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Post by turbolark on Sept 13, 2008 22:46:21 GMT -5
My Slash was stock. I installed a Spektrum Dx3.0 with a sr3001 receiver into it. All was fine, although it seemed to be lacking top end power.
So, I swapped in my Castle 5700 brushless with the Sidewinder esc. Car moved out great, but when i turned I lost control of the car. No steering response at all, then it was back. Turn again, control lost, then back. Pulled the body off of it and messed with it at my feet. When I turn(most of the time), the light on the receiver goes out, then comes back in just a couple seconds. I can hold the throttle wide open and all is great, until i turn the wheels, then nothing.
I swapped in another receiver and it still does it. I have checked and rechecked all connections and they all feel solid.
Any ideas? Servo causing a problem maybe?
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Post by Rob #28 on Sept 14, 2008 6:40:49 GMT -5
My Slash was stock. I installed a Spektrum Dx3.0 with a sr3001 receiver into it. All was fine, although it seemed to be lacking top end power. So, I swapped in my Castle 5700 brushless with the Sidewinder esc. Car moved out great, but when i turned I lost control of the car. No steering response at all, then it was back. Turn again, control lost, then back. Pulled the body off of it and messed with it at my feet. When I turn(most of the time), the light on the receiver goes out, then comes back in just a couple seconds. I can hold the throttle wide open and all is great, until i turn the wheels, then nothing. I swapped in another receiver and it still does it. I have checked and rechecked all connections and they all feel solid. Any ideas? Servo causing a problem maybe? Wow can't say I have ever heard of that issue before. I guess I would plug in a different servo and see if it still does it. You don't have to install it, just plug it in and try it. If it still does it, then maybe try a receiver pack to test the BEC system of the esc, maybe its not sending enough power to the rx, and the strain of the servo is pulling more amps then its sending to it? That's where I would start anyways since you already tried another rx. |
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Post by turbolark on Sept 14, 2008 8:02:03 GMT -5
My Slash was stock. I installed a Spektrum Dx3.0 with a sr3001 receiver into it. All was fine, although it seemed to be lacking top end power. So, I swapped in my Castle 5700 brushless with the Sidewinder esc. Car moved out great, but when i turned I lost control of the car. No steering response at all, then it was back. Turn again, control lost, then back. Pulled the body off of it and messed with it at my feet. When I turn(most of the time), the light on the receiver goes out, then comes back in just a couple seconds. I can hold the throttle wide open and all is great, until i turn the wheels, then nothing. I swapped in another receiver and it still does it. I have checked and rechecked all connections and they all feel solid. Any ideas? Servo causing a problem maybe? Wow can't say I have ever heard of that issue before. I guess I would plug in a different servo and see if it still does it. You don't have to install it, just plug it in and try it. If it still does it, then maybe try a receiver pack to test the BEC system of the esc, maybe its not sending enough power to the rx, and the strain of the servo is pulling more amps then its sending to it? That's where I would start anyways since you already tried another rx. Is the receiver pack the 4 AA battery pack that comes with the radio gear? |
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Post by Rob #28 on Sept 14, 2008 8:06:41 GMT -5
Yep.
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Post by rocketrob40 on Sept 14, 2008 10:19:05 GMT -5
My Slash was stock. I installed a Spektrum Dx3.0 with a sr3001 receiver into it. All was fine, although it seemed to be lacking top end power. So, I swapped in my Castle 5700 brushless with the Sidewinder esc. Car moved out great, but when i turned I lost control of the car. No steering response at all, then it was back. Turn again, control lost, then back. Pulled the body off of it and messed with it at my feet. When I turn(most of the time), the light on the receiver goes out, then comes back in just a couple seconds. I can hold the throttle wide open and all is great, until i turn the wheels, then nothing. I swapped in another receiver and it still does it. I have checked and rechecked all connections and they all feel solid. Any ideas? Servo causing a problem maybe? Wow can't say I have ever heard of that issue before. I guess I would plug in a different servo and see if it still does it. You don't have to install it, just plug it in and try it. If it still does it, then maybe try a receiver pack to test the BEC system of the esc, maybe its not sending enough power to the rx, and the strain of the servo is pulling more amps then its sending to it? That's where I would start anyways since you already tried another rx. Yeah, it sounds like a servo issue. But that's kinda the deal with RCs, all you can do is one by one tried different components until you're able to pinpoint what's wrong or what piece went bad. |
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Post by william on Sept 14, 2008 17:21:52 GMT -5
sounds like you could use a nice electrolytic capacitor on the reciever. This helps prevents voltage drops, and also helpss prevent glitches. Back in the old days racers HAD to use these as BEC power was low and battery technology was fair at best. One of those nice metal can like capacitors you see on some racers rides, and NOKAK used to sell 1 for glitch prevention.
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Post by turbolark on Sept 25, 2008 11:00:08 GMT -5
Update :
Installed a new receiver..same problem. Installed a new steering servos(Hitec)..same problem. Threw truck across the room..same problem.
Guess I'll try a Gltch buster and see how that works.
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Post by Rob #28 on Sept 25, 2008 13:35:40 GMT -5
Does it do it with the stock XL5 esc?
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Post by turbolark on Sept 25, 2008 15:38:44 GMT -5
Does it do it with the stock XL5 esc? With the stock esc and motor is does NOT do it. I'm finding that it may be the Sidewinder esc that is causing the problem. need to call Castle and see what they have to saw. |
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Post by Rob #28 on Sept 25, 2008 19:16:11 GMT -5
Sounds like you have it all figured out.
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Post by chiefmasterbeast on Sept 25, 2008 19:34:15 GMT -5
Any powerlines or cell phone towes where your running it? could be some outside interference. I was having a couple problems like thqt yesterday. i was close to a radio tower, or what looked like one anyway, and the truck would be sluggish to go and the turning would be a little off. but when i moved further away from it, it handled and drove fine.
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Post by infrontofyou on Sept 26, 2008 11:47:02 GMT -5
Sounds like a internal bec issue with the ESC, Sidewinders have had a problem with that. Call Castle Creations & explain the issue. I have 3 of them & had one with issues & they had it back to me within 6 days,NO CHARGE!
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Post by turbolark on Sept 26, 2008 11:49:57 GMT -5
Sounds like a internal bec issue with the ESC, Sidewinders have had a problem with that. Call Castle Creations & explain the issue. I have 3 of them & had one with issues & they had it back to me within 6 days,NO CHARGE! I just got off the phone with Castle. They know of the problem, but have not been able to solve it on their end. He said that it is a problem between the ESC and Spektrum receivers. Only fix apparently is a capacitor, so off to the LHS to get one today. |
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infrontofyou
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Post by infrontofyou on Sept 26, 2008 21:15:29 GMT -5
Funny?? I don't run Spektrum, I run Nomadio & they had me send it in & got it back problem free. Hope the Capacitor does it for you.!!
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