SUMMIT HELP
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SUMMIT HELP
JUst got a mini summit for xmas. went to go use it in the spring and i turn on everything and doesnt move. the receiver blinks red and green and the esc is red. After many calls to traxxas, i took my car to my LHS and I stood there like an idiot waiting for 40 min for the guy to fix it. 40 mins later, he said to me that he couldnt fix it. he said to send it to traxxas and theyll fix it for free. mabye. that was my last possible resort and i live 60 miles away from my HS. so now i dont have a heli, boat or truck thats working. any suggestions?
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RE: SUMMIT HELP
I would check your manual to see what the green and red lights mean. There are several different readings depending on how fast they are flashing. If you don't have a manual you can find this info out from Traxxas's website. Anyways, it sounds like your receiver isn't linked to your transmitter, which I assume you have a 2.4ghz with a new Mini Summit. Also your ESC could need reprogrammed, which you would need to go through the steps to do that. Just make sure you have a charged battery when resetting everything. I would start with the receiver first, if it isn't linked then it's not getting any signals at all.
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agree with gforce or your throttle trim was changed a little, and the ESC won't arm. I've never owned a VXL but every ESC I've used(I do own a XL5, 2 xl2.5's, along with a pile of others from other brands) does something similar if its not detecting the throttle at 0 position.
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RE: SUMMIT HELP
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JUst got a mini summit for xmas. went to go use it in the spring and i turn on everything and doesnt move. the receiver blinks red and green and the esc is red. After many calls to traxxas, i took my car to my LHS and I stood there like an idiot waiting for 40 min for the guy to fix it. 40 mins later, he said to me that he couldnt fix it. he said to send it to traxxas and theyll fix it for free. mabye. that was my last possible resort and i live 60 miles away from my HS. so now i dont have a heli, boat or truck thats working. any suggestions?
JUst got a mini summit for xmas. went to go use it in the spring and i turn on everything and doesnt move. the receiver blinks red and green and the esc is red. After many calls to traxxas, i took my car to my LHS and I stood there like an idiot waiting for 40 min for the guy to fix it. 40 mins later, he said to me that he couldnt fix it. he said to send it to traxxas and theyll fix it for free. mabye. that was my last possible resort and i live 60 miles away from my HS. so now i dont have a heli, boat or truck thats working. any suggestions?
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RE: SUMMIT HELP
he didnt charge me, but what you said right now is exactly what traxxas said. and yes the truck worked all winter but when i went to use it in the spring, it stopped working
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i think mine did that b4 and it was a bad steering servo
nothing worked .my guy at the lhs said it was in servo as soon as i should him
try another servo if you can
nothing worked .my guy at the lhs said it was in servo as soon as i should him
try another servo if you can