Hi All,
Just a quick update and a couple more newb queries.
Stormbringer was right on the money! The low voltage cut out on the ESC was kicking in, due to the new NIMH battery voltage dropping REAL fast! Do they do that when they're new? Fresh battery and it was back to normal.
However when I was working on the car I noticed that the motor wires were crossed over- red to black and black to red. I swapped them round but it didn't make the difference I assumed it would. If it was a straight DC motor it should now run backwards when the throttle is forward, but it didn't. I am missing something? I am missing something? I read up on ESC’s but it was difficult to find any real info on brushed set ups. It’s all about brushless now it seems…
This leads me to my second question. The steering and throttle switches on the Transmitter both have to be reversed for the truck to run "normally"- ie clockwise steer right and backwards trigger to forward motor. Is this normal with the Etronix Pulse setup? The problem being that set up this way the brake function only works of the reverse.
Lastly, how long should the car run on a fresh charged (8.2v) 5000mah battery? And when the charge starts to drop, will it affect the transmitter range. Low volt cut off is disabled. I'm getting about 5- 8 minutes before I start getting jerky throttle and poor steering response. And this is just in my back garden so maximum 15m range.
TIA in advance.
Simon