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No the transmitter will either work or it won't. You could try changing anyway. Check all the connections/wires that they're properly joined together with no damage. Make sure the plugs are properly seated in the receiver and in the correct channel (ONE for turn and TWO for burn.) Make sure there's nothing physically stopping the motor turning. Debris, seized gesarbox etc. Re-calibrate the ESC. If you don't have a manual YouTube will probably tell you how. If that fails - Do you have another ESC to check the motor or another motor to check the ESC?

Battery low? Is it on a LiPo? If so the LVC may be cutting in.

Hi WE use a few Flysky FS-GT3C controllers. Loadsa options and features and you can store several sets of parameters for each car such as a 100%, 50% and 25% throttle settings. Rechargeable - which is great. No more scrabbling around for AAs just before you head out and if little hands switch them on in the car and run them flat (happened today) you can charge with a phone plug. THey also come with two sizes of rubber grip included for smaller hands. Not that durable - the aerial is a bit flimsy but for around £30 c/w a receiver they're good value. Spare receivers are a fiver. Come in silver, black or orange. The FS-GT3B is similar but non rechargeable. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flysky-FS-GT3C-2-4G-3CH-Radio-Remote-Control-LCD-RC-Transmitter-Receiver-UK/202650719240?epid=12021602690&hash=item2f2eec9408:g:6HEAAOSwh8hcrhtR

Hi Brian. First port of call would be to recalibrate the ESC. If you don't have the instructions they're on the Traxxas website or there's a video here : It's the same for the EVX-2. Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

My 6yr old has been driving for a couple of years now. He handles a 6S Kraton reasonably well. He had a lot of time driving slower cars or on 3/4S with the throttle dialled down. Kids pick it up amazingly quickly if you let them get on with it and just spend time hands on. He prefers RC cars to any screen based entertainment. Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

My first car was a Traxxas Rustler 2WD off Ebay. £80 or so. 3yrs on, it's still going strong. Sold some bits that came with it, bought an alloy chassis and parts off Ebay then sold them off for a 100% profit and picked up a Traxxas brushless power system for peanuts. Sold the brushed ESC and motor. Added LiPos and ProLine Trenchers. Despite having bigger, better cars now - it's still my favourite. Breaks very little. Easy to fix. Fun to drive. Still owes me less than £100

I had similar issues and did try the paper method, which does work. Ultimately though, it's best done by feel. Fit them together tightly with no play and turn the gears to feel what tight spots feel like. Then loosen a bit so you can feel a tiny bit of play when you "rock" the gears back and forward. Turn the gears again and feel for any tight spots as you go. If there are any, loosen the gears a bit and turn again. If there are none, tighten the mesh a bit until you encounter tight spots and then just loosen off fractionally to get in the zone. It may sound a bit convoluted but it's simple once you've done it a few times. You might also need to change the pitch if your gearing if you're stripping teeth. My Rustler kept stripping spurs until I went up to 32P gearing. No failures since. Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk

Banggood are fine. You just have to wait a few weeks for stuff. Stuff like ZD works ok until you have to get spares. The FTX Vantage is the same as the Vandal so all the parts are interchangeable and readily available in the UK and pretty cheap too. Which is good as the Vandal breaks easily IME. Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk

That's what I thought too but the FS-GT5 runs off only 4 AA batteries and the manual states "AA batteries >4.4V, 2S lithium battery >7.4V" so 5.22V is fine. You could fit a small 2S LiPo with a JST connector which would give a higher voltage but AFAIK 2.4Ghz radios have a regulated voltage so nothing changes until the supply voltage drops below the capability of the regulator and then all signals cease. I suppose the Lipo would give longer run time than the AAs and only need recharging at greater intervals.

How is the Rx aerial on the car setup? It should be orientated the same way as in the controller - vertical. My Rustler did a similar thing for a while but mounting the aerial properly and sticking it up vertically improved things dramatically. Try it in a big open area away from sources of interference too, if possible.

For that video to be any good we need a shot of your injured face too! 🤣

Nice one!

Hobbyking - the UK warehouse coz they won't ship LiPos from HK. Run it on the NiMH first. It'll give you a chance to get used to driving it and still be fun. Then you'll be even more impressed by the amazing performance when you switch to LiPos. Not to mention the superior run times too. The only downside is the TRaxxas ESCs have those proprietry Traxxas connectors so you'll either have to solder on different connectors or run an adapter unless you buy Traxxas batteries - which would be dumb as they're somewhat overpriced.

These are the ones: https://www.modelsport.co.uk/arrowmax-power-tool-tip-cased-set-4-pcs;-1-5-2-0-2-5-3-0mm/rc-car-products/367332 I've had them for about a year. Used them to totally rebuild a few cars. Saves a bunch of time. As long as you use a reasonably low torque driver and are gentle with them they seemed to have held up well enough. If anything is really tight I'll back it off with a hand held driver first then use the power tip. There are better, more expensive, sets from other brands which you could abuse more I guess.....

Hey some of that Rotel kit goes for good money on eBay - especially the power amps. I still use a Rotel pre/power set up from the early 90s.

That Slash would be a pretty cool truck to start with. On those Traxxas ESCs you can put them in training mode where they run at 50% power - ideal for kids. It's a brushed system so easier to maintain and pretty bombroof - plus you'll be going slower when you crash! You can gradually upgrade it by switching to LiPos first and then adding a VXL brushless system for fairly insane performance on 3S. The good thing about upgrading Traxxas stuff is that you can easily sell off the old bits on eBay so the brushed systems and radio gear always recoup a bit of money against your upgrade parts. Slash parts and upgrades are virtually infinite too. There's a wealth of knowledge out there also. You could look here first http://traxxasslashrage.net/

BY chance there's a bloke in Nottingham selling a RTR Slash with batteries. It looks like new too. £190 and it's been on for 9 days so you might get him down to nearer your £150 budget. https://www.gumtree.com/p/hobbies-collectibles/traxxas-slash-ready-to-race-rc-/1343291637

I understand what you say about the building not being important and you just want to play right away BUT you will break stuff and you will have to fix it so if you build your first car you'll automatically have an understanding of how to fix it. The Wltoys stuff is OK but you will have to wait for parts and some of them have those combined esc/receiver things that make replacing or upgrading a Pita too. The FTX Carnage or Vantage are a good bet if a little fragile. Personally I started with a used Traxxas Rustler for £80. Tough. Simple. Easy to fix. Loads of spares. Easy to upgrade. Now it's a weapon on 3s LiPo and Brushless and still hardly ever breaks. I still reckon building a tamiya kit would pay the most dividend over time though... Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

Yeah but that's generally referring to a MAXIMUM of 1A per 1000mAh. As you say it'll take longer but no harm done.

Yeah there's no easy answer. Sorry. I've been running an RC Car club at our primary school this year so I understand your persepctive. We built up a Quanum Vandal / FTX Vantage and also got a couple of WLToys A979s. The kids have also been working on most of my cars (E-Maxx, Rustler, Kraton) and sometimes driving them but on reduced power settings. What have I learned? Kids can break anything. Anytime. Some of the kids are actually brilliant at fixing stuff too although they're between 8-12 so a bit more mature than your lot. The A979s have stood up reasonably well with few breakages - mainly shocks and the long screws that hold the castor blocks. My 4yr old is actually pretty good and quite restrained with RC cars now but that's been with lots of 1:1 coaching and massively reduced power settings. I can't imagine trying to control a bunch of 5yr olds. It's like trying to herd cats! The things that have worked well for me: Set up a course of cones. Just a simple oval. Using the B979s - Have the kids drive, one at a time, and try and do a set number of laps (2-3) and time each of them. Add in a 5 second penalty for each cone they hit. They soon learn that driving under control gets a better time than mashing the throttle. Crawlers. I got a couple of Maverick Scouts on eBay. (£50 -55 each). They can't do more than about 3mph. We set up little courses or even just lay the kids down in a line and drive over them. Absolutely no breakages (once I'd put on alloy servo horns). They still learn the basics but it's all a bit more manageable. So that's it - no easy answer. I can't see any way of having lots of 5yr olds racing half a dozen cars that aren't gonna break unless you spend a bunch of cash on higher end stuff then dial down the power on them. THe other way is to get the parents to pay in to a fund to buy and fix all the cars.

[emoji38][emoji38][emoji38] If everybody did that there'd be nobody here! Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

So add that to the £500 and keep counting! (In fact no - never add up what you spend on RC. Ever.) Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

Awesome! That was quick! Sent from my S55 using Tapatalk

Some people don't like to spend a large wad on a used RC car - no matter how well priced the package. However, people will buy parts. If you split it all up and sell the various parts on eBay you'll end up with more money than selling as a whole. I don't know where else it's advertised but put it on eBay, Gumtree and Facebook marketplace to widen your potential customer base. You will also get a lot more clowns wasting your time too, however. Postage isn't so hard these days. ParcelMonkey or InterParcel make it easy to find the best option and sending LiPos isn't an issue - that's just Royal Mail. It's not even that pricey to ship to most of Europe so when you list on eBay you can offer European shipping. Ultimately though, if something doesn't sell for a long time then the price is TOO high.........