Hi

Anybody more than me who thinks that the spoolup time/speed in the CC ESC:s is to long/slow? Its a bit risky to start without a stooge/helper, I have done that a few times but I can see problems ahead....
I emailed Mr. Joe Ford at CC with a question if it was possible to speed up the spoolup in CL mode in the next version of the Phoenix firmware. He told me that they will look into it. He will bring the question up on the next engineering meeting at CC.

Andreas

You can do that now.  It is the head speed start up - anywhere from very slow to medium (what I am using now) to very quick

I am still using last year's firmware, and on mine I am using "8", which is a reasonably fast spool up. Also there is another quantity which is throttle response, which takes over (according to CC) at about 80% of the throttle setting. I have that setup as the default value. It is really only important for that last 20% or if your throttle changes--like mine does on the 3rd lap (after takeoff) from 7600 rpm to 8000. I like a smooth change to the higher speed, not an abrupt one.

I am pretty happy with the spool up rate. It is fast enough so that if I dare try an unassisted takeoff, that the plane doesn't muddle around the circle at very low speed, but not so fast that it noses over either.

The head speed change rate changes the amount of power applied to maintain the selected RPM.  If you change the spool up setting to high, it will be pretty close to instant spool up.  I use this when flying myself.  When flying official, I set this to low or medium.  I signal for start, push the timmer button, and then walk to the handle.  By the time I am ready to launch, the motor is almost up to speed.  I signal launch before motor reaches full rpm.

Play with this to get the spool up speed you want.

Archie Adamisin
Muncie, Indiana