Stupid mfu that keeps shutting down

[tc1cat]

Are you running LiPos in the truck? My Futaba 4 channel 2.4 does the same thing. If I keep the throtle stick just forward of nuetral the truck will run fine until I forget and go to complete dead center on the stick and then it starts acting up again. It is the radio and not the MFU. Ask Travis about this. He told me it has to do something with the fail safe setup in the radio.

Lynn

[FreddyGearDrive]

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Are you running LiPos in the truck? My Futaba 4 channel 2.4 does the same thing. If I keep the throtle stick just forward of nuetral the truck will run fine until I forget and go to complete dead center on the stick and then it starts acting up again. It is the radio and not the MFU. Ask Travis about this. He told me it has to do something with the fail safe setup in the radio.

Lynn

That happened to me.It was the radio, I think they should put a few more functions on these radios! It's beyond me why no one is buildin a radio JUST for us?? It took me days to git my atlas truck to work proper like w/a futaba 9 channel. Was ready to burn both of them.
Get away from it for awhile & let your head clear,then giver another shot!
Good luck!
FGD
Oh! Also had a bad servo one time that gave me a real run for it!
Might want to unplug one servo at a time,& try it.If all else fails.

[heavy_duty]

Lynn.I am running regular batteries,non lipo,s.I will try that trick with the dead center issue.
FGD, thanks for the advice.I did try that trick with removing one servo led one at a time.
Funny thing is,once this sucker runs,I drive it around the basement,in large circles,and I wait for it to sputter and then it dies,restarts,dies.I then pick it up.check battery voltage and I even tried to put a spektrum capacitor in the battery slot.No luck.I will stay at it and keep you all posted on what I find.THANKS EVERYONE for your support.This is a great board.Proud to be a member.

Ed

[Stepside]

Ed,

Jimmy had this w/ his black 379 and sent the MFU back to tamiya... they gave it a good report and sent it back... Jimmy put a different radio on it and it was a night and day difference.

Do you have another radio system to trouble shoot with?