Hello all!
I apologize in advance is this is not a correct post - I just joined, and I am getting back into my RC cars.
I have an original Team Associated RC10 World Championship edition that I bought in 1990, and I'm trying to update it a bit. A few years ago I put in a Flysky receiver, and I have some Powerextra 7.2 3600 mAh NiMH batteries. The ESC is a Hobbywing. Typical stuff, nothing fancy. But I just recently bought a new Reedy Radon 2 17T motor. When I installed it and ran it, I got about one minute of performance, and then my battery started dying already. This was shocking. Up until then I had a Reedy Firehawk motor that worked just fine and I could get 15 minutes or so of runtime (approx, honestly I never really timed it).
It was quite startling how quickly the performance dropped off a cliff. How can I start to diagnose this problem? Or am I doing something so wrong here that you all will tell me I'm an idiot?
Parts inventory:
- Gold pan RC10 Championship Edition
- Hobbywing QUICRUN 1060 Brushed ESC
- Flysky 2.4ghz receiver
- Powerextra 7.2 3600 mAh NiMH battery
P. S. - Getting back into updating my RC10 because I just built a Tamiya BBX with my son - we love it!
I apologize in advance is this is not a correct post - I just joined, and I am getting back into my RC cars.
I have an original Team Associated RC10 World Championship edition that I bought in 1990, and I'm trying to update it a bit. A few years ago I put in a Flysky receiver, and I have some Powerextra 7.2 3600 mAh NiMH batteries. The ESC is a Hobbywing. Typical stuff, nothing fancy. But I just recently bought a new Reedy Radon 2 17T motor. When I installed it and ran it, I got about one minute of performance, and then my battery started dying already. This was shocking. Up until then I had a Reedy Firehawk motor that worked just fine and I could get 15 minutes or so of runtime (approx, honestly I never really timed it).
It was quite startling how quickly the performance dropped off a cliff. How can I start to diagnose this problem? Or am I doing something so wrong here that you all will tell me I'm an idiot?
Parts inventory:
- Gold pan RC10 Championship Edition
- Hobbywing QUICRUN 1060 Brushed ESC
- Flysky 2.4ghz receiver
- Powerextra 7.2 3600 mAh NiMH battery
P. S. - Getting back into updating my RC10 because I just built a Tamiya BBX with my son - we love it!