Originally Posted by
Randy_Pike
Make sure you do a factory reset on the unit. All it would take is for you to choose a brushed motor type by accident and it would do just this.
I did that. Twice actually. When I have it plugged in via the Hotwire the motor selection is correct. I also tried changing the firmware version to see if that made any difference. I just hooked my Gen 1 RX 8 up to the same motor and receiver and it works fine.