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10-01-2012, 11:16 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rainy Pacific NW
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|  Throttle stuck wide open
Took the scaler to the park yesterday and as I was doing a hill climb the throttle stuck wide open. I was happy my daughter was standing there and it ran in to her and she was able to shut the switch off. It didn't seem to have any steering either. What causes this? The battery was fresh off the charger and I was maybe 6 feet away from it. Could the batteries in the controller be going bad? I unplugged everything and reconnected it and it hasn't happened since. But I've only ran it a couple times testing it out. I'm just worried it's going to take off on me and I won't have someone standing there to stop it next time lol lol. Specs: Tekken FX-R and Axial AR-3 receiver. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. |
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10-01-2012, 11:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: Throttle stuck wide open
By controller I believe you mean the transmitter? If so than yes, the TX batteries could be low and causing the issue. I would check each cell in the TX, it may be all are bad/used up, or 1 or more that have failed/are failing. This is why some radios have a "fail safe", when the RX loses a signal, it can be set to shut off the ESC.   |
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10-01-2012, 12:06 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rainy Pacific NW
Posts: 43
| Re: Throttle stuck wide open
Yeah I meant transmitter. Sorry man I'm very new to all of this. I just purchased a fail safe last night. If my daughter wouldn't have been standing there all I would have left is pieces of the scaler. We were on a huge hill and that thing wanted to GO! lol lol. I'll replace the batteries and go hit the trails again. Thanks Charlie!! You guys are always a ton of help on here. I appreciate it.
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10-01-2012, 06:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: Throttle stuck wide open
No problem, lots of peeps here glad to help. Either we did it ourselves, or we read it happen to someone else.  Glad it wasn't worse. Soooo.....what crawler are you buying your daughter since she saved yours??!!  |
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10-02-2012, 07:31 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rainy Pacific NW
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| Re: Throttle stuck wide open Quote:
Thanks again Charlie! | |
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10-04-2012, 08:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Anchorage
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I had this happening when my rx batt was too low
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10-05-2012, 07:25 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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| Re: Throttle stuck wide open Quote:
Or, do you mean "TX" battery? | |
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