I wish Redcat would include more literature. There is only information included on how to upgrade parts and basics of maintenance. There is no mention of troubleshooting.
Me too. after talking with my local hobby shop owner, he advised me that the control on the vehicle ( I have a Volcano EXP Pro) is in LiPO protect and can be disabled by pushing the little button next to the on/off switch. this is how you are able to turn off the safe mode for the LiPO batteries. unfortunately there is NO mention of this feature or how to turn it off in the manual, and after hours of forum searching at RCR and many other sites I have found nothing on how to change this. fortunately I have a wonderful local hobby shop owner ( Andy @ Foxys/Bigsky Racing ) who will gladly assist me in correcting this issue. I am new to RC cars and I want to learn this stuff for myself because I want to be able to set the kids free with the vehicle and when they come in and have issues I would like to have the information to resolve any buttons/wires/controls that they may have changed/pulled/shut off. I do not have this option with the sparse amount of information supplied with the new RC car from Redcat. to date we have not had more than 1.5 minutes of enjoyment from our Volcano, A company that supplies a NiMH battery and charger for a vehicle in safety mode for a type of battery not even supplied can only lead to dissatisfaction among customers. The very least their marketing and sales department could have done is to up the price of the vehicle by the $10.00 difference in a LiPO battery and Sent the LiPO with the vehicle...... but the profit margin is king and ignorance in packaging rules the day. In summary.... WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ????
Hi EVB, Andy here, one thing that worries me, some really crummy lipo packs are out there, and I would be afraid they would go cheap to keep the price point, I would rather buy the pack separate and know that it is quality. Lipos don't just go bad, a truly cheap one can have poor foil sealing, and where a leaking battery with NiMH can cause corrosion, a leaky LiPo causes fire.
Now I'm not saying that Redcat would go that cheap, however I have seen some of the lipo's other companies put it their "kits" and some are truly scary. Also, not every application is the same. If younger kids are going to play with it, I'd much rather they have NiMH that they can beat the snot out of.
Because we inspect all incoming cars, I think we will start adding changing the brushless ESC to NiMH mode and making sure setup instructions are in the box for the ESC. Some have them, some don't and I own a photocopier.
If you really sit and read the instructions it can be done with just the button (Hold until 3 green flashes, release, then keep hitting set until only 1 red flash. Wait a second then turn off the ESC, Voila, NiMH mode.) However, we'll also have to put a note or something NOT to run LiPo until it's changed back.