Kraton Kraton stopped working
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sarantoes
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Are your batteries charged? Blinking red is low voltage cutoff...
What batteries are you using?
What batteries are you using?
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I'm using 5200mah 60c 6s lipo
I'm new to forums lol I use 5200mah 60c 6s
Gilgamesh
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Charge em and test it out again. If the ESC still blinks check to see if your cells are balanced.
And welcome
And welcome
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Also, make sure that your throttle trim is centered on the radio and maybe try to re-bind the radio/receiver
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Charge em and test it out again. If the ESC still blinks check to see if your cells are balanced.
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I'm charging one up now its at 94% all cells 4.12v
I'm charging one up now at 95% at 4.14v a cellCharge em and test it out again. If the ESC still blinks check to see if your cells are balanced.
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I spent 4 hours last night trying to bind it nothing worled
I just bought it too
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Disconnect, inspect, and reconnect your motor leads. Make sure they are clean and not corroded and with no nicks in the wire or loose joints.
Calibrate your ESC for throttle position. Make sure your throttle is set at zero trim and 100% on your transmitter before you go through the calibration process. If anything has changed or the motor wires have been disconnected it will flash red continuously until you do a calibration.
Set your steering end points while you are at it.
If that doesn’t fix it you should reset the ESC. Where did you buy it?
If you don't have extra parts to swap/test - just bring it back to the hobby shop, especially if it only made it "5 feet" - a new vehicle should be functioning properly.
Is the fan plugged in?
If that is a local hobby shop, just go back to them and have them sort it out. Or exchange it for a working one. You can also call or contact Horizon Hobby support and they will sort you out. There is no way this is a loss for you. Sorry it's been a problem.
Did you try the calibration process? I don't have one of the spektrums but here is the stuff you need: https://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPMXSE1150
It's worth trying this process.
ESC and Transmitter Calibration
1. Begin with the transmitter and receiver binding complete.
2. Set your transmitter’s throttle channel to 100% travel and
trim to neutral.
3. Turn on your transmitter and connect a battery to the ESC but
don’t power it on.
4. Press and hold the Set button while turning on the ESC.
When the red LED begins to flash, release the Set button.
The ESC will enter programming mode if the button is
pressed for more than three seconds.
TIP: The red LED should be flashing when the ESC enters
calibration mode. If the green LED is flashing the ESC is in
programming mode.
75. Leave the throttle trigger at the neutral position, then press
and release the Set button. The red LED will stop flashing, the
green LED will flash one time and the motor will make a tone
to indicate the neutral position has been accepted.
6. Hold the throttle trigger at the full throttle position then
press and release the Set button. The green LED will flash
twice and the motor will make two tones to indicate the full
throttle position has been accepted.
7. Hold the throttle trigger at the full brake position then press
and release the Set button. The green LED will flash three
times and the motor will make three tones to indicate the
full brake position has been accepted.
The motor will operate normally after calibration is completed.
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Weirdly, the exact same thing happened to my Kraton the other day. Turns on and then the ESC light just flashes RED.
This light can either mean low voltage OR no transmitter connected.
Batteries were fine so I opened up the receiver box, and there's no light on the Receiver!! Pressing the button does nothing so I removed the Kraton receiver and tried it in my Notorious and the exact same thing happens, put the notorious reciever back in and it was all good again so 99% the receiver fried itself.
Is there an Orange light on the receiver itself when it turns on? Try pushing the little flat button on the receiver 3 times quickly, you should get a flashing light.
Ordered a new SR315 receiver which is due to arrive in the next few days so hopefully that'll get it back up and running.
This light can either mean low voltage OR no transmitter connected.
Batteries were fine so I opened up the receiver box, and there's no light on the Receiver!! Pressing the button does nothing so I removed the Kraton receiver and tried it in my Notorious and the exact same thing happens, put the notorious reciever back in and it was all good again so 99% the receiver fried itself.
Is there an Orange light on the receiver itself when it turns on? Try pushing the little flat button on the receiver 3 times quickly, you should get a flashing light.
Ordered a new SR315 receiver which is due to arrive in the next few days so hopefully that'll get it back up and running.
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On the SRX15 receivers, the orange LED should be solid/on when the receiver is on AND when the transmitter that it is bound to is also on. Just applying power to the receiver won't illuminate the LED. The LED should blink rapidly when the receiver is in bind mode (turn on the power while holding down the bind button)
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So I brought to my hobby shop the fiddlesticking esc speed controller and transmitter were fried
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