Firestorm090386

having a problem with the firestorm 10t, i put new batteries and the problem is still there. When i turn on the radio and the car there is no such power, like maby the servo is blown or something. I seem to be running into alot of problems with this car, any thoughts please help me.

THANKS

redfisher1974

do you have power to the wheels? or no power at all? When you turn the car on does the esc flash red then beep and go green? let us know what happens so we can troubleshoot...oh and their is a firestorm thread in the offroad buggy forum...

Firestorm090386

i have power at the radio but no power at the car. usually when i turn it on the throttle will adjust, but know its not doing nothing.

redfisher1974

so when you have the radio on and you turn the car on does the esc light up? it should be green if its working red if its not getting a signal.....Check your crystals on your rx and tx check the wiring to and from the rx.....make sure the antena wire is not broken.

Firestorm090386

there is no light on my car, i checked the wiring and it all seems to be fine and the antenna is not broken. do you think it might be the crystals?

redfisher1974

sounds like your battery.....even with the radio not on when you turn the car on the esc will show a red light telling you that the radio is not on...take the battery pack out and test it with a volt meter or try a different one...check the connector on the pack and on the esc.

redfisher1974

I still have the stock esc out of my 10t and i hooked up a battery pack to it with no radio turned on and it flash's green,red,green ,red then when you turn the radio on it beeps and stays green.So if you are getting no lights at all on your esc when you turn your car on it sounds like the battery pack.....let us know what you find.

Firestorm090386

i dont have a batterie pack, im using bran new batteries. R you talking about the light on the radio that is red? and if so yes it is a constant red light, it never goes green just straight red.

redfisher1974

No im talking about the light on your speed control in your car...it says led above it

redfisher1974

let us know what it is doing when you turn the car on....then we can tell where the problem is....

Firestorm090386

i have a nitro and the nitro dont have led on it.

Firestorm090386

when i start the car the radio dosent pick up the car, so the car will start running and start going on its own, it will not pick up anything from the remote control.

redfisher1974

My bad i thought you had the electric firestorm...the 10T is electric you have the nitro firestorm.....I cant help you with that sorry.

Firestorm090386

lol thats kool, i thought something was up, lolif you know anyone with a nitro that knows there stuff on here, please send them my way.


Thanks anyways.

pt121

Firestorm, your receiver pack.....where do you have it connected in the receiver? Try conecting the receiver battery directly to the receiver itself. Don't use the switch. When you do, you should here the servos jump a little, then turn on your transmitter and see what happens. If you hook a fully charged battery directly to the receiver and it still isn't getting power, then you probably blew the receiver. Did it get wet at any time?

Post back with results.
Patrick

KyoshoFTW

that was going to be my suggestion as well, those switches on the nitro's arent exactly reliable and they take a beating. could be wires in the battery pack, the switch, or the reciever, the wheels and throttle should right itself as soon as there is power...good luck. let us know whats going on

Firestorm090386

thats probly my problem, how much are the receivers and where can i get one at??? I hooked it up to straight power and there was nothing happening. Is there a way to kinda make those receivers waterproof? Thanks alot guys hope this works

KyoshoFTW

if your still running stock radio and reciever you might as well spend some coin and get a new radio and reciever about 100.00-300.00....some of the recievers are waterproof and they tell you that are on the specs so just be on the look out. With nitro the recievers dont run as hot as electric, so you can waterproof yourself with covers and/or some good o' rigging, i made one out of lexan and foam

pt121

If you have a local hobby shop around most will test you receiver for you as long as they know what they are doing. As long as their main business is RC related, but if not then you might as well purchase a new system. Also, have you put a volt meter on the battery connector to verify the correct voltage. You just need to make sure. Unfortunately you don't have a lot of options. You could ask someone you know that is into RC to test it for you. It just depends on how much they are into RC is all. If they are like myself, I have about 12 different AM and 6 FM radio systems just sitting around. After about 20+ years, you kind of aquire some extras.

I primarily deal with Tower, NitroHouse & Horizon Hobbies. I have no real LHS around me. If I travel about 15 miles I can find one, but I have to need something really bad to have to go to them.

Patrick