Help! Drone motors 2 & 3 in wrong direction, not possible to switch using Betaflight. USB defective, any way to access ESC Configurator using WiFI connection? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by Nikls94@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Basically the title. Betaflight works using WiFi, but the motor direction change does not apply. Any way to connect it to the ESC Configurator? Maybe is there a Bluetooth or USB thing I can wire to the FC?

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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Maybe a dumb suggestion, but physically switch the positive and negative wires on the motors?

[-] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is the answer.

If it's a DC whoop style motor, switch them.

If it's a BLDC with the standard three wires, just swap two of them, pick any two and swap them.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Switch the two outer wires from the motor to the ESC around and leave the middle one as it is.

[-] swicano@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

Have you tried using the betaflight CLI to set the motor direction? Do other changes you try to make persist in betaflight?

[-] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yes other changes persist! I’m giving this a go, if it won’t work I’ll reverse the two outer wires of the motors.

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

You sure the props are on right?

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