climatic.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Great. I think most versions available now are a version 2 or better. Happy flying. Let me know how you get on with it.

[@javieruriel]

And then how can I remove the brake?

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

+Frank R. Pilot Just repeat the process again to switch the brake off and allow the prop to free spin. Note: a slow spinning prop acts as an airbrake - which can be useful for landing.

[@guytero8812]

Change the name of your channel to Bedroom Hobbies. Lol.

[@malcolmeccles3783]

Never call an electric 'motor' an engine. It's a brushless motor braking.

[@Mike-pb5bj]

+Thank you it's good to knows!

[@corcholato]

thank you, so very helpful!!

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Great. Glad I could help!

[@jeanfsac]

It works. Have you suggestions fort thé CG? With a 3s 2200mah, n'ose heavy. I put 20 GR un the tail.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Hi. The weight of my plane seems to be totally sorted now, and I think it was mostly because of the glue and wingtips I added which seem to 'add weight' to the tail somehow. I also have the battery as far back as I can get it. I have heard of others removing the little stand for the battery and sticking it directly onto the fuselage. See how you go.

[@powernumpty]

Paul Garbett I replaced the spinner with an alloy one (damaged the original straightening the clamp) so made it even more nose heavy, had a 1500mah battery a the back of the tray but going across the fuse, still had to put a £2 coin on the tail. Moved to a 2200mah behind the tray kept in place by some epo partly wedged under the upper tray, took the tail weight off and it's OK now.

[@PaulGarbettNZ]

Good work. I'm glad you got it sorted.