brushless motor / esc problem

[limpet]

I`m having trouble with running a weapon motor.
I wired it all up fine and it worked fine, but I wanted the motor to go the opposite direction, so I thought it was just a case of swapping round the motor wires. This initially worked, then I cut the motor wires shorter - all the same length - and that worked.
I reassembled the robot and now it spins for about 5 seconds and dies, powering off then back on results in exactly the same happening again.
Any ideas?

[UserFriendly]

Does the ESC have a 'brake' function?

[limpet]

Not as far as I am aware, its a Hobbyking Red Brick 10A but I can`t find it on the HK site now.
Its here though http://rcsearch.info/hobbyking/i18002/

[UserFriendly]

Hmm, I found it on hobbyking

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... ouse_.html

Got no answers I'm afraid... Only to say I got a spares or repairs helicopter from Menkind going cheap, which had exactly the same problem. Would whir for a few seconds, and then - nothing.

Andy

[limpet]

Thanks for the link, I have just tried browsing through the HK site again and it still doesn`t show up but obviously its there.
Going to order another I think.

Update: No longer available! that will be why then.

[limpet]

Have now bought three different 10A ones cos they had some good offers on and I`ll see how they go.
If its something else at least I`ll have spares.

[Rapidrory]

Just use Afro 12As; solves basically all issues

[limpet]

I`ll have a look for them, are they from Hobbyking?

[Rapidrory]

Yeah.. They're cheap and run SimonK being the main two selling points :L So much better than anything else as they don't stall out on hits or when trying to spin up hard.

[limpet]

Found them, got them in my wish list for AWS 50