Originally Posted by
kingofcool999
Having problems w/my TLR SCTE 2.0
I was having what I thought were brown-outs. Anywhere from 2-4 minutes into a 5 or 6 minute race, I would start having issues. The truck would just basically stop. No go, no steering. Usually after heavy braking into a corner and then attempting to accelerate out of a corner. After a second or two it would start again w/o intervention.
I was using a cheaper Savox servo (SC0251MG). Added a glitch buster cap, no help. Went to a better servo (Savox SC1258TG), no difference.
Just for kicks, I removed the fan that was on my motor (Novak 4.5t 550). No difference.
Thought maybe my ESC (Novak Havok Pro) was having issues, went to my spare, no difference.
Thought maybe my receiver (Spektrum SR301) was having issues, went to my spare, no difference.
I'm back to thinking it's the ESC. I check the temps on it after having issues, but it's always in the middle of the 'acceptable operating range'. I'm kinda at a loss now. I don't have a spare motor to try, nor do I have another battery to try (using a new SPC 6500 mAh, 65c).
Anyone got any ideas?
I have a similar problem but not quite as bad and it's also not repeatable. It seems to happen randomly during the mains on a full drivers stand with my Tamiya M-05. On some race days it's fine and on others I get lots of problems. I get a combination of power loss and glitching where the steering just won't work like they way I want it to and I end up crashing all over the place. When my car stops moving with loss of power it will usually get going all by itself again after 5-10 seconds.
I'm using an Airtronics M11 radio with the Spektrum module so I tried replacing the receiver and still had the same problem from time to time. I tried using a Futaba, Hitec and finally a Savox steering servo and still had the same problem. The only conclusion i can come to is that the problem is with the ESC on my Orca Spark brushless system. I never had this problem when I was racing with a silver can motor. The weird thing is I use the same Savox servo and Spektrum receiver on my touring car and I never get these issues.