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Old 08-11-2016, 02:07 PM
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Brandon, the actuators are:L 12-30-210-6-R
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Old 08-11-2016, 03:18 PM
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A question for electronics savvy: Did a test drive today with all the functions connected, Firgellis are working fine, however, when connecting winch motor with its own speed control and its own battery,to the RX, the truck goes full throttle....
Could it be electrical interference ? Jack have you tried moving the wires around that power the winch while it's working to see if it effects anything.
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Old 08-12-2016, 04:21 AM
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Hi do you have a schematic drawing of the cabeling or some photos to get an overview what is setup at the moment?
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:45 AM
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When you run 2 esc, you are supposed to pull the red wire out of the RX plug on one esc so the 2 bec in them don't fight over trying to power the rx. Lift the tab and slide it out and just heatshrink or tape it out of the way. It'll smoke the bec inside one of the esc fairly quickly if you don't.

It gets even more important when running 2 isolated battery packs, or external bec.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/elect...otors-etc.html

If that doesn't get it, post a pic or wiring diagram of your setup.

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Old 08-12-2016, 08:37 AM
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Great advice Frizzen, I'll look into it. Mean while, I changed the esc, from chinese to RC4WD and it seems to work fine.
here is the picture of aftermarket esc

I'll try again with aftermarket later on today and will pull the red wire out, will post the results.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my question.

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Old 08-19-2016, 09:48 AM
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Disconnecting red wire from rx connector worked great!! But now, new question: I have attached retracting legs to the rear of the truck (Tamiya, the ones that go on the trailer), I have only one channel left on the radio, up and down switch I thought of using it to deploy and retract legs. I soldered the motor wires to the the motor of the servo and it works,however, the travel distance is to short !!! Disconnecting the stopper on the servo makes it rotate continuously non stop. Any suggestions on how to deploy the the legs?
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Old 08-20-2016, 01:38 AM
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Depending on what radio you have you could run another RX and have it in a different model memory like others do when you run out of channels or just but a new radio with more channels...

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Old 08-20-2016, 09:31 PM
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Glad to hear pulling the wire got the esc working!

Does your radio have 'epa' or end point adjustment on that channel? If so, you can start dialing the endpoints further away from center until you're happy.
If it doesn't, you might be able to fit a 'servo stretcher' in the model that wires between the rx and servo to control endpoints. Its a set of pots and a circuit card that let you configure center and each end stop independantly, so they take some time to fiddle with.
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Old 08-21-2016, 11:16 AM
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Thanks Tracy. Thanks Frizzen, I'll see what my radio is capable of doing.
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Old 08-23-2016, 08:20 AM
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Old 08-23-2016, 10:09 PM
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great idea on the rear down riggers
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Starting to look like the 50 Ton I used to drive before I moved back to Illinois. Great start!
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Looking good Capt!
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Old 10-21-2016, 01:39 PM
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Did some more work on the truck
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Beautiful work!
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Great work so far, Looking forward to more pics and updates.
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Getting close to finish line
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very nice work
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That is awesome! Doing great man
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wow jack looks fantastic..let me know where i can pick it up when its finished
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