Falcon start/stop issue

[Price_of_cider 7]

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 

[Price_of_cider 7]

Anyone 🤷🏻‍♂️

[rwordenjr 862]

What kind of radio gear and esc you using ? 

[Price_of_cider 7]

12 hours ago, rwordenjr said:

What kind of radio gear and esc you using ? 

Hi thanks for asking,

see pic as to set up - am I doing something wrong? 😅

[rwordenjr 862]

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 ? 

[Price_of_cider 7]

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?

[rwordenjr 862]

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 ?

[rwordenjr 862]

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-gt2e-afhds-2a-2-4ghz-2-channel-radio-system.html?queryID=ed1ec21c3eaf116ac4d48ab943335a19&objectID=45919&indexName=hbk_live_magento_en_us_products

[Price_of_cider 7]

54 minutes ago, rwordenjr said:

Are you in USA ?

No I’m in the UK

[rwordenjr 862]

40 minutes ago, Price_of_cider said:

No I’m in the UK

Oh okay, that radio I linked you is great 

[Price_of_cider 7]

20 minutes ago, rwordenjr said:

Oh okay, that radio I linked you is great 

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

[rwordenjr 862]

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 ?

[Price_of_cider 7]

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 😂

[KEV THE REV 1419]

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 ?