andymac0035
Pebble Pounder
Short version:
AX-3 radio ran great all last year.
Sat on the shelf (no batteries) all winter.
New batteries for the new season.
range now sucks 10-30 ft.... WTF?!?
Long version:
Last year I got what was basically a new OG SCX10 for my birthday. My Father-in-law had built it. I forget if it was a Honcho, or built from all his spares, but it was all done up by him, not a scratch on it (there's LOTS of scratches now). He tends to build em'.. and then they sit.
I ran it all last season with the set-up that's in it now. Stock AE-5 esc, a low-end savox servo (the blue plastic case one), I pulled the 27t and put something slow in it and volted up to 3S.
The radio is the axial AX-3. I never had any trouble with it all last season as far as radio/receiver and/or range. I just ran it.... ran it a lot actually, as it was the new-truck-on the block so I was always trying to get out there with it and see what it could do compared to my other trucks. Radio worked great, even if the batteries were a little low it never gave me any trouble.
I put it on the shelf for winter (I have other trucks for the snow), and took it back out last month, and that's when it started acting up. Range averages from 10 to 30 feet depending on what's in between me and the truck (trees, people, ect). When it acts up it's default is to slowly back up, which is not a good thing on some of the mountain trails I run (and it's downright annoying!).
I rebound the tx/rx, but that didn't help.
I did some searches here (which is why I rebound the radio).
Anything else I should try before I pitch this thing?
AX-3 radio ran great all last year.
Sat on the shelf (no batteries) all winter.
New batteries for the new season.
range now sucks 10-30 ft.... WTF?!?
Long version:
Last year I got what was basically a new OG SCX10 for my birthday. My Father-in-law had built it. I forget if it was a Honcho, or built from all his spares, but it was all done up by him, not a scratch on it (there's LOTS of scratches now). He tends to build em'.. and then they sit.
I ran it all last season with the set-up that's in it now. Stock AE-5 esc, a low-end savox servo (the blue plastic case one), I pulled the 27t and put something slow in it and volted up to 3S.
The radio is the axial AX-3. I never had any trouble with it all last season as far as radio/receiver and/or range. I just ran it.... ran it a lot actually, as it was the new-truck-on the block so I was always trying to get out there with it and see what it could do compared to my other trucks. Radio worked great, even if the batteries were a little low it never gave me any trouble.
I put it on the shelf for winter (I have other trucks for the snow), and took it back out last month, and that's when it started acting up. Range averages from 10 to 30 feet depending on what's in between me and the truck (trees, people, ect). When it acts up it's default is to slowly back up, which is not a good thing on some of the mountain trails I run (and it's downright annoying!).
I rebound the tx/rx, but that didn't help.
I did some searches here (which is why I rebound the radio).
Anything else I should try before I pitch this thing?
