Sidewinder 8th Drivers Ed Guide

Make sure you change the Motor type setting to “Brushed High Power” in the ESC before using

a brushed motor. Connect all three of the ESC motor wires to the negative (-) side of the motor.

You can either use a “Y” harness from the ESC battery input positive wire to connect to both the

battery and the positive side of the motor, or use a single wire from the positive ESC input to

the positive battery pole and then continue to the positive (+) side of the motor.

RADIO CONNECTION

Your Castle ESC plugs into the throttle channel of your receiver. This is usually channel 2. Your

Castle ESC provides 5 – 8 volts to the receiver to power the receiver and the steering servo. No

separate receiver battery is needed to power the radio system. Some servos can draw more

current than the onboard BEC can handle and will require an external BEC or receiver pack.

Castle ESC receiver plugs are made to be used with any current receiver, but you will need to

make sure the polarity is correct when plugging into the receiver. The signal wire is orange, the

positive wire is red, and the negative is brown. Some radio systems use white for signal, red