B4.1 RTR Speedo / Handset Issues RESOLVED

[Dudders]

Bit of an odd one this so would love some input!

My son did 4 heats with his new car today and also practiced yesterday (new car) all working fine. 1 minute into his final today the speedo stopped working normally .

The conclusion: The throttle appears to have lost its neutral position, almost hunting. The speedo is non adjustable and only the trim can be altered on the wheel throttle. No buttons have been changed on the controller as all was working fine .

With the trim at full 'forwards' position the speedo still gives slight reverse, if you throttle forwards it goes, but as soon as you let off it give full brakes and after 2 seconds reverses slowly.

When you turn the car on the speedo beeps and flashes green - steering works straight away. Only after maybe 40 seconds (or so...) will the forward and reverse work - of course the first thing to kick in is the reverse! .

Tried recalibrating the handset with the car and still no joy .

Mark Knight (MK Racing) had not seen this before and nothing else can be adjusted on either module - before I throw a hissy fit does anyone have any idea's?.

I was thinking a RTR for Adam would be good to start with but I'm thinking I should have bit the bullet and gone for the full spec as its all adjustable.

I'm confised

[c0sie]

Take it back to whomever you bought it from, ask them to replace the ESC and TX with a new set.

Hopefully that will resolve any issues you have

[sosidge]

Wouldn't surprise me if the throttle pot on the tranmitter itself has slipped out of place.

You might be able to fix it yourself if you take the back of the tranny, or it might be a return for repair job.

[Dudders]

Ok, an update:

Tried the car using a spare 40mHz rec and trans, still the same issue, so that ruled out the radio gear.

Looked on google to try and hunt down a manual (didnt come in the box ) found a pdf here: http://teamassociated.com/pdf/cars_a...esc_manual.pdf and the ESC is programmable which I didnt know.

Downloaded and set it up again. I think Adam must have had the trigger pulled (or something) when I turned his car on, which must have knocked the throttle out of sync.

Live and learn I guess. Shame he had to miss out on 3 legs of his final, would have doubled his track time yesterday. Oh well. Onwards and upwards..... Going to set the ESC up in advanced functions for him now.

[Holeshot]

Nice to hear you got it all sorted.

[Ted Maul]

Dudders, as an aside, how is the 4.1 RTR going for your son? Thinking of getting same for mine and getting an FT version for me. Son is nearly 6 but is dead keen on building car himself as he wants to know how it works.... good lad..