Hobbywing v2.1 esc issues

[tonydevon]

Hi.
Anyone shed any light on this.
Has happened 3 times now.

Start of the final. Car sat on grid. It was driven couple of laps then placed in position.

Buzzer goes
..
Nothing.
Today 3 cars piled into me. Punted off the track. All over before it began.
It seems like if i leave car sat there then it goes to sleep??

[DynaMight]

Do you have reverse on? Mine used to do this with reverse, if I like double tapped the brakes into a corner it took a double tap of the throttle to get it going again. I turned off reverse and its been fine ever since.

[tonydevon]

Hi, thanks for reply,

but I dont have reverse on, its forward/brake only

so frustrating, its ruined at least 2 finals for me

time to try maybe a new sensor cable??

[mattr]

Wasn't there a hobbywing/hobbyking ESC that would switch off if you tapped reverse two (three) times?
Actually as a feature.

You've not got one of those have you?

I'd also look at rebinding/recalibrating the ESC. (check things like neutral bandwidth and so on)
Then reflashing the firmware/reprogramming from scratch.
Then rewiring everything.

(Do the sensor cable first, cos thats easy)

[fidspeed]

my boy has suffered with an esc that if you hold the brakes for a few seconds it switches off don't know if that's an issue but it caught us out

[Northy]

Holding the brakes on for a few seconds turns them off - it's a 'feature'

[tonydevon]

Ahhhh. Great useful feature... lol

Thanks. Dont remember doing this but does make sense.
Especially as at tiverton where its happened twice I was gridded on a slope and tried to hold position.

Will try it out tonight and see if it does turn off.

[mark christopher]

northy nailed it, hobbying if you hold full brake it switces off, the new xr10 you can ndisable it, not sure if you can on 2.1 or 3.1

[tonydevon]

cheers guys, old bad habit from racing largescale, I used to hold brake till just before buzzer to ensure no risk of jumpstart claim.

was obviaouly holdig it althought it probably didnt do much LOL, at Tiverton as I was on a downslope on the grid.

guess I did it again yesterday but just didnt realise wasnt a good start to my final, 3 cars in a right old tangle, funny enough all B6 and all same colour with same chassis protectors LOL, carnage

[Wig]

Try reducing your brake epa to 99%, this should stop it as the off function works on max brake.

[tonydevon]

thanks, think I need to look at the setting for the neutral band??

have a really wierd thing happening

if I move the stick the tiniest bit from centre, like maybe if Im stood waiting for warble and just aplied a bit of pressure, then punch forward, nothing happens

let go and push it again and it goes

so... if I push stick forward ultra slow or just rest thumb against it enough to move it slightly, thenunless I let go fully, it wont move??