noddy2

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when forward reverse delay is set on my speed control ,i have no failsafe .
ie .It goes into full reverse if signal is lost.

in another vehicle ,where the motor runs the other direction,ie reversed,
it goes to full forward .

is this a common problem with other brands of speed control .

ovalracer1m

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You need to rebind to your radio and setup your esc correctly. Nothing wrong with the esc. The system is not seeing where neutral when signal is lost because of how it was setup... Setup your endpoints, rebind at neutral, re-do the 1 touch setup procedure and you should be good to go after that.

noddy2

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thanks for youre repply oval racer .
i just went through all the bind process again ,but no joy.
looking for my batt bind plug to try rebind the spectrum dx3r to 3100 rec,and see if that fixes it .Have reset the potetiometres ,and made sure everythings zero ,but no joy
...

SeberiusOne

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The RX8 goes to neutral when it loses the signal from the receiver, I believe. The first thing I would check is if your receiver has its own failsafe. You will need to set that if it does.

I had a similar issue when I upgraded my radio system. After a race I turned off the radio before the car, and after about a second it went to full throttle. I suspected the RX8 not being properly trained to the new system at first, but it was fine. I finally realized my receiver had a its own failsafe, which was currently setup for a reversed servo (the RX8 will only learn the endpoints when the throttle servo direction is normal). This caused the receiver to send reversed full brakes to the RX8, which it interpreted as full throttle. A quick look at the manual and 10 seconds of setup and my failsafe works fine now.

ETA: I just looked at the receiver's manual, and it does have a failsafe. It is programmed during the bind process though (Spektrums are weird ).

noddy2

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thank you suberious 1
its starting to make sense now.
+1 spectrums are a bit wierd.
ile do re-bind & take it from there
regards noddy2

yep thats it ,reciever failsafe position was steering straight ahead ,and 1/2 brake .My usual set-up for nitro.
Did the rebind as you sugested ie leave throttle position at neutral during bind ,and alls well.
ps my friend runs reverse motor direction like you ,and it takes off flat out forward.So thanks from him also.
regards Noddy2