HOBBYWING QUICRUN WP-16BL30, WP-10BL60, WP-8BL150 brushless speed controller User Manual

User Manual of QUICRUN Series Sensorless Brushless Speed Controllers www.hobbywing.com HW-SM302DUL-20131113 Page 1 of 2

Congratulations and thanks for purchasing HOBBYWING electronic speed controller (ESC). The brushless power system for RC model can be very powerful and dangerous, so please read this manual carefully. Since we have no control over the installation,

1 Turn on the transmitter, and set application, use or maintenance of this product, in no case shall we be liable for any damages, losses or costs. Besides, we have the rights to change the design, appearance, functions and operational requirements without any notifications. parameters (of the throttle channel) like

“D/R, “EPA”, “ATL” to 100% (if there is no

LCD display on the transmitter, please

Features

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Water-proof and dust-proof for all-weather races. (Note: please uninstall the cooling fan before using this ESC in water; Clean and dry it soon after the use for avoiding the connectors get rusty.)

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External programming port, easy to connect to the Program Card when setting the ESC.

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Proportional brake with 4 steps of maximum brake force adjustment and 8 steps of drag brake force adjustment.

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9 steps of acceleration (/punch) adjustment from “soft” to “Very aggressive” to fit for different kinds of models, tires and tracks.

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Multiple protections: Low voltage cut-off protection / Over-heat protection / Throttle signal loss protection / Motor lock-up protection.

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One-button ( the “SET” button on the ESC) to set the ESC, and easy to reset all parameters to the factory default settings.

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Compatible with the optional device ---- the portable Digital LED Program Card, especially convenient for outdoor use.

Specifications

Model

Continuous Current/

Peak Current/Resistance

Motor Type Supported

Car Applicable

Motor Limit

QUICRUN-WP-16BL30

30A/180A /0.002Ω

QUICRUN-WP-10BL60

60A/360A /0.001Ω

QUICRUN-WP-8BL150

150A/950A /0.00035Ω

Sensorless Brushless Motor (compatible with sensored motor but not in sensored operating mode）

1:18 & 1:16

On-road/Off-road/Buggy/Monster

For 2S Lipo or 6 cells NiMH:

3) On-road: 2435-size or smaller motor with the KV<8000

4) Off-road/Buggy/Monster:

2435-size or smaller motor with the KV<5000

For 3S Lipo or 9 cells NiMH:

1) On-road: 2435-size or smaller motor with the KV<5500

2) Off-road/Buggy/Monster:

1:10 On-road/Off-road/Buggy/Monster

For 2S Lipo or 6 cells NiMH:

1) On-road: 3656-size or smaller motor with the KV<6000

2) Off-road/Buggy/Monster:

3656-size or smaller motor with the KV<4000

For 3S Lipo or 9 cells NiMH:

1)

2)

On-road: 3656-size or smaller motor with the KV<4000

Off-road/Buggy/Monster:

1:8 Buggy/Monster

For 4S Lipo or 12 cells

NiMH:

4274-size or smaller motor with the KV<3000

For 6S Lipo or 18 cells

NiMH:

4274-size or smaller motor with the KV<2400 adjust the corresponding knob to its limit).

Set the throttle trim to 0 (if there is no display, then adjust the knob to the neutral position). For FUTABA

TM

and similar transmitters, set the throttle direction to

“REV”, while the throttle direction of others to “NOR”. Please disable the built-in ABS brake function in your transmitter.

2 Hold the SET button while sliding the switch to the ON position, and then release the “SET” button the moment when the Red LED starts to blink. (If you don’t release the SET button in 3 seconds, the ESC will enter the program mode, in such a case, please switch off the ESC and re-calibrate the throttle range again from Step 1.)

Refer to the picture on the left side.

3 Set the 3 points according to pictures on the left side.

► The neutral point

► The end point of the forward direction

► The end point of the backward/brake direction

When the process of calibration is finished, the

2435-size or smaller motor with the KV<3500.

3656-size or smaller motor with the KV<3000. motor can be started after 3 seconds

Battery 4-9 Cells NiMH, 2-3S Lipo 4-9 Cells NiMH, 2-3S Lipo 9-18 Cells NiMH, 3-6S Lipo

BEC Output 6V/1A (Linear Mode) 6V/2A (Linear Mode) 6V/3A (Switch Mode)

Dimensions/Weight 36(L)*28(W)*16(H) / 38g 48.5(L)*38(W)*32(H) / 90g 59.5(L)*48(W)*42(H) / 178g

External Program Port

Working voltage of Fan

Step 2: Set the Throttle Range

Not Available

No cooling fan

Begin to Use a New Brushless ESC

Attention! This brushless system is powerful and dangerous, for the safety of your own and those people around you, please turn on the ESC while keeping all the wheels in the air.

Step 1: Wiring

Connect the ESC, receiver, servo, battery and motor according to the wiring diagram, recheck all the connections before getting into to the next step (If the rotation direction is reversed, please swap any two wire connections of the motor).

Note1: In order to make sure the ESC fits the throttle range of your transmitter, you must calibrate it when begin to use a new ESC, or a used transmitter if some of its settings have been changed, like the Throttle Trim, D/R, EPA or other parameters. Otherwise, the ESC cannot work properly. Besides, we strongly recommend users to enable the

“failsafe” function of the transmitter, set the “F/S” of the throttle channel to the Shutdown mode or set the protection value to the neutral position, so the car can be stopped if the receiver fails to get the radio signals from the transmitter. Please calibrate the throttle range according to the following steps.

Available

From battery directly without regulating

The stock fan can work with 2S and 3S

Lipo

Available

From BEC (6V)

Step 3: Check the LED Status in Normal Running

1) In general, if the throttle stick is in the neutral range, neither the Red LED nor the Green LED lights.

2) The red LED solidly lights when the car is running forward or backward and it will blink quickly when the car is braking.

3) The Green LED solidly lights when the throttle stick is located at the top point of the forward zone (that means full throttle is applied).

Explanation for the Beep Sound

In normal case, when the ESC is switched on, the motor will emit several “Beep” tones to express the cell count of the battery pack. For example, “Beep-Beep-” means 2S LiPo, “Beep-Beep-Beep-” means 3S LiPo, “Beep-Beep-Beep- Beep-” means 4S LiPo.

Troubleshooting

Trouble(s)

Turn on the switch, no LED lights up, and neither the motor nor fan works.

After power on, motor doesn’t work but emits “beep-beep-, beep-beep-

” alert tone. (there’s 1 second pause between 2

“beep-beep-”).

After power on, the Red LED turns solid red but the motor doesn’t work.

The car runs backwards when accelerating forward on radio.

The car suddenly slows down, then stops about 15 seconds later.

The motor stutters, and cannot start up.

The vehicle can go forward but cannot reverse.

Possible Causes

No battery voltage is input to the ESC.

The switch of the ESC is damaged

The voltage of the battery pack is not in the normal range, it’s too high or too low.

The throttle signal wire is oppositely inserted or into the incorrect channel.

Solution(s)

Check the connections between the battery and the ESC, re-solder the connectors if needed.

Change the switch.

Check the voltage of the battery pack.

Plug the signal wire (Rx lead) correctly into the throttle channel (usually Channel #2) of the receiver.

The wire connections between the ESC and the motor need to be changed.

Low voltage cutoff protection (Red LED blinks)

Overheat protection (Green LED blinks)

The connections between motor and

ESC are not reliable.

The ESC is damaged (some MOSFETs

Swap any two wire connections between the ESC and the motor.

Check the battery voltage. If still has some capacity, lower the cut-off threshold voltage; if not, replace a new battery.

Wait several minutes to cool the ESC. Increase the gear ratio or the T number (Turns) of the motor.

Check all the solder joints and ensure they are well soldered. Check connectors.

Contact the distributor for after-sales service. are burnt）.

The throttle neutral point drifts to the brake area.

Calibrate the throttle neutral point again to ensure that no

LED lights when the throttle stick is at the neutral position.

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Programmable Items

（Italics in forms below denote the default values）

8 Throttle Neutral Range: Please refer to the picture at the lower left corner to adjust the neutral range.

Form 1: Parameter List of QUICRUN-WP16BL30 and QUICRUN-WP10BL60:

Programmable Items

1. Running Mode Note 2

2. Drag Brake Force

3. Low Voltage Cutoff

4. Start Mode (Punch)

5. Max. Brake Force

6. Max. Reverse Force

7. Initial Brake Force

Option 1

Fwd/Br

0%

Disable

Level 1

25%

25% drag brake force

Option 2

Fwd/Rev/Br

5%

2.6V/Cell

Level 2

50%

50%

0%

Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Option 6 Option 7 Option 8 Option 9

Fwd/Rev

10%

Level 3

75%

75%

20%

20%

100%

40%

40%

2.8V/Cell 3.0V/Cell 3.2V/Cell 3.4V/Cell

Level 4

100%

Level 5

Disable

60%

Level 6

80%

Level 7

100%

Level 8 Level 9

9 Timing: This function can be used to fine-tune the output power of the motor, the bigger the timing, the faster the motor runs or the larger output power of the motor. As the Boost Timing technology has been introduced into this ESC, so under the sensored mode, adjust the ESC timing can greatly increase the motor RPM. Therefore, please remember to enlarge the gear ratio of the chassis and carefully check temperatures of the motor and the ESC after increasing the timing.

10 Over-Heat Protection: If this function is activated, the output power will be cut off when the temperature is higher than the factory-preset value for 5 seconds. When the protection happens, the

Green LED will flash in such a way “☆－, ☆－, ☆－”.

11 Motor Rotation: Face to the motor shaft (that means the endbell of the motor is far from your face), and move the throttle stick to forward zone. If this programmable item is set to “CCW”, the shaft runs counter-clockwise; if it is set to “CW”, the shaft runs clockwise.

12 Cell Count: We strongly suggest you set the “Cell Count” manually instead of using the “Auto-identification” mode.

8. Throttle Range

9. Timing

6%(Narrow)

0.00 deg

9%(Normal) 12%(Wide)

3.75 deg

Form 2：Parameter List of QUICRUN-WP-8BL150：

7.50 deg 11.25 deg 15.00 deg 18.75 deg 22.50 deg 26.25 deg

Reset All Items To Default Values

At any time when the throttle is located in neutral zone (except in the throttle calibration or parameters program process), press and hold the

“SET” key for over 3 seconds, the red LED and green LED will flash simultaneously , which means each programmable item has be reset to its default value.

Programmable Items Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5 Option 6 Option 7 Option 8 Option 9

Program the ESC

1. Running Mode Note 2 Fwd/Br Fwd/Rev/Br Fwd/Rev

2. Drag Brake Force

3. Low Voltage Cutoff

0%

Disable

5%

2.6V/Cell

10%

2.8V/Cell

20% 40% 60%

3.0V/Cell 3.2V/Cell 3.4V/Cell

80% 100%

1. Program the ESC with the SET

Button

4. Start Mode (Punch) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9

5. Max. Brake Force

6. Max. Reverse Force

7. Initial Brake Force

8. Throttle Range

9. Timing

10. Overheat Protection

11. Motor Rotation

12.Cell Count Note 3

25%

25% drag brake force

6%(Narrow)

0 deg

Enable

CCW

Auto-identification

50%

50%

0%

9%(Normal)

3.75 deg

Disable

CW

2S LiPo

75%

75%

20%

12%(Wide)

7.5 deg

3S LiPo

100%

100%

40%

11.25 deg

4S LiPo

Disable

15 deg 18.75 deg 22.5 deg 26.25 deg

5S LiPo 6S LiPo

Note 2: Fwd=Forward, Rev=Reverse, Brk=Brake

Note 3: When set to the

“Auto-identification” mode, the battery pack can only be identified as 2S, 4S and 6S Lipo. Because the normal voltage of each LiPo cell varies from 2.6V to 4.2V, it’s not easy to correctly calculate the cell count of a discharged LiPo battery pack.

Therefore, we strongly suggest you set the

“LiPo Cells” manually.

Explanation of Each Programmable Item

1 Running Mode: With

“Forward with Brake” mode, the car can go forward and brake, but cannot go backward, this mode is suitable for competition; “Forward/Reverse with Brake” mode provides backward function, which is suitable for daily training.

Note: “Forward/Reverse with Brake” mode uses “Double-click” method to make the car go backward. When you move the throttle stick from forward zone to backward zone for the first time (The 1 st “click”), the ESC begins to brake the motor, the motor speeds down but it is still running, not completely stopped, so the backward action is NOT happened immediately. When the throttle stick is nd moved to the backward zone again (The 2

“click”), if the motor speed is slowed down to zero, then the backward action will happen.

The “Double-Click” method can prevent mistakenly reversing action when the brake function is frequently used in steering. By the way, in the process of braking or reversing, if the throttle stick is moved to forward zone, the motor will run forward at once.

“Forward/Reverse” mode uses “single-click” method to make the car reverse. When moving the throttle stick from neutral zone to backward zone, the vehicle reverses immediately, so this mode is usually used in rock crawling.

2 Drag Brake Force：Set the amount of drag brake applied at neutral throttle to simulate the slight braking effect of a neutral brushed motor while coasting.

3 Low Voltage Cut-Off: The function mainly prevents the Lipo battery from over discharging. The ESC detects the battery voltage at any time, if the voltage is lower than the threshold for 2 seconds, the output power will be reduced 70%, after 15 seconds the output power will be completely shut off and the red LED flashes in such a way:

“☆-☆-, ☆-☆-, ☆-☆-”. Please stop your car at the track side as soon as possible to avoid obstructing other racing cars.

Note 4: For NiMH battery, if the voltage of the whole NiMH battery pack is higher than 9.0V, it will be considered as a 3 cells Lipo battery pack; If it is lower than 9.0V, it will be considered as a 2 cells Lipo battery pack. For example, if a NiMH battery pack is 8.0V, and the threshold is set to 2.6V/Cell, so it will be considered as a 2 cells Lipo battery pack, and the low-voltage cut-off threshold for this NiMH battery pack is 2.6x2=5.2V.

4 Start Mode (Also called “Punch” or “Acceleration”): Level 1 has very soft start acceleration, while level 9 has very quick start acceleration. From Level 1 to Level 9, the start force is increasing. If you choose “Level 7” to “Level 9”, you should use good quality battery with powerful discharge ability, otherwise you cannot get the burst start effect as you want. If the motor cannot run smoothly (the motor is cogging), sometimes it is caused by the weak discharge ability, please use a better battery or increase the gear ratio.

5 Maximum Brake Force: The ESC provides proportional brake function. The brake force is related to the position of the throttle stick. Maximum brake force refers to the force when the throttle stick is located at the top point of the backward zone. A very large brake force can shorten the brake time, but it may damage the gears.

6 Maximum Reverse Force: Sets how much power will be applied in the reverse direction.

7 Initial Brake Force: It is also called

“minimum brake force”, which refers to the force when the throttle stick is located at the initial position of the backward zone. The default value is equal to the drag brake force, so

Note 5:

► In the programming process, the motor will emit “Beep” tone while the LED is flashing.

► If the “N” is bigger than the number “5”, we use a long time flash and long “Beep—” tone to represent “5”, so it is easy to identify the items of the big number.

For example, if the LED flashes as the following:

“A long time flash + 1 short time flash” (Motor sounds “B—B”)

= the No. 6 item

“A long time flash + 2 short time flash” (Motor sounds “B—BB”)

= the No. 7 item

“A long time flash + 3 short time flash” (Motor sounds

“B—BBB”) = the No. 8 item, and so on.

2. Set the ESC by the Program Card

The Program Card is optional equipment which needs to be purchased separately. It has 3 digital LEDs to display the programmable items’ number and the options’ number.

(Please refer to the user manual of the program card for detail info)

Note 6: The QUICRUN-WP10BL60 and QUICRUN-WP8BL150 can only be connected to the program card via the external programming port.