Originally Posted by
mushroomed
What battery are you using? The traxxas ESC has a mode for lipo and one for nimh. If you have it set to Lipo cutoff but are using a nimh battery then it won't work properly. The opposite can cause damage to your battery if you run it too long. Did you run a single lipo battery for an hour?
Check the calibration too as mentioned above.
The Hobbywing EZRun MAX10 Combo is available with a 3300kv motor and would be a decent budget replacement, like the Traxxas it is a sensorless system so won't be as smooth at low speed as the more expensive sensored systems.
I am using a 4 cell lipo and I have gone through everything possible. My buddy brought his ESC over and we installed it and it works perfect. When I put my ESC back in same issue. So it is definitely the ESC has gone bad. Are there other ESC units compatible with the VXL Traxxas motor I have? All I need is a new ESC but I don't want to go with Traxxas again and risk getting another dud.