SkyRC Short Course User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

For best results clean the bottom of the speed control and chassis. Peel off the cover on one
side of the doubled-sided tape, and stick to the bottom of the speed control. Peel off other
side and stick the ESC to the chassis.

You may use the mounting plate(included) to fix the ESC to the chassis.

53mm

45.4mm

120

DAY S

14

+Yr

BRUSHLESS ESC FOR SHORT COURSE

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing TORO, Short Course(SC), high performance
brushless motor electronic speed control. The TORO SC,brushless ESC represents a latest
technologies, providing all the features and robust design qualities.

SAFETY NOTE

WARNING: This is an extremely powerful brushless motor system. We strongly

recommend removing your pinion gear for your own safety and the safety of those around you
before performing calibration and programming functions with this system. Please keep your
hands, hair, cloth, clear from the gear train and wheels of an armed high performance system.

WATER & ELECTRONICS DON'T MIX!

Never allow water, moisture, or other foreign materials to get inside ESC, motor, or on the
PC Boards. Water damage will void the warranty!

NO REVERSE VOLTAGE!

Reverse battery polarity can damage ESC & void warranty. Disconnect battery immediately
if a reverse connection occurs.

DISCONNECT BATTERIES WHEN NOT IN USE

Always disconnect the battery pack from the speed control when not in use to avoid short
circuits and possible fire hazard.

2 - 4 LI-PO CELLS ONLY

Never use fewer than 2 or more than 4 LIPO cells in the vehicle's main battery pack. The
TORO SC handles up to 4S LIPO input (16.8 Volts MAX).

TRANSMITTER ON FIRST

Turn on the transmitter first THEN turn on the speed control.

INSULATE WIRES

Always insulate exposed wiring with heat shrink tubing or electrical tape to prevent short
circuits, which can damage ESC.

SHORT COURSE OR SMALLER

The TORO SC is intended for4x4 Short Course or Smaller.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

1)Plan Speed Control Placement
Choose a location for the speed control that is protected from debris. To prevent radio

interference place the speed control as far away from the radio receiver as possible
and keep the power wires as short as possible.

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Use a small piece of double-sided tape on the ON/OFF switch.

2)Solde ring
TIPS & TRICKS: Place the speed control upright and use double sided tape to secure it
to the bench. Doing so provides a stable work area and allows easy access to the solder
posts.

Attaching Wires to the Spe ed Cont rol:

Red wires are usually used to connect the speed control to
the positive battery terminal.
Black wire is typically used for the battery negative terminal.
Inspect the housing on the speed control next to each post
or refer to the diagrams to determine which color wire to
attach to each post.

Strip back the insulation of the wire by about 2.4mm to 3.2mm (3/32 to 1/8 and "pre-tin"
the wire by heating the end and applying solder until it is thoroughly covered.
CAUTION: Be very careful not to splash yourself with hot solder.

Place the tip of the iron in the notch on top of the post and apply a small amount of solder to
the post. When the solder has flowed, remove the soldering iron, wipe the tip clean and
apply a small amount of fresh solder to it.

Pre-Heat both the wire and the post.

Hold the wire so the tinned end is in contact with the notch of the post. Now touch the iron
tip to the wire and the post. Wait about 4 seconds for the solder to flow, and then remove the
iron while still holding the wire. You may let go of the wire after a second or two when the
solder sets.

Same techniques described in the preceding section may be used to solder the wires to the
battery or to battery connectors.

IMPORTANT: Take precautions if removing factory battery connectors. Connecting the

battery backwards will cause damage, and will void warranty. When soldering connectors to
a battery pack, cut only one wire of the battery pack at a time to ensure that the exposed
wires cannot short together.

HINT: If you are using connectors for both the battery and the motor, make sure that they
are not the same or that you have a male and a female attached to the speed control wires.
That way, you cannot accidentally connect the battery to the motor wires or vice versa.

Make sure that the connector ends will be mated together correctly, male to female, and that
the wire colors match red to red and black to black.

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Prolonged/excessive heating of solder post (motor or ESC) will damage PCB.
Note: Make sure no wire strands have strayed to an adjacent solder post, this will result in
short-circuiting & severe ESC damage, which will void the warranty.

CONNECTIONS

Brushless Motor Wiring

Connect the blue, yellow and orange motor wires to the motor. There is no polarity on the
three ESC-to-motor wires, so do not worry about how you connect them initially. You may find
it necessary to swap two wires if the motor runs in reverse.

To Batt -

To Batt +

How to Calibra te ESC

ESC switch OFF.
Tur n on the Tra nsmitter.
Hold full thro ttle on your transm itter a nd turn the ESC's swi tch ON.
Keep holding f ull throttle on the t ransm itter. The ESC will flash es
LED and ring the i nitialization tones.
Wai t 2 secon ds
Green LED blin ks rapidly and the motor wil l rings 1 second indi cating
full throttl e measured.

Red LED blinks w hiles beeping, indicat ing it's time to push f ull
brake. Move th rottle trigger to f ull bra ke and wait few secon ds,
the ESC will bli nk red LED and rings 1 second in dicating full bra ke
measure.

Orange LED bli nks whiles beeping, indi cating it's time fo r neutral.
Relax trigge r to neutral (cente r). The ESC fl ash the orange LED
rapidly to acc ept the neutral pos ition .

ESC rings 1 seco nd indicating neutral po sition measure.

Status LED(Multi Color)

Forward: Green
Reverse: Red
Stand By: Orange

Fan / Program
Connector

Switch
On/Off

Fan

To Receiver
Channel 2 (Throttle)

Power Capacitor

Heat Sink

ESC/TRANSMITER CALIBRATION

IMPORTANT NOTE : Calibration is ne cessa ry for the first use of t he ESC, or whenever
used with a new/ differen t transmitter.

For users with a F utaba Transmitte r, you mus t reverse the throt tle channel signa l on
your transmi tter. Please refer t o your Fu taba instructio ns.

Individual t ransmitter's si gnals f or full throttle, f ull brake and neutr al vary. You must
calibrate yo ur ESC so that it will op erate m ore effectively with y ou tran smitter.

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After calibr ation ESC will ring s 1 secon d indicating that i t is armed.

From this point on, when you connect batteries and turn on the switch, the ESC will give the
initialization tone and flash, and the arming tone will ring second or two later. If the ESC is
programmed for the Auto-Lipo setting, it will beep the number of cells in you Lipo pack
between the initialization tones and the arming tones. After the arming tone plays, the ESC
will ACTIVE and will respond to the throttle application.

ESC PROGRAMMING

1)Programming Card(Optional Part)
Programming Card allows you to modify the most commonly used settings in your TORO SC

controller all at the touch of a single button. No computer needed. Simply disconnect the Fan
lead from ESC and connect program lead form program card to ESC’s program connector.
Power the programming card as described below. Press and release button to move
between settings. Press and hold button to change the value for that setting. All the settings
will show on the programming card at once. Can't get any easier!

Battery

Fan / Program
Connector

To Receiver
Channel 2 (Throttle)

Program Lead

(Servo wire)