My rotor won't spool up - rotorflight/rotorflight GitHub Wiki

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Governor mode = MODE1 or MODE2 and the main motor does not run.

  1. Check the motor runs in motor override. (NO) it may be a connection issue.
  • Confirm the wiring and signal is correct.
  • Check the battery
  1. In override the Motor spools but does not display RPM in override (No RPM Feedback)
  • If using D-shot is bi-directional mode selected?
  • If bi-directional selected is the ESC BLHELI_32 OR BLHELI_S with Bluejay firmware? Blheli_S-to-Bluejay

  1. Governor mode = Passthrough the motor is able to spool up.

  2. Arming. Has an Arm switch been configured? See Configure Arm Mode

  3. Arm disable flags. List of Arming prevention flags -4kHz puts the system load low. No load arm disable flag. -calibrated. No calib alarm disable.

Is the ESC PWM? Calibration of endpoints needed. (needs a page to describe this)

battery ADC working correctly (MODE2)