2 faulty new AE2 ESC's and counting....??

[forbid89]

Sorry about your bad luck with the esc's. I would skip RPP contact axial directly. Perhaps they had a bad batch of esc's.

[hEdly]

Hey guys, just thought I would chime in. I just (like on July 4) bought an AX10 Scorpion RTC. I have been doing lots of searching around just trying to understand exactly what I have and what i can do with it. I got hooked earlier this year when a guy I met had the Honcho and a scale Toyota Land cruiser.

Anyway, so I made the plunge so that I could have something to do with my 4yo boy. Basically I wanted something tough to chase him around the yard and to crawl with. This is my very first post in the crawler world.

So I started messing with the gearing just to make it a little faster. Yeah, I know it loses torque, but I only wanted to make it a little faster. So I put on a 20T spur gear. Then I though I would just try taking off the front drive shaft and see if I could get it to spin out.

Well, that didn't work but I did end up having the same issue that cogfounder had. I would jam it into forward and it would do nothing, the ESC (or maybe the receiver) would beep. The weird thing is that I was doing this on my hardwood floor, so there was little traction and the tires were slipping. It would especially happen if I put it in full revers then full forward trying to make it spin out.

I couldn't get it to spin, but it did freak out for a while (i.e. not going anywhere for a moment). Then it would start to work again.

I then took it out back and it didn't seem to happen again. Finally, I replaced the front drive shaft (since I still couldn't make it spin out). I then ran it for about 45 minute once my son got home with no further problems. Mostly I was running it at top speed with little bouts of crawling around the rock garden.

I'll keep poking around. I'm an engineer so tinkering is my trade. Looking forward to learning from you guys who have been 'round (well maybe over) the block.

Cheers,

hEdly
(AX10 RTC...stock for the most part)

[totof1965]

hi from france

just bouht 3 scx10 rtr for me and friends, and they all do the same thing as you, so i wonder if you find something about that ?

thanks

ps : just to know i got one i bought in august and he work fine

[Steele]

Hey guys, I just built an SCX10 and installed an AE-2 and I am getting the same issue. Full throttle stab and nothin! Green light is solid on ESC so it thinks it's doin full throttle, but no power to the motor. As I slowly let off the trigger it get's to about 3/4 throttle or so and the motor engages, but all jerky/twitchy and the light on the ESC flashes red.
I thought the power issue sounds like a sure fix. I am using Tamiya connector still, I will change these out. Also I haven't tried LIPO's yet (waiting for my charger to come in).

Has there been any news on this problem with the AE-2's ?
Any word from Axial?

Thanks

Steele

[cogfounder]

Don't expect much from the Axial fanboys here,
or from Axial itself. BOTH would like to pretend there is no issue at all,
with those garbage AE-2 units.

You can believe me or not, but I have 6 of them, and 4 are total trash. one is sort of "iffy",
and only one works like it should. And axial could care less/wont do anything about it all.

Axial has made SO MANY stupid choices in the last 2 years, it's like they WANT to go out of buisness!
And now what?? they sold out to HobbyCo or who TF ever??

Yeah, thats what you do when you screw up so bad that there is no way out,
you cave and sell. They should have seen that coming when those IDIOTS disco'ed the scx...................

They DISCO'ed their record setting (and selling) kits just to introduce the:

XR10: a complete and total shame of a kit, in any way you look at it.

Wraith: a kit so weak that hundreds more needs to be spent just to keep it running straight!

Dingo: with all the important parts turned into plastic, for the sake of Brand Named sponcered rims????
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!?

EXO: this buggy will NEVER class up to even a stock Traxxas Slash..

I MEAN SERIOUSLY, AXIAL!

What the hell is going on over there in your corporate headquarters!
Are you too busy blowing eachother to see the mistakes you are making
because being gay is legal now?

And now this goofy, half baked RidgeCrest POS!

I have purchased and built more than ten of the older "SCX" class kits,
and just bought a new "dingo kit" to know the differance.
I would have bought a half dozen more too, if not for the STUPID changes that
the idiots at Axial decided to make.

I will say this, I will NEVER buy another Axial anything,
untill those assholes get their heads out of their butts.

These assholes completly ruined the scaler market they RULED
untill some ****tard in the corporate head decided to disco the SCX.

OH, and they dont give a shit about your dead AE2 anymore.........

Watch and see how they try and say YOU did something wrong to it!

AXIAL CAN KISS MY ASS!

[Natedog]

Interesting and not good to have problems like this. Who here has CALLED and/or EMAILED Axial about this problem? What was Axial's exact reply?

[SMR 510RR]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Interesting and not good to have problems like this. Who here has CALLED and/or EMAILED Axial about this problem? What was Axial's exact reply?

Seriously...Its great to ask for help here but at some point if no one has any additional information for you then you have to contact the manufacturer.

I have not seen any conformation on calibrating the ESC, if you have not done this then I would highly recommend it.
Axial AE-2 ESC Set-up and Programming

If that doesnt help then there are a couple other things to try...

1. New Batteries, make sure they are capable of supplying enough amperage
2. reduce your EPA's and recalibrate, maybe there is a signal range issue going on.

[Steele]

Just an update here guys.
I finally received my Lipo charger and ran one of my 8000mah Lipo batteries in my new Dingo with the AE-2 ESC and......no problems!
I can hit full throttle anytime, reverse then hit forward and pull wheelies, it works flawlessly. Not even a sign of hesitation!

Looks like all the problems with the ESC cutting out is directly attributed to a lack of amperage being passed through the ESC.

Ran my truck for an hour and a half and still going strong, no worries.

Hope this helps anyone having the same problems.

Steele

[ridepate]

Originally Posted by cogfounder

Don't expect much from the Axial fanboys here,
or from Axial itself. BOTH would like to pretend there is no issue at all,
with those garbage AE-2 units.

You can believe me or not, but I have 6 of them, and 4 are total trash. one is sort of "iffy",
and only one works like it should. And axial could care less/wont do anything about it all.

Axial has made SO MANY stupid choices in the last 2 years, it's like they WANT to go out of buisness!
And now what?? they sold out to HobbyCo or who TF ever??

Yeah, thats what you do when you screw up so bad that there is no way out,
you cave and sell. They should have seen that coming when those IDIOTS disco'ed the scx...................

They DISCO'ed their record setting (and selling) kits just to introduce the:

XR10: a complete and total shame of a kit, in any way you look at it.

Wraith: a kit so weak that hundreds more needs to be spent just to keep it running straight!

Dingo: with all the important parts turned into plastic, for the sake of Brand Named sponcered rims????
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!?

EXO: this buggy will NEVER class up to even a stock Traxxas Slash..

I MEAN SERIOUSLY, AXIAL!

What the hell is going on over there in your corporate headquarters!
Are you too busy blowing eachother to see the mistakes you are making
because being gay is legal now?

And now this goofy, half baked RidgeCrest POS!

I have purchased and built more than ten of the older "SCX" class kits,
and just bought a new "dingo kit" to know the differance.
I would have bought a half dozen more too, if not for the STUPID changes that
the idiots at Axial decided to make.

I will say this, I will NEVER buy another Axial anything,
untill those assholes get their heads out of their butts.

These assholes completly ruined the scaler market they RULED
untill some ****tard in the corporate head decided to disco the SCX.

OH, and they dont give a shit about your dead AE2 anymore.........

Watch and see how they try and say YOU did something wrong to it!

AXIAL CAN KISS MY ASS!

Wow your level of knowledge just impresses the thong off of me.....I may need to go change.....

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Steele

Just an update here guys.
I finally received my Lipo charger and ran one of my 8000mah Lipo batteries in my new Dingo with the AE-2 ESC and......no problems!
I can hit full throttle anytime, reverse then hit forward and pull wheelies, it works flawlessly. Not even a sign of hesitation!

Looks like all the problems with the ESC cutting out is directly attributed to a lack of amperage being passed through the ESC.

Ran my truck for an hour and a half and still going strong, no worries.

Hope this helps anyone having the same problems.

Steele

Sorta sounds like either:

-you had a small mah pack with low "C" and thus could not amp the ESC enough
-you had an older pack and it had issues with high load

Thanks for the update.

PS, what connectors on your packs? If they're Tamiyas, the older ones may have failed which can give similar issues.

[Steele]

Originally Posted by Charlie-III

Sorta sounds like either:


PS, what connectors on your packs? If they're Tamiyas, the older ones may have failed which can give similar issues.

I do have the old Tamiya connectors. The connection was a little loose, so I tightened them up, but that made no difference with the old battery.
Still using the stock Tamiya connector the AE-2 comes with but my Venom Lipo's come with neat adaptars that hold very tight. I was going to change em out, but we'll see how this goes.

Steele

[crashlot2]

My SCX10 will do the same thing when the battrey starts to get low. I am running 7.2V 3600 mah.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by Steele

I do have the old Tamiya connectors. The connection was a little loose, so I tightened them up, but that made no difference with the old battery.
Still using the stock Tamiya connector the AE-2 comes with but my Venom Lipo's come with neat adaptars that hold very tight. I was going to change em out, but we'll see how this goes.

Steele

Duuuuude....to you and everybody else who actually uses Tamiya, Kyosho, or any similar POS connectors...change them to Dean's, Traxxas, CC bullet plugs, or something QUALITY!!! Seriously, you may have had a bad and/or cheapo battery pack, but the connectors are a huge issue...lose em today.

[SLC97SR5]

Any updates or solutions on this?

I am running a bone stock Ridgecrest, it has performed flawlessly for the last month. I am running old Panasonic 3000 NiMH cells. I have smoked the stock 20T motor a few times.
I purchased a field link programmer to set the lipo cut off to OFF. After a firmware update the ESC did not have the super slow crawling ability that it had before, it is now jerky on the bottom end. I attributed this to the burned up motor so I swapped in an Integy 65T for fun.
There is no change in performance. I can connect a freshly charged pack, stab the throttle and it cuts out until the throttle is backed off and reapplied.
I have verified all connections are hooked up properly, I swapped in other battery packs, and swapped to the factory 20T motor and then a 17T motor...no change.

[Duuuuuuuude]

First, ditch the old nimh packs. Lipos are cheap and 100 times better. Yes, you'll have to buy a new charger but it is worth the investment. They can be found pretty cheap as well.

Second, reflash the esc with older firmware to get your drivability back.

[SLC97SR5]

How do I reflash the ESC? I looked for an option to revert back but didn't see one. I honestly think the update is the issue.

New cells are in the future but this issue just cropped up. Prior to the update and smoked motor the older pack worked great.

[SLC97SR5]

Bump, looking for suggestions. Especially on how to flash back to the previous firmware.
Thanks!

[Duuuuuuuude]

Crap, I thought Castle had their old revisions available on their website, but I guess not, or I can't find them either.

People have reflashed to older versions before...gonna have to investigate I guess...

[SLC97SR5]

That would be great...I was hoping I was just a noob and couldn't find them.

[k7zpj]

What version are you looking for?