Outcast Poor Range on Futaba System

[Sykobabble]

I just got my outcast back together with some amazing items. The reason for part of the rebuild is the car took off on me. At the time i thought it was low batteries in my Futaba controller but now that i have this thing back together, im only getting about 100ft range. Im on a brand new MAX6 ESC and this is its second time out. Has this receiver went bad already?

 

[slick2500]

Is your antenna sticking up? Check the antenna wire for any damage.

 

[Sykobabble]

Is your antenna sticking up? Check the antenna wire for any damage.

Antenna seems to be fine and it is placed properly.

 

[@9G]

What receiver are you using? Also what controller? I use a 7PXR and the only receiver I've had a problem with was the R334SBS-E which comes with the 7PXR when you buy it. For some reason it use to loose signal even at short distance. I added a cap pack to the receiver and the issue went away. All the other Futaba receivers I've used have been great...I even use the plain R334 which is more for gas/nitro powered cars and that worked (I heard somewhere that the plain R334 gets better range than the E version). Try adding a receiver cap pack to help smooth out those sudden bursts of current to the receiver. They're real cheap too. Futaba sells one for less than 10 bucks.
Link: https://futabausa.com/product/ubr0002/
Another thing you can try is turning up the BEC some on the ESC. When I was losing signal I had the BEC set to 7 (MMX8S). When I turned it up to 8 (highest setting is 8.4) things got better as well. I can't explain why or if the two are related but it helped some.

 

[Sykobabble]

Im using a futaba R203GF. I've never had problems before and i did have to replace one before. I'll have to do more troubleshooting like resetting the esc and pairing the remote and receiver but not sure whats fully going on yet.

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[Sykobabble]

UPDATE: Fixed with new receiver