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Upgraded my ESC and motor, now RC is jerky

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You can try a shutter stopper or glitch buster and plug in a aux channel. I suspect that the motor is drawing all the power robbing the BEc to run the throttle and steering. You can try and program the ESC to eliminate the problem. Testing with a external receiver battery and switch will tell you if that's the problem.

Personally I wouldn't use brushed motors anymore. Brushess is way better. More power and speed and no changing brushes anymore.
 
You can try a shutter stopper or glitch buster and plug in a aux channel. I suspect that the motor is drawing all the power robbing the BEc to run the throttle and steering. You can try and program the ESC to eliminate the problem. Testing with a external receiver battery and switch will tell you if that's the problem.

Personally I wouldn't use brushed motors anymore. Brushess is way better. More power and speed and no changing brushes anymore.
But would buying a new reciever and transmitter work because surely people that might have this problem that i have not have to do this if that makes sense
 
No. I think your ESC is the problem. You didn't have this problem before until you changes the ESC and motor. I would try the stock motor with the new ESc and see what happens. I have put new esc with BEC on old Am radios and they work fine. If you can program the ESC I would do that too. Or you can just buy a new radio.
 
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No. I think your ESC is the problem. You didn't have this problem before until you changes the ESC and motor. I would try the stock motor with the new ESc and see what happens. I have put new esc with BEC on old Am radios and they work fine. If you can program the ESC I would do that too. Or you can just buy a new radio.
So overall if my old reciever has BEC this is causing alot of crazy things to happen alongside my esc which has BEC i'm guessing. So if i don't want this problem i could ever get a new transmitter and reciever or get external reciever battery.
 
I have never seen a b e c in a receiver. ALL the becs I know of come in the ESC as that is the one that gets the power not the receiver
 
You need to figure out if your receiver has BEC or not. I explained it to you.
So overall if my old reciever has BEC this is causing alot of crazy things to happen alongside my esc which has BEC i'm guessing. So if i don't want this problem i could ever get a new transmitter and reciever or get external reciever battery.
You need to figure out what your old radio and receiver and ESc has. BEc will be labeled on the receiver and in the manual for ESC. If this is not the problem then it's amp draw starving the BEC on the ESC. If the problem is the ESC you can use a external battery and switch to test and see if the problem goes away. There is only two things wrong. Either you have double BEC or the BEC is bad on the new ESC. Try the old motor with the new ESC. I doubt the double BEc if the old system ran fine.
 
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I have never seen a b e c in a receiver. ALL the becs I know of come in the ESC as that is the one that gets the power not the receiver
They were available in AM surface a long time ago. I still have lots of them Before the ESC came out You used manual speed controls
 
Are these common on most rc cars?
NO That is a option when running high voltage with high power servos. You are not,. Try my suggestion first with the stock motor and the new ESC .Personally I would dump the 12t brush motor and go brushless. The stock receiver runs on 2-3 amps to power to servos I bet the 12T motor draws more amps causing the problem.
 
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NO That is a option when running high voltage with high power servos. You are not,. Try my suggestion first with the stock motor and the new ESC .Personally I would dump the 12t brush motor and go brushless. The stock receiver runs on 2-3 amps to power to servos I bet the 12T motor draws more amps causing the problem.
I’m still going to use the 12t motor and I think I’m going to get an external receiver battery.
 
I’m still going to use the 12t motor and I think I’m going to get an external receiver battery.
The brushes will go so fast. I gave up on brush motors. Too much work. Brushless no more work. Just charge the battery and go,.
 
You can try a shutter stopper or glitch buster and plug in a aux channel. I suspect that the motor is drawing all the power robbing the BEc to run the throttle and steering. You can try and program the ESC to eliminate the problem. Testing with a external receiver battery and switch will tell you if that's the problem.

Personally I wouldn't use brushed motors anymore. Brushess is way better. More power and speed and no changing brushes anymore.
I've just ordered a glitch buster and i'll see if that works when it arrives.
 
unlikely a glitch buster will fix this . a weak bec is not the cause of works fine close range then gets jerky when its 2 meters away . thats a rx problem.. see if antenna on rx is broken more than likely it is. and castle bec fail bigtime. Ill no longer use 1 or recommend 1 ..try another rx with your radio...or test rx as I said ..
 
unlikely a glitch buster will fix this . a weak bec is not the cause of works fine close range then gets jerky when its 2 meters away . thats a rx problem.. see if antenna on rx is broken more than likely it is. and castle bec fail bigtime. Ill no longer use 1 or recommend 1 ..try another rx with your radio...or test rx as I said ..
If it doesn't fix it ill try try another reciever.
 
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