Hi All,
Getting back into RC racing, but seem to have hit a stumbling block.
I have got new electronics for my new car baring the transmitter and receiver of which I'm using my old Sanwa 40Mhz system.
I have just installed my motor, esc and servo and was looking at setting up the esc and sorting the steering out.
I turn it on, the fan starts on the esc but that's it. Transmitter seems to do nothing, motor and servo don't respond, car might as well be turned off.
Also don't get a jolt of power when switched on.
I have tried two separate receivers and two sets of crystals but to no avail.
Esc goes into channel 2, servo goes into channel 1.
I have checked and double checked that the correct outputs from the Esc are connected to the corresponding motor terminals and obviously positive/negative battery connectors.
Transmitter batteries are full along with the lipo in the car.
I thought it might be due to the Esc needing to be set up, but my servo should still operate. Esc seems to power up fine and will go through set up functions not that I am able to complete this due to the lack of power/signal.
Does it sound like I should just try a new transmitter and receiver given they have just sat in a box for a number of years compared to everything else which is either new or newly new.
I don't mind getting a new transmitter as I would have liked to have gotten a 2.4Ghz system at some point anyway, just want to make sure I'm not missing anything obvious
