rinconchuck
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- Arrma RC's
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Looking for advice. I purchased as christmas gifts a total of 8 Granite/Fazon Voltage 2wd cars this last christmas for grand children.
Everyone of them has displayed the same problem. They run with full batteries for about 3 minutes and then stop. The steering still works and upon inspection, the ESC led is blinking as if it is a depleted battery problem. However, the batteries are not depleted. Switching the ESC-Receiver off/on will return it to working condition for about 45 sec to 1 minute. I can take the battery (Nimh 3000mah) into my trusty old Associated RC 10 and that car takes off. The heat sink on the ESC does not even seem warm.
I bought these from Horizon Hobbies through Amazon.com. Has anybody any insight as to what might be going on, other than defective ESC's? Since these cars are located in 3 different states, it is going to be a real pain to have to collect them and send them all in.
In addition, we had one catch on fire with the Lion batteries, which made a nice mess and made me get Nimh batteries and upgraded chargers for all the kids. The car that had the fire still works, but the battery compartment is melted and will never see a Lion battery again. I have also had to replace Outdrive cones on transmissions.
I got these because there seemed to pretty good reviews on them, but unless I can find solution for these problems, I am going to be really sorry that I bought them.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
Everyone of them has displayed the same problem. They run with full batteries for about 3 minutes and then stop. The steering still works and upon inspection, the ESC led is blinking as if it is a depleted battery problem. However, the batteries are not depleted. Switching the ESC-Receiver off/on will return it to working condition for about 45 sec to 1 minute. I can take the battery (Nimh 3000mah) into my trusty old Associated RC 10 and that car takes off. The heat sink on the ESC does not even seem warm.
I bought these from Horizon Hobbies through Amazon.com. Has anybody any insight as to what might be going on, other than defective ESC's? Since these cars are located in 3 different states, it is going to be a real pain to have to collect them and send them all in.
In addition, we had one catch on fire with the Lion batteries, which made a nice mess and made me get Nimh batteries and upgraded chargers for all the kids. The car that had the fire still works, but the battery compartment is melted and will never see a Lion battery again. I have also had to replace Outdrive cones on transmissions.
I got these because there seemed to pretty good reviews on them, but unless I can find solution for these problems, I am going to be really sorry that I bought them.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!