I've had this thing since they first came out and have abused it off and on for a long time. About 3 years ago the esc was destroyed in a crash off the side of a hill. I bought a new losi NC esc (oem), about a year later I was using it and started noticing that it would eat up a battery in minutes and that it didn't have the torque it once had. I assumed it was the motor and I was getting into sc trucks anyways so I shelved it. A couple weeks ago I decided to get it going again and put a battery on it. I couldn't get it to move (it kind of moved in reverse), so I cleared the esc and got reverse back, but it was really weak. I assumed the motor was bad so I bought a new 35T 540 motor for it and installed it last night. It seems that I got about 90% power in reverse and about 5% power in forward. It barely creeps in forward and doesn't have enough power to move forward with the tires turned (that's how weak it is), however reverse works ok, doesn't seem to have 100% power, but it's working.
I did some reading this morning and read where a lot of people were having this problem but 180 from mine. They said it was an esc issue. I have a spare cheap esc from my hpi mini trophy truck I am going to put on it tonight to see if that works, but I am still un-certain of the issue.
Any insight as to what y'all think the problem could be?
I did some reading this morning and read where a lot of people were having this problem but 180 from mine. They said it was an esc issue. I have a spare cheap esc from my hpi mini trophy truck I am going to put on it tonight to see if that works, but I am still un-certain of the issue.
Any insight as to what y'all think the problem could be?