Testing motors

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The best way to test the direction and order of motors is to perform the motor test in the Mission Planner application.

Mission planner wiki

Instructions

1

Connect to the flight controller using Mission Planner

2

In Mission Planner, go to Setup/Optional hardware/Motor test

Mission planner motor test dialog

3

Set Throttle to more than 5%

(50 is the default setting for Dead Zone in ESC)

4

Test individual motors with Test motor A - Test motor D buttons