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traxxas rx problems

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sorry for reposting but after reading my previous post, it was really hard to understand what I was asking.

1 inch of wire fell off the end of my antenna wire on a 2.4 ghz traxxax rx. since then, the steering and sometimes the throttle has been slow to respond (anywhere from 1/32 to 1/4 of a second lag) and the steering especially has major issues most notably it won't turn left, but turns right fine. I have to try to turn left several times before the servo will respond and turn left, but when it does, it does it quickly and with torque.

I've tried out this tx/rx on a t-maxx and a 1/16 revo with the same results of the car not turning left easily but turning right fine. From this I basically rule out that the servo is faulty b/c that same thing happens to two different vehicles, which leaves the rx in question, since it was damaged, it seems a likely culprit.

would a 1 inch piece of antenna really effect the responsiveness of the steering that much?
 
It could cause the problems you are talking about. It could also be that it is a bad receive itself.
 
i went to the lhs yesterday and they confirmed what you had said, yes the clipped antenna on a 2.4 rx is supposedly like snipping of a foot ona fm rx. I ended up getting a spektrum dx3s system with telemetry, needless to say it blows the traxxas tx out of the water and has resolved the steering and cutting out issues altogether.

YAY TRAXXAS... NOT.
ok ok, they do make some badass cars.
 
Spektrum radios are the only ones I use. I really have never used anything else since I got back into RC. I haven't had any problems with them.
 
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