Rc4wd Outcry esc

[THE CRAWLER KING]

Ok so I bought it used but according to the guy I bought it from he ran it for a couple of hours to make sure it worked. But when I turn on my Tx and then plug the battery into the esc as soon as I plug it in it starts running and I have no control over it not even when I hit the gas or brakes it won't speed up or slow down, and I've tried 3 different Tx and Rx I'm using regular AM Tx and Rx by the way, with Radioshack nimh batteries and a Dewalt {(it doesn't have capacitators on it though) is this the problem?}18 volt motor. Thanks for any help that is given. "thumbsup"

 

[Charlie-III]

Does the ESC have a "one push setup" on it to set the ESC to the TX? If so, did you do the setup?

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

Does the ESC have a "one push setup" on it to set the ESC to the TX? If so, did you do the setup?

No it doesn't have one.

 

[j19bill]

Ok so I bought it used but according to the guy I bought it from he ran it for a couple of hours to make sure it worked. But when I turn on my Tx and then plug the battery into the esc as soon as I plug it in it starts running and I have no control over it not even when I hit the gas or brakes it won't speed up or slow down, and I've tried 3 different Tx and Rx I'm using regular AM Tx and Rx by the way, with Radioshack nimh batteries and a Dewalt {(it doesn't have capacitators on it though) is this the problem?}18 volt motor. Thanks for any help that is given. "thumbsup"

The fan and servo will come on when you plug up the battery because of the BEC. However it should have a on/off switch that must be turned on before it will power the motors.

 

[dynamaxxed]

like j19bill said, when i plug my battery in the fan and servo are activated because of the bec, but the motors do not work until I cut my switch on. Works great like that

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

like j19bill said, when i plug my battery in the fan and servo are activated because of the bec, but the motors do not work until I cut my switch on. Works great like that

Mine doesn't have a fan and it doesn't have an external bec.

 

[j19bill]

Mine doesn't have a fan and it doesn't have an external bec.

Well that probably your problem. I don't think the RC4WD esc's have a built in BEC to power the RX and servo. If thats the case then you need to get a external BEC.
You might want to e-mail RC4WD and find out.

 

[killswitch]

Is this the ESC you have? http://store.rc4wd.com/Outcry-Crawler-Speed-Controller-with-TurboBEC_p_666.html

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

Is this the ESC you have? http://store.rc4wd.com/Outcry-Crawler-Speed-Controller-with-TurboBEC_p_666.html

Yes except it doesn't have the external bec and it is encased with purple plastic like the rest of the esc where the the motor/battery wires come out of the esc. I'm just angry that nothing I have seems to work right.

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

Anybody else?

 

[j19bill]

Well that probably your problem. I don't think the RC4WD esc's have a built in BEC to power the RX and servo. If thats the case then you need to get a external BEC.
You might want to e-mail RC4WD and find out.

^ um you do not have a BEC

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

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^ um you do not have a BEC

Ok thanks man. But the guy before me had used it and it worked fine.

 

[92LILREDYJ]

I would contact him, maybe he forgot to send you the bec.

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

I forgot to mention the guy before me was using LIPO is that the problem or is it the bec?

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

I forgot to mention the guy before me was using LIPO is that the problem or is it the bec?

Anybody?

 

[ax-10 crazy]

Anybody?

Lipo or nimh it doesn't matter as it has no programming options. I had one and I would say it is defiantly because you don't have a bec that you are experiencing these problems. Your reciever is not getting power which is causing it to do uncontrollable things.

Hope this helps"thumbsup"

 

[THE CRAWLER KING]

Lipo or nimh it doesn't matter as it has no programming options. I had one and I would say it is defiantly because you don't have a bec that you are experiencing these problems. Your reciever is not getting power which is causing it to do uncontrollable things.

Hope this helps"thumbsup"

Ok thanks man. Gonna get a Castle Creations bec.

 

[reden]

Yes except it doesn't have the external bec and it is encased with purple plastic like the rest of the esc where the the motor/battery wires come out of the esc. I'm just angry that nothing I have seems to work right.

Other brands also use the same casing and basic circuit board.
Yours propably is not from RC4WD.
Look at the HSP crawler thread under "General"
You will see the same ESC there.
One major difference is the RC4WD one has a additional component on the outside screwed on to the heat sink.
Mine from Nanda looks simmilar, has a built in BEC but the switch wiring is a lot thinner than Outcry version.

 

[discgolferlee]

the guy who you bought it from probably was running a castle BEC and just didn't mention it. is he a member on here ?? where did you by it?? ebay??

 

[rick700raptor]

Anybody else?

Yes I just bought one, the brand new combo ESC and motor. It came with no instructions and like you said no set up button nothing.
I installed it, it has an attached/enclosed 3 amp BEC, the fan came on and the servo worked fine, but it had NO reverse at all and forward and on and of, no modulation sometimes it would run and sometimes not, when it did it was on all the way and jerky, then nothing. It would try to run for a second, a noise and a quick surge, then nothing again.

The ESC wires are also to short and the switch wires are to short.

Trying to get info out of RC4wd was very frustrating. They wouldn't tell me anything, they did say send it back and they would send me a another one.
I did Not want to waste anymore of my time, I think they are just junk. I bought mine new from Teamgonads on e bay. They told me they would refund my $109.00 but not the initial shipping and I had to pay the return shipping.

I asked him before I bought if he had any problems with these ,but he told me no. They weren't to happy about the return, very short with me.

Oh during the brief period when it did run off and on there was no drag brake either.

I would recommend staying clear of these things, to anyone, like you I am angry at spending money on new equipment that does not work, very frustrating, waste time, money and still waiting to get my money back to find something that actually works.