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Falcon start/stop issue

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Hi all,

I recently decided to get my old Maplin wildcat (traxxas cat) up and running now that my son is of an age where he’s interested. However, we managed to hit a kerb at high speed and smash the thing to smithereens. 
what I decided to do was find an old chassis of a car not working and rebuild using some of the salvageable bits and some new. So I got hold of an old falcon on eBay and set about rebuilding. I decided to use an esc and was able to use the 540 motor And radio gear from my old car. A new steering servo and some steering rods and I was in business......

however......

ive now got an issue that when I use the radio control I push it forward and it will move for 2 seconds, stop for two seconds, move for two seconds, stop for two seconds and so on. Can someone please let me know what they think this could be - would be great to have her fixed and working properly. 
 

many thanks

matt 

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I’m thinking it’s the radio gear. I have a AM/FM radio and it’s not good. A lot of interference and it will just go by itself if not careful. Do you have any other radio gear to test car with ? 

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1 hour ago, rwordenjr said:

I’m thinking it’s the radio gear. I have a AM/FM radio and it’s not good. A lot of interference and it will just go by itself if not careful. Do you have any other radio gear to test car with ? 

I don’t no - is there a decent cheap radio set up you would recommend?

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32 minutes ago, Price_of_cider said:

I don’t no - is there a decent cheap radio set up you would recommend?

Are you in USA ?

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5 hours ago, Price_of_cider said:

Ok great - think I’ll give it a try! Thanks very much!

Let me know how it goes ! You got a body for the falcon ?

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10 hours ago, rwordenjr said:

Let me know how it goes ! You got a body for the falcon ?

Ok will do 👍🏻 Yes I’ve got one that I had to cut out which I’m not too pleased with tbh 😂

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Is the ESC new ? , is it set up & for brushed motor / NiMh battery  ? . Check that the battery ( and transmitter for good output signal ) are fully charged or the ESC's BEC may shut off . The receiver has the TX ( transmitter ) chip in it - are they a matched frequency pair of chips TX & RX ? . Are the motor wires pushed fully in to the ESC wires ?

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