ESC power cycling.

[JPWSRC]

Ran my Bigrock last Saturday at the soccer field for about 5 min tops. Hit a couple of jumps and did a short burst up and down the field until it tumbled and died...sort of.
I noticed I lost response from the transmitter almost immediately. Figured the battery must've come loose. When I walked up to it, I could hear the fans cycling on and off. The ESC will flash once then turn off, then on repeatedly until I switched it off. I thought the battery was bad ( acquired used) , but I was wrong. Same battery worked fine in my Typhon. I tired a second battery with no luck.
Was thinking a broken wire but that doesn't seem to be the issue either.
I tried a search and found one topic on power cycling. Didn't see a clear answer in that old thread so I figured I ask here.

Is this a sign that my ESC is toast or is there something else that's causing the ESC to cycle like it is.

 

[Senton_Prime]

I have never encountered this problem on here.. so u might be a first!!

 

[Senton_Prime]

I was gonna ask what light comes on and how many times it blinks but if its cycling then we won't know.. u try to factory reset it!?

 

[oops]

Try disconnecting both the receiver and the motor and see if it still does it. I think the ESCs shutdown if they detect excess load being drawn from the BEC, so a faulty receiver or servo might cause this.

 

[JPWSRC]

I have never encountered this problem on here.. so u might be a first!!

There have been a couple of occasions where this seems to be my cloud.
I've lost one receiver on my first build and on my used Typhon spektrum assembled a servo backwards.

Try disconnecting both the receiver and the motor and see if it still does it. I think the ESCs shutdown if they detect excess load being drawn from the BEC, so a faulty receiver or servo might cause this.

Been working 12 hr shifts for the last few days, so I didn't have time to check deeper.
Here's a preliminary:
-Motor disconnected, no change.
-Receiver and motor disconnected, power remains, but of course a constant red light burst ( no signal to rec).
- Servo removed from receiver w/ Thr input in; motor or not, connected it powers up fine.
-Reinstalled the OE S651 servo onto the receiver, and everything functions as it should.

Bottom line; the servo is causing this problem.
Well, that's a new one on me, this is the Amazon cheapo 25 kg full metal servo I upgraded to.
Thanks for the assist "Oops". <- wait a sec, did you do this on purpose.

Hope this helps someone else down. The road.

 

[Senton_Prime]

Easy fix.. id loose those the adapters though, like yesterday!!

 

[JPWSRC]

Easy fix.. id loose those the adapters though, like yesterday!!

Thanks, wasnt sure if my thinking was right. I just grabbed this one for bench testing. I acquired two used batteries with my used Typhon, and am planning on swapping the Dean's for IC5's.

 

[oops]

Glad it's sorted. I discovered that they did this when I accidentally shorted the BEC on mine when fiddling with my light controller the other day

I'd whip the case off the servo and see if it's anything obvious. If it happened after an impact, it could just be a loose wire and an easy fix. Also worth checking for a short between servo wires with a multimeter.