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03-16-2011, 08:46 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: United States
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ok so this is the second time its happened to me, but here it goes. I take the scx out in mud, the esc is supposed to be waterproof, and now i am beginning to have doubts, but i have it out, and after i clean it up with a rag it sits on my shelf next time i get it out, everything works until i try reverse. i have done all i can to clean the chip the best i could, with no results am i past the point of no return, or is there a possibility of me fixing this problem??
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03-16-2011, 08:48 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Jct.
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Could you maybe tell us what esc you are using?  |
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03-16-2011, 08:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tasmania
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What sort of ESC is it? When you try to reverse, does the indicator light show reverse, or brake? What I am getting at is does the ESC have a revers lock out mode? Most non crawler specific speedies have reverse lock out. It's settings might be slipping. Also, if it has exposed heat sinks, is something bridging the forward and reverse heat sinks? |
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03-16-2011, 09:09 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: United States
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well both were diff,, one was the stock axial ax-1 esc no lockout, and the other was a duratrax 16t mod esc it tries to reverse, but never moves and actually starts smoking so that one is toast, but the other one might have hope?
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03-16-2011, 09:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Did you waterproof the esc? I don't know about the duratrax esc but I know the AE-1 is not waterproof unless you did it yourself.
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03-16-2011, 10:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: United States
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for the most part yes but i have a feeling it wasnt enough is there no hope if it wasnt?
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03-17-2011, 10:15 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madrid, IA
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likely they are toast since all it takes when trying to waterproof is miss just a bit and water will find its way in. i would suggest buying an esc waterproofed from factory (traxass xl5, lrp runner)
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03-17-2011, 06:40 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: United States
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yeah thats my plan im thinkin of goin with the xl5
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03-17-2011, 08:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 920 Valley of the Fox
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