| |
09-26-2011, 07:28 PM
| #1 |
| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: honolulu, hawaii
Posts: 58
|  power loss to servo
im looseing power to my servo while on throttle. I run a rooster crawler esc with a 12t titan and a futaba 3pl tx/rx. Buy the end of the day the servo fried. Any help
|
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
09-26-2011, 07:33 PM
| #2 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
Posts: 8,314
|
What battery (chemistry & cell count)? Do you have a BEC to power the servo? What servo?? |
|
| |
|
09-26-2011, 07:34 PM
| #3 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gaffney
Posts: 284
|
Sounds like you need an external BEC to me. I had the same problems, installed my BEC and that went away. I along with about everybody else uses the castle creations BEC.
|
|
| |
|
09-26-2011, 09:25 PM
| #4 | |
| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: honolulu, hawaii
Posts: 58
| Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
09-26-2011, 09:47 PM
| #5 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Geneva, MN
Posts: 175
|
BEC should help, maybe
|
|
| |
|
09-26-2011, 09:54 PM
| #6 |
| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Francisco
Posts: 2,236
|
Bec...
|
|
| |
|
09-26-2011, 10:13 PM
| #7 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sandy Oregon
Posts: 517
|
Castle 10A BEC, all your servo power problems are solved...about $25
|
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 12:04 AM
| #8 |
| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: honolulu, hawaii
Posts: 58
|
Mahalo(thnx) all the way from hawaii. ALOHA
|
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 09:29 AM
| #9 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Madrid, IA
Posts: 2,015
|
a bec is always a good thing to have and will fix alot of problems, but then why did the servo fry? my bet is there is some binding in the steering or the epas were set to high
|
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 10:18 AM
| #10 | |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
Posts: 8,314
| Quote:
Egg Cheese????  Hmmm....lunchtime..... As to frying the servo, I vote the EPA's are not set up correctly and you are overdriving the servo (which can also pull the voltage down & create RX issues). | |
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 11:13 AM
| #11 | |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Peace and Quiet
Posts: 193
| Quote:
and thats Funny as hell! OH also, buy a better servo! Savox's are cheaper, but the should hold up if your limited on $$$. | |
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 11:32 AM
| #12 | |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
Posts: 8,314
| Quote:
BTW, I was in Fargo ~1 month ago working at a customer site (a long way from home in NJ). | |
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 04:27 PM
| #13 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Seneca
Posts: 770
|
I had the same problem with that esc, even with a bec it was a pain to try and comp with it. Having it steer straight out of no where while going for a gate got old really quick.
Last edited by mindless; 09-28-2011 at 07:40 PM. Reason: bad engrish |
|
| |
|
09-27-2011, 05:19 PM
| #14 | |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
Posts: 8,314
| Quote:
I say leave the RX out of it, go direct. BTW, correct punctuation is free on most sites......  | |
|
| |
|
09-28-2011, 07:14 PM
| #15 |
| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: honolulu, hawaii
Posts: 58
|
Got a 645mg hs servo and a cc bec. Ran it to day and it does the same thing. Power loss to the servo. Was doing good four about half the batt. Pack. Wat the f.
|
|
| |
|
09-28-2011, 07:37 PM
| #16 | |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Seneca
Posts: 770
| Quote:
 I just tried to read what i wrote and got no where lol. But anyways i wired it directly, for what ever reason it wouldnt work though the rx. After burning up 3 becs in a week i swapped for a sidewinder and havent had an issue. The rooster just got buggy after a while couldnt tell you why.
| |
|
| |
 |
| |
Linear Mode
