Hobbywing xr8sct help

[Jtannerbadger]

Hey guys . I have a sct 410.3 and I was running it the other day and all of a sudden it started acting up I have an older hobby wing esc in it at the moment and a tenshock 4000kv motor with hitec servo . Basically what’s happening is I can run for a minute or 2 and it slows down to half speed then stops all together I can steer . Then 10 seconds later it works fine again there is a blinking red light but it’s not overheating and it’s not lvc please help I’m all out of ideas I’ve thrown a different hobbywing esc and a different motor it’s a castle and different rx/tx and it’s still doing it . It didn’t start acting up till I was messing around with settings one day on the control box I’m not sure what to do

 

[Skynet5]

I know you have said it isn't. But are you sure it isn't LVC?

That behaviour is exactly what HW ESC do as LVC is approached when it is set to a specific voltage. On auto it tends to just cut out permanently.

 

[Billl DeLong]

If it was working fine before you started jacking with settings, then reset the ESC back to factory default, recalibrate and try again with the stock settings. Only make 1 change to the settings at a time, test and then you'll figure out what you did that is causing it to jack up.

I suspect you have the LVC jacked up, though if you're the same guy who also posted a pic on FB earlier with the 20T pinion, then I think that's your problem right there, I would gear down to a 17T pinion and re-test.

 

[Nicochau]

It could be a weared out battery with a very high IR. It will very quickly trigger LVC under load and then show a decent voltage on the charger.

Do an Internal Resistance reading of all cells, anywhere above 20 mOhm and the pack needs to get retired.

 

[Billl DeLong]

another possibility is the motor was cooked previously and is damaged, which I suspect may have happened because it was over geared.