Hello, I was just running my firestorm and the truck dosent yet have a filsafe so it was driving its self at a walking speed without receiveing any connection to the transmitter. The batteries I have bought last nigh and driven it for 3 tanks. Today I ran 3 tanks also and on the last tank it seemed that the batteries were low/dead. The servoes are slow also. the batteries were enegizer AA. Could they be dead already? And y?

Thanks in advance!
HPI Porsche

I would get a hpi hump battery pack and a charger. As for the connection you might have a problem with something in the receiver or the transmitter.

could it be that the batteries were just too low to respond?

That sounds more like the idle is set high or slipper clutch is a bit loose rather than a battery problem

Could the batteries be dead?
Yes, but unlikely.
Could the batteries cause that?
Yes, but again, unlikely
As droidswarm said, it's more likely that your idle adjustment is off.

Are you saying the rolling forward is the problem? Or the lack of response?

The rolling forward is probably the idle setting or slipper clutch as I said above. (Do you normally have to brake to stop it moving?)

If youre saying that the problem is that it wasnt responding to your controls, then it probably is the batteries in either the transmitter or car.

Hope this helps.