Murdock1

Let me begin by saying as this is my first heli I'm following the manual to the letter.

I'm at the controls test stage after arming and initialization are complete.
Arming and initialization go fine btw. The staus LED is solid green with the throttle and throttle trim lowered completely. When I move the throttle forward or up the status light turns a solid red. The servos and swash respond properly and all the way, but with the solid red LED. This does not occur when I check the other two controls, only throttle up.

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Dave R

I'm a newbie at this so I may be wrong but I believe the red LED indicates a high current state that could indicate a low battery. Clearly the motors are the high current devices in the system. The servos that control the swashplates don't draw much as compared to the motors so they don't trip the high current indicator. Have you fully charged the battery? If not, give that a try and see what happens.

I suppose if a shaft is bent that could cause an increased load on a motor and cause the motor to draw more current.

EpoweredRc

it goes from red to green. the book tells all the lights colors it is supposed to do.

Murdock1

Per the manual, the main and tail motors aren't plugged into the 3-in1 for the controls test. The only things drawing power are the servos. The battery is new and just fully charged.

Talon1

Do you have the idle up stick facing towards to rear of the transmitter? It will not arm if it isn't. Are the main and tail motors plugged into the correctly? Just trying to help out!

Murdock1

Thanks for the ideas and help guys...shoulda gotten back to you sooner.
The status LED goes to red when you throttle up, I've been told it simply means that the ESC is doing what it's supposed to so all is well.

n2Jesus

When you are flying and the led turns red, the ESC is outputing the max current it can to the main motor.