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06-16-2010, 01:07 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: BFE
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|  Why does my servo quit working?
My steering servo will quit working and I have to shut the crawler off and turn it back on to get it working again. Any ideas would be appreciated. Sorry for the Stupid question.....Its my first day!  |
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06-16-2010, 06:43 AM
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well let me see is it a axail scoripion and did you and weights in the front tires and now it stops steering and the throtel stops when you get it under a binde. that was what mine was doing so i just replaced the servo with a stronger one like hitec mg-645 let me know if yours is doing the same larry |
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06-16-2010, 06:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Any info on your setup? My guess would be that you are running a 3S lipo and your servo quits working when you get the motor(s) in a bind, correct? If so, then it sounds like you need an external BEC. |
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06-16-2010, 07:53 AM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near D.C. (Centreville)
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More setup info would be helpful, but I agree with JeremyH, I had the same symptoms and a Castle Creations External BEC took care of the issue.
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06-16-2010, 06:41 PM
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My bad on the no info. It is an ax10 and the servo is a Hi-tec HSR-5980SG. If any other info would help let me know. Sorry for being such a NOOB!
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06-16-2010, 06:43 PM
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Also, it does this even when just driving on flat ground. Not just when its under a load.
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06-16-2010, 06:53 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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we still dont know enough about your rig to help you,,,what esc? what battery? do you have a bec? is the bec in the esc or is it external like a Castle Creations BEC?
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06-16-2010, 08:47 PM
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The battery is a 7.2v Nimh 3600 mah. The Motor and esc are the Novak Goat 2S. Again sorry for the lack of info, This is my first RC vehicle. Still trying to figure out what is what. Thanks in advance for all your help.
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06-16-2010, 08:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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disconnect the steering linkage from your servo and just steer the servo itself,,with absolutely no load on it,,if it doesnt do the shut down thing then it might be in your esc or your radio,,try what i said and let us know. also check the servo to see if gets hot or very warm.... check all the settings on your esc for running nimh batteries and the radio settings too,,if the radio is the kind that requires binding like a Spektrum then rebind it and try again Last edited by rmdesignworks; 06-16-2010 at 09:04 PM. |
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06-16-2010, 09:07 PM
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