Hi,
this is just my second thread and I am not 100% sure I am posting it in the correct sub-forum. But let me start.
I bought for my daughter a barely used Mojave 6s that had no tuning to its parts (apart from some foam pads for the body mounts and a fan on the motor cooler. The car indeed looked good inside and outside, so I am willing to believe it was not trashed. The seller has a very good reputation too.
So I got a pair of brand new Ace Gets 3s 6800 mAh batteries and Ace Gents charger, charged the batteries, put them in, turned the car on in the proper order - and it all worked as it should. I would get those 6 + 1 (higher pitched) beeps and the car would run normally.
So we took it out to get the very first experience, drew the car slowly (throttle at 50%) and basically tried to get the hang of it. No bashing, no jumps, no crazy nothing. Mostly on loose surfaces and asphalt and some wet short evening grass here and there. It was fun to watch my daughter learn her first steps with an RC car. After about 15 minutes I asked whether I can try the car out, she handed me the transmitter - and the car would not move. Nothing. It sounded like it was off (no buzzing of the fans), but then it started to 'buzz' again, but it would not normally react to the commands it would drive front and back, but it would not steer.
I opened the car, turned everything off and back on - the same. Throttle worked the steering not. After a few more attempts to turn the whole thing on and off there was not even a throttle. Great. Took the car home to have a look at it under proper lights.
There was more dirt inside than I would have naively expected, so I cleaned the body shell separately with a hose and brushed the internals as well as I could (I am still awaiting delivery of some cleaning stuff). There was no water inside the car, but it was all damp. I would not assume that to be a problem with this model.
I opened the box where the receiver sits to be able to observe it. and then tried 2 different ways to turn the car off:
1) (the standard way)
- Turn the transmitter on
- Connect the battery
- Turn the ESC on
--> The receiver LED turns on, but the rest of the car does nothing, only the both fans (EXC and motor) run. No reaction to the commands from the transmitter, but attempting to 'turn right' would increase the RPMs of the fan on the motor. Strange.
2) (The wrong way)
- Receiver off
- Connect the battery
- Turn the ESC on
--> The car would go through the standard 'beeping', but with no movement to the steering. During this the ESC would produce a few red LED blinks Both fans would turn on too.
- Turn the transmitter on
--> The receiver LED would immediately turn on. But there was no reaction from the car to any of the commands. Only when trying to turn to the right, the fan on the motor would increase the RPMs
I checked the batteries - both are at around 4.1V per cell - after about 15 minutes of a rather laid-back driving sounds fine to me.
To be honest, I have no clue what to do. I would very much appreciate any kind of advice or help.
I will attach a few photos in a few moments and if necessary I can make a short video about how the car behaves.
this is just my second thread and I am not 100% sure I am posting it in the correct sub-forum. But let me start.
I bought for my daughter a barely used Mojave 6s that had no tuning to its parts (apart from some foam pads for the body mounts and a fan on the motor cooler. The car indeed looked good inside and outside, so I am willing to believe it was not trashed. The seller has a very good reputation too.
So I got a pair of brand new Ace Gets 3s 6800 mAh batteries and Ace Gents charger, charged the batteries, put them in, turned the car on in the proper order - and it all worked as it should. I would get those 6 + 1 (higher pitched) beeps and the car would run normally.
So we took it out to get the very first experience, drew the car slowly (throttle at 50%) and basically tried to get the hang of it. No bashing, no jumps, no crazy nothing. Mostly on loose surfaces and asphalt and some wet short evening grass here and there. It was fun to watch my daughter learn her first steps with an RC car. After about 15 minutes I asked whether I can try the car out, she handed me the transmitter - and the car would not move. Nothing. It sounded like it was off (no buzzing of the fans), but then it started to 'buzz' again, but it would not normally react to the commands it would drive front and back, but it would not steer.
I opened the car, turned everything off and back on - the same. Throttle worked the steering not. After a few more attempts to turn the whole thing on and off there was not even a throttle. Great. Took the car home to have a look at it under proper lights.
There was more dirt inside than I would have naively expected, so I cleaned the body shell separately with a hose and brushed the internals as well as I could (I am still awaiting delivery of some cleaning stuff). There was no water inside the car, but it was all damp. I would not assume that to be a problem with this model.
I opened the box where the receiver sits to be able to observe it. and then tried 2 different ways to turn the car off:
1) (the standard way)
- Turn the transmitter on
- Connect the battery
- Turn the ESC on
--> The receiver LED turns on, but the rest of the car does nothing, only the both fans (EXC and motor) run. No reaction to the commands from the transmitter, but attempting to 'turn right' would increase the RPMs of the fan on the motor. Strange.
2) (The wrong way)
- Receiver off
- Connect the battery
- Turn the ESC on
--> The car would go through the standard 'beeping', but with no movement to the steering. During this the ESC would produce a few red LED blinks Both fans would turn on too.
- Turn the transmitter on
--> The receiver LED would immediately turn on. But there was no reaction from the car to any of the commands. Only when trying to turn to the right, the fan on the motor would increase the RPMs
I checked the batteries - both are at around 4.1V per cell - after about 15 minutes of a rather laid-back driving sounds fine to me.
To be honest, I have no clue what to do. I would very much appreciate any kind of advice or help.
I will attach a few photos in a few moments and if necessary I can make a short video about how the car behaves.
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