This website is a work in progress. It is a documentation tool for the upcoming release of ROTORFLIGHT 2
The motor tab is used to configure the motor and ESC communications protocol as well as to provide the ability to test operation.
Select ESC communications
Enter the number of teeth for the main rotor gearing [Teeth on Pinion gear]/[Teeth on Main Gear]. For a direct drive Main rotor this is just set to [ 1 ]/[ 1 ].
Enter the number of teeth for the Tail rotor gearing [Teeth on Tail gear]/[Teeth on Autorotation Gear]. For a direct drive tail this is just set to [ 1 ]/[ 1 ].
Note! - Some large helicopters may use a 2 stage gearing system (e.g. Pinion-1/Main-1/Pinion-2/Main-2). This will have to be calculated and entered as: [Pinion-1 X Pinion-2] / [Main-1 x Main-2].
CautionÂ
Big warning! This functionality will make the motors spool up. Do this WITHOUT the main or tail rotors fitted!!
Motor Override functionality is provided to test the operation of each motor directly.
Note: If you use the slider, make sure you release the mouse button. Nothing changes as long as you hold the mouse button down!
Note: The Test motors function in BLHeliSuite32 doesn't work when using Rotorflight. It will give an error like 'Initialization of Motor Test Mode failed! Please check current Unknown rev 4.2.13 support for this application function!'.