Possible dead NIMH pack?
Early this year I bought my kids a 1/10th Losi Desert Storm and a 4200mah battery pack made up of Intellect cells. About 6 weeks ago it appeared the motor died while my 7 year old was doing circles in low-cut grass. The ESC would rapidly blink when trying to apply throttle. I borrowed a motor from a friend and that one didn't work either. So I bought a new LRP AI ESC, recharged the battery and everything appeared to work fine. I turned it off and proceeded to put on the body. Unfortunately it wouldn't work again after turning on the power.
After some trial and error I've found that it will only run when the battery has been freshly topped off. Even a slight drain (200mah) will cause it to stop working. I did a complete discharge/charge cycle last night and found that the battery took almost 4900mah after being discharged to 1.0v.
Does this fit the m.o. of a dead cell?