Old School

[jayare2007mag]

i beleive it or not have an old traxxas slash i got from a friend of mine and it apparently goes faster backwards the remote is a 27MHZ controller and i wanted ot know why it goes backward faster than it does going foward any help would be great ill post pics up in a little while when i take them. the motor is a titan 380 and a XL2.5 esc.

i was also wondering there is a little resister thing on each terminal going to the motor i took pics but not great quallity would this be a problem since technically they are touching one another

 

[HPIguy]

Sounds like the ESC needs to be reprogrammed to me. You can find the manual on how to do so here on page 16

http://traxxas.com/sites/default/files/7005-brushed-manual_0.pdf

The diodes on the motor prevent motor noise from interfering with the RX.

 

[tmaxxfreek]

Could the throttle channel be reversed on the remote? If its set on 70/30 and reversed, couldnt that cause it to?

 

[HPIguy]

^^Yep, that could be it too. I just noticed that's the mini slash.

 

[jayare2007mag]

Sounds like the ESC needs to be reprogrammed to me. You can find the manual on how to do so here on page 16

http://traxxas.com/sites/default/files/7005-brushed-manual_0.pdf

The diodes on the motor prevent motor noise from interfering with the RX.

thank you so much i thought i bought a dud i really appreciate your info u gave me

 

[trax de max]

yep the capacitors are for noise suppression on brushed motors used for a.m. radios.
if you get a 2.4 radio these won't be needed.
prrogram the esc when the switch on Tx is on 50/50.