120A/150A ESC X-Car 120A/150A Series Sensored/Sensorless Brushless ESC for 1:8 scale Car or Truck Thank you for purchasing the X-Car Brushless Electronic Speed Controller (ESC). The X-Car 1:8 Scale 120A/150A Series ESC is specifically designed for operating 4 Pole Sensored/Sensorless brushless motors.
X-Car Series 1:8 ESC Specifications: Model 1:8 Sensored 120A 1:8 Sensored 150A PN#Model 4212030 4215030 Cont.Current 120A 150A 1 2 3 Burst Current 760A 1080A Resistance 0.0003ohm 0.0002ohm Suitable Car 1:8 on-road and off-road cars/trucks for general race or RTR application 1:5&1:8 on-road and off-road cars/trucks for competitive race Motor Type Suitable Brushless Motor Battery cell BEC Output 4 4 Pole Sensorless and Sensored Brushless Motor 4P 3674 3.
120A/150A ESC Note: Please refer to the illustration and connect the wire accordingly, wrong connection may get your ESC fried. ● Sensored Mode When using a Sensored Brushless motor, the Blue motor wire A, Yellow motor wire B and Orange motor wire C of the ESC must be connected with the Sensored motor wire A,B,C respectively. It is necessary to connect the Sensor wire to the “Sensor” socket on the ESC. Don't change the wires sequence optionally.
identify the motor type (Sensored/Sensorless) via LED lights * If the ESC works in Sensored Mode, remove the Sensor wire and the ESC will automatically change to Sensorless Mode. LED Status Function LED Low voltage of the battery Red LED Blinking Over-heat of the ESC and motor(95℃) Blue LED Blinking Sensored motor Red and Blue LED ON Sensorless motor Blue LED ON Throttle Range Calibration 1.
120A/150A ESC 4. Now trigger goes back to neutral position, both of the Red LED and Blue LED blink and motor beeps three times when system confirms the position. 5. Turn off the ESC power switch to save the settings. 6. Turn the ESC back on. You are ready to use the ESC now. Programmable Item and Default Settings Programmable Value Programmable Items 1 2 3 4 Cut-off Voltage 2.6V/cell 2.8V/cell 3.0V/cell 3.
Throttle Limit 0% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 100% 0% 4% 8% 12% 15% 20% 25% 30% Motor Rotation Normal Reverse Neutral Range 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 10% 6.0V 8.4V Percentage Braking Percentage Drag Brake BEC Output 70% 80% 90% Note: Items above Colored are default settings 1.
120A/150A ESC batteries. If you are using more than 6-cell NiMH or NiCd batteries, you must adjust the cutoff voltage, for example if you are using an 8-cell pack of NiMH batteries you would use a cutoff of 5.6V volts (8 x 0.7V = 5.6V). When the voltage of the batteries packs is within 8.4~12.6V, the ESC will automatically identify 3S LiPos. When the voltage of the batteries packs is less than 8.4V, the ESC will automatically identify 2S LiPos. When the voltage of the batteries packs is within 8.4~16.
to operate. Note: There is automatic protection within the X-Car ESC. Only after you have stopped and returned the trigger to neutral will reverse become available. If while traveling in reverse, pull the trigger to go forward. This is to help prevent serious damage to the drive train. ● Forward / Reverse If the option is activated, the RC car could go forward and backward, but couldn`t brake.
120A/150A ESC ● Normal (Default) Good mix of power and efficiency using any motor ● High More power than efficiency so run time will reduce, and you should be monitoring motor heat. The higher KV or lower turn motors will generate heat quickly using this setting. A safe high temperature range is 165F to 180F (74° - 82° Celsius), going higher may damage your motor. ● Very high This is maximum power and must be used with caution. Note : Any motor has the potential to over-heat in this setting.
● Medium Medium requires more from your batteries, and is good for low traction surfaces. ● High This option will provide full acceleration and requires stout batteries to supply the load required in this setting. ● Very high This option will provide full acceleration and requires stout batteries to supply the load required in this setting. 5. Throttle Percent Reverse Use this to limit the power available using reverse throttle. The lower the percent or level the less speed will be available in reverse.
0A/150A ESC 8. Percentage Drag Brake 0%( Default) 4%,8%,12%,15%,20%,25%,30% The drag brake function provides the driver a set percentage of brake when you have the transmitter resting in neutral. This will create the “feel” of a brushed motor. Drag brake are used in racing to slow a vehicle as you let off approaching a corner versus the driver having to push the brake at every corner. Try working with this to get a sense of how you might use this for your track.
begin throttle functions. Using a higher value for this setting will provide a wider Deadband. 2%,3%, 4% (Default) ,5%,6% ,10% 11. BEC Output 6.0V (Default) , 8.4V X-Car LCD Program Card X-Car LCD Program card can be used to set up all brushless ESC for RC aircraft and car produced by X-Car except Turbo SS120A. Users can choose their desired parameter at any time. LCD program Card Can be used as follows: a) Working as an individual device to set the parameters of ESC.
120A/150A ESC How to connect the LCD program card: 1. Disconnect the battery from the ESC; 2. Disconnect the signal cable of the ESC from the receiver; then plug it into the socket marked with ( ) 3. Connect the battery to the ESC and turn on the ESC. 4. X-Car Gecko /Version/Date will be displayed on the LCD screen when ESC is connected, then press any buttons “Ready to connect ESC” will be showed on the LCD Screen., this means that connection between LCD and ESC is established.
Plug the signal wire into the socket marked with( )first. Then connect an additional power (5-12V) to the socket marked with ( ). Then switch on the ESC. If the sequence is wrong, LCD will not work properly. Note3: The power supply should be lower than 12V, or the program card will be damaged.
120A/150A ESC “OK”: Save the current parameters into the ESC. If you don't press “OK” button, the customized settings will not be saved and updated into the ESC. If you just press “Menu” button, the customized settings are just saved into the program card, not into the ESC. E.g.: Firstly, enter the interface of a customized programmable item (e.g.: cut-off voltage 3.2/cell); Secondly, press “Value” button to select the parameters; At last, press “ok” button to save the parameters in the ESC.
