Esc will not respond

[Cheetah928]

Hey RCT! Been a minute! Having issues with my reedy esc again. Went to drive it around a bit and that's when I discovered I have no response from the esc, even though all connections are good. Thinks the radio isn't connected. No idea why. Heres a video detailing my struggle:

Hope you can help! Thanks!

 

[majin]

This is gonna sound silly but is the belattery charged enough?
Or have you tried recalibrating the esc?
According to the troubleshooting it could be the throttle trim?
( My cen f450 had this issue when it had a Traxxas esc)

 

[majin]

Which reedy esc is it?

 

[Cheetah928]

This is gonna sound silly but is the belattery charged enough?
Or have you tried recalibrating the esc?
According to the troubleshooting it could be the throttle trim?
( My cen f450 had this issue when it had a Traxxas esc)

Oh good point on the calibration. I can try. The batteries are fully charged. I even tried all 3 that work in it.

EDIT: tried to start re calibration. Since it won't register to my radio, it can't register what my throttle positions are.

 

[Cheetah928]

Which reedy esc is it?

SC600-BL

 

[WickedFog]

Is your throttle trim at zero? The ESC will not arm if you turn the car on and trim is not zero. If that's not it, as majin said, recalibrate and see if that fixes it.

 

[Cheetah928]

Is your throttle trim at zero? The ESC will not arm if you turn the car on and trim is not zero. If that's not it, as majin said, recalibrate and see if that fixes it.

you're my hero! Throttle trim wasn't at zero (idk how it got there), but I put it back and it registers!

 

[Cheetah928]

Thanks everyone!

 

[9x19]

Perhaps start by re-binding Radio and receiver, that connection has to be solid first, or the radio will never be able to communicate with ESC

 

[WickedFog]

you're my hero! Throttle trim wasn't at zero (idk how it got there), but I put it back and it registers!

To be fair, majin mentioned that as well in his first reply to you

 

[WickedFog]

That is what's called a failsafe. If the ESC allowed you to turn the car on with your trim cranked all the way up, your car would immediately take off as soon as it powered on. Very dangerous, especially with larger scale RC's. So the ESC checks for that at startup.