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Old 12-30-2017, 01:05 PM
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Today, trying to figure out a problem of a steering issue of the servo, I tried to connect the servo of the other car on my main car's ESC. That time I loose connection of the one car and when I try to turn on the other, I loose that one too.

First car is the stock HPI sprint 2 and the problem I have is that the ESC's led won't stop blinking while I got no control over the speed or steering. I followed the binding process again. Looks like I'm bound but nothing is happening.
Tx: TF-40
Rx: RF-40WP
ESC: SC-3sWP2

Second car is the Kyosho TF-5, on this one I can control the steering but not the throttle...
Tx: Flysky fs GT2G
Rx: FS-A3
ESC: Robitronic Speed 2 Star speed control

It's been hours I am trying to bring them back to life, searching on the internet, watching videos but no luck. I wish you can help me find a solution because I am really sad loosing both cars like that...
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Old 12-30-2017, 01:12 PM
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on 1st car check servo and bec on esc.. ..if you have 4 AA try that as a bec don't forget to remove center wire on esc..


on 2nd recalibrate esc to radio..try that or switch rx on that car..
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Are these the cars you tried to use your FPV on? As you were inquiring in your previous post?
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Do you have the servo and ESC wires plugged into the receiver correctly? Steering servo into channel 1 and ESC into channel 2?
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Yes the cables are set correctly. The receiver ports give 5v so I guess the becs are all right? How do I calibrate any of these? They got no buttons and I can't find any info on this...These are the cars I want to FPV but haven't tried it yet.
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Go to the Manufacturers Web site and download the manuals, there should be all the info you need to reset / setup your radio, esc and servo.
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After reading the manual and getting some help I finally fixed the HPI. Now I am working on the Kyosho which has the Robitronic Speedstar 2 (automatic setup version without setup button) ESC which appears theres no manual for it, and the flysky fs-gt2g which has no manual available either.

So I did the binding proccess again and it looks like I am getting signal only on channel 1 which is the steering. The ESC also works on channel 1 and I can throttle or reverse with the wheel so I guess the ESC is fine. On channel 2 is dead but gives volts to the servo and channel 3...

What can this mean?
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After reading the manual and getting some help I finally fixed the HPI. Now I am working on the Kyosho which has the Robitronic Speedstar 2 (automatic setup version without setup button) ESC which appears theres no manual for it, and the flysky fs-gt2g which has no manual available either.

So I did the binding proccess again and it looks like I am getting signal only on channel 1 which is the steering. The ESC also works on channel 1 and I can throttle or reverse with the wheel so I guess the ESC is fine. On channel 2 is dead but gives volts to the servo and channel 3...

What can this mean?
Sounds like a blown receiver.

The manual for the GT2B is available online if you just look.

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The Flysky radio is I believe a dual output transmitter. Both FHSS but different protocol's. One is ADHS and the other is AD something else. I could be wrong with the designations but there are two separate protocol's. Make sure you are on the correct one. There is a Flysky sub forum. Check it out.
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Originally Posted by SteveM
Sounds like a blown receiver.

The manual for the GT2B is available online if you just look. Here is a copy I found this morning;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mIx...ew?usp=sharing
The GT2B is not the same but yes I finally bound it again and the Channel 2 still has voltage but ESC leds are off and it is not working either...
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Originally Posted by Bob Corey
and the flysky fs-gt2g which has no manual available either.


What can this mean?
Did you even try? Type flysky fs gt2e manual into Google ...... 9810 results
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Originally Posted by belewis01
Did you even try? Type flysky fs gt2e manual into Google ...... 9810 results
You're now the second person in this thread to quote a different model number than what the OP has.
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Try to set channel 2 (throttle) to REVerse signal on your transmitter. Or when already in REVerse, set to NORmal direction.
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Originally Posted by gigaplex
You're now the second person in this thread to quote a different model number than what the OP has.
Sorry, you are right - with the correct number there was only 13,800,000 results
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Originally Posted by Govert
Try to set channel 2 (throttle) to REVerse signal on your transmitter. Or when already in REVerse, set to NORmal direction.
My first thought also. I'm betting this fixes it.
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