OK, here's the story. I was out running my Sav last night. Trying to get that damn 4.6 tuned and working on the shift point. I was banging around the front yard. Turned and went WOT for a second down the side of the property. Let off the throttle and....nothing. Truck was heading full speed for the fence at the end of the yard. Luckily it's an older springy metal fence that's overgrown with a bunch of big leaf plants. So when it hit, it just bounced back and flipped. I ran after it while it shut itself down. I flipped it back over when I got to it. I turned the wheel on the radio and the wheels turned just a little. So I figured dead batteries. But then it dawned on me. I have an OFNA failsafe AND a throttle return spring in it. What the hell?
So I went down to look at it after work today. I turned on the truck and radio and all seemed ok. I turned off the transmitter and the servo moved to full throttle. I turned off the car and the TRS put things back to idle. So, if you're following, you know what happened.
Yes, I set the failsafe to go to full brake BEFORE I realized the throttle servo needed to be reversed on the radio. So when I reversed it on the radio, that meant the failsafe was programmed to go to WOT when the batteries dumped. So, the moral? Set your failsafe LAST! Now I have to go see if the engine is damaged.
So I went down to look at it after work today. I turned on the truck and radio and all seemed ok. I turned off the transmitter and the servo moved to full throttle. I turned off the car and the TRS put things back to idle. So, if you're following, you know what happened.
Yes, I set the failsafe to go to full brake BEFORE I realized the throttle servo needed to be reversed on the radio. So when I reversed it on the radio, that meant the failsafe was programmed to go to WOT when the batteries dumped. So, the moral? Set your failsafe LAST! Now I have to go see if the engine is damaged.
