Drjt
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I used to love Arrma... now I'm having trouble with every model... I should say with the spectrum components in 3 new models... first the vorteks steering servo, then the outcast servo and radio, now the mojave servo and esc... all within a few packs of running...
It's getting so ridiculous that my gassers seem easier to keep running! And some cheap Chinese junk I bought is running fine with no problems! I wanted to trash all my Arrmas last night in a bonfire after this happened:
Last night running the 3rd pack through my mojave on 6s, at the end of the run, driving the car back to the house nice and slow, the wheels suddenly turned to the right and froze there... also the car suddenly stopped responding to the radio... I carried it in and undid the servo horn... the servo is locked up and can't be moved... steering linkages are all fine...
And the esc doesn't turn on anymore either... a slight smell emanates from it, the red "on" button lights up, but no beeping sounds or fan... esc is just dead...
It's so frustrating... and the very first run, it suffered my second ever runaway for an electric vehicle... it took off screaming and smashed into a curb... broke the front suspension hingepin and brace...
Same thing happened a few months ago with the Outcast 8s on the second run... ran away and hit a park garbage can (of course the plastics are so inferior that it shattered lower arm, upper arm, and steering links, unlike the mojave who's plastics are nearly invincible and the metal parts broke instead)...
So I've stopped using the spectrum radios... Now I'm feeling like the esc's and servos are trash as well... very disappointing... got back into the hobby last year... spent a bunch of money on some awesome vehicles... I'm thrilled to be back... but I'm really questioning buying any rtr's from Arrma anymore bc of the electronics failures I'm experiencing...
Anyone else having similar experiences? Am I just unlucky? Does a servo locking up like a brick and an esc simultaneously frying even make sense?
Thanks for any and all your help... I'm trying to decide if I should give up on spectrum and not even bother with the warranty replacement... if not, what esc is recommended?
Dr J
It's getting so ridiculous that my gassers seem easier to keep running! And some cheap Chinese junk I bought is running fine with no problems! I wanted to trash all my Arrmas last night in a bonfire after this happened:
Last night running the 3rd pack through my mojave on 6s, at the end of the run, driving the car back to the house nice and slow, the wheels suddenly turned to the right and froze there... also the car suddenly stopped responding to the radio... I carried it in and undid the servo horn... the servo is locked up and can't be moved... steering linkages are all fine...
And the esc doesn't turn on anymore either... a slight smell emanates from it, the red "on" button lights up, but no beeping sounds or fan... esc is just dead...
It's so frustrating... and the very first run, it suffered my second ever runaway for an electric vehicle... it took off screaming and smashed into a curb... broke the front suspension hingepin and brace...
Same thing happened a few months ago with the Outcast 8s on the second run... ran away and hit a park garbage can (of course the plastics are so inferior that it shattered lower arm, upper arm, and steering links, unlike the mojave who's plastics are nearly invincible and the metal parts broke instead)...
So I've stopped using the spectrum radios... Now I'm feeling like the esc's and servos are trash as well... very disappointing... got back into the hobby last year... spent a bunch of money on some awesome vehicles... I'm thrilled to be back... but I'm really questioning buying any rtr's from Arrma anymore bc of the electronics failures I'm experiencing...
Anyone else having similar experiences? Am I just unlucky? Does a servo locking up like a brick and an esc simultaneously frying even make sense?
Thanks for any and all your help... I'm trying to decide if I should give up on spectrum and not even bother with the warranty replacement... if not, what esc is recommended?
Dr J