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so i tinkered with the old man the past few days ( element ecto) and added a winch. now my reverse is all herky jerky. .... this makes no sense. unless i plugged something in incorrectly and did something to my reviever? thats what I'm thinking it is. it starts and stops in reverse just jerky not smooth as normal. before i go scavenge another reciever off a different vehicle, i thought id ask you more knowledgeable people to see if i can get some guidance

 
Unplug your servos and try it. Sometimes a bad servo can affect other channels.
If that doesn't do it, rebind the radio, recalibrate ESC and report back.
 
Unplug your servos and try it. Sometimes a bad servo can affect other channels.
If that doesn't do it, rebind the radio, recalibrate ESC and report back.
did all 3 no change in reverse
i hadnt tried to recalibrate until you mentioned it thanks

am swapping out recievers now brb
 
Swapped recievers and recalibration on new reciever
No change again
Is silly weird
Tried a brand new reciever
I'm stumped
 
That's what I recalibrated both times
Did tgeb3 second start neutral hit start full sens start and reverse start
Is there another step I nissed?

Could it be a setting I've messed up while learning to use the servo I wonder?
 
Where do you have your ESC settings? Are they factory?
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Try setting the running mode (setting 1) to Fwd/Rev and see what happens.
 
Did you disconnect the new winch servo and test?

If problem goes away with the winch servo disconnected, I would verify that servo is the same as your other servos?

I have seen cases where you need a radio that has ability to adjust the latency to account for various servo+ESC combinations. If the radio can't adjust the "latency" or "frame rate" then you may need to try a different servo or ESC, or swap out to a different radio with frame rate adjustments.

Also verify your radio isn't using any special features where the 3rd channel is mixing with the ESC!
 
Where do you have your ESC settings? Are they factory?
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Try setting the running mode (setting 1) to Fwd/Rev and see what happens.
I'm looking for my program card currently

OK so somehow some settings got changed
I have it MOSTLY fixed now
My trigger isn't responding correctly. I have to fully depress it once then on second press is normal running.

Just a thought, I can be way off sometimes, how's the battery? Close to low?
Lowish yeah 30%

After you rebind and calibrate, I would run it back through your program card.
This seems.to have helped a lot but still having minor adjustment issues
 
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