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younggun56 · 10-18-2011, 02:39 PM

Hey guys,
Not sure if this is the right place but I recently bought a Savage XS Flux overall an awesome truck, but I only ran two packs through it

, go to run it again and I can only steer

so I`m assuming its a bad ESC....Not really sure fairly new to RC any help is appreciated!! Thanks

johnnyh66 · 10-18-2011, 02:40 PM

Have you checked all the solder points on the motor wires?

R/CMaxximus5.0 · 10-19-2011, 05:17 AM

Time to invest in a volt meter...

Make sure you are getting power to the motor from the ESC. Also what batteries are you using?

Charlie-III · 10-19-2011, 06:19 AM

Did you try to recalibrate the ESC to the RX? It's an easy thing to try and costs nothing.
If you don't have one, get a digital voltmeter (AKA DVM) to check voltages. Radio Shack has some nice ones that are small and cost ~$20.

R/CMaxximus5.0 · 10-19-2011, 11:01 AM

even a el-cheapo DVM from Harbor Freight is OK, I keep one in my tool box.
My good DVM stays @ home in the shop. Anything is better than nothing...

burtonkidd · 10-23-2011, 07:18 PM

I had the same thing happen to me. Power to the wheels but not the motor.
I remember my buddy saying a while back that the switches go bad and so i cut the switch off left about 1/4" of the wire, stripped the two pig tailed them soldered them and now what that did was jump the switch, so when the esc makes contact with the lipos it will turn on and to turn it off unplugg the lipos.

10-18-2011, 02:39 PM	#1
younggun56 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lockport Posts: 2	Savage XS Flux maybe bad ESC???? HELP!!! Hey guys, Not sure if this is the right place but I recently bought a Savage XS Flux overall an awesome truck, but I only ran two packs through it , go to run it again and I can only steer so I`m assuming its a bad ESC....Not really sure fairly new to RC any help is appreciated!! Thanks

10-18-2011, 02:40 PM	#2
johnnyh66 Scale Detail Engineering Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 5,573	Have you checked all the solder points on the motor wires?

10-19-2011, 05:17 AM	#3
R/CMaxximus5.0 Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 920 Valley of the Fox Posts: 768	Time to invest in a volt meter... Make sure you are getting power to the motor from the ESC. Also what batteries are you using?

10-19-2011, 06:19 AM	#4
Charlie-III I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA Posts: 8,314	Did you try to recalibrate the ESC to the RX? It's an easy thing to try and costs nothing. If you don't have one, get a digital voltmeter (AKA DVM) to check voltages. Radio Shack has some nice ones that are small and cost ~$20.

10-19-2011, 11:01 AM	#5
R/CMaxximus5.0 Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 920 Valley of the Fox Posts: 768	even a el-cheapo DVM from Harbor Freight is OK, I keep one in my tool box. My good DVM stays @ home in the shop. Anything is better than nothing...

10-23-2011, 07:18 PM	#6
burtonkidd Newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hamilton ON Canada Posts: 38	I had the same thing happen to me. Power to the wheels but not the motor. I remember my buddy saying a while back that the switches go bad and so i cut the switch off left about 1/4" of the wire, stripped the two pig tailed them soldered them and now what that did was jump the switch, so when the esc makes contact with the lipos it will turn on and to turn it off unplugg the lipos.

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