Hi, I recently bought the Savage Octane - and are experiencing some problems.
I've tried to mail hpi support, but there has been no answer for a week now.
# The car can refuse to go right, but is more than happy to turn left.
# It can suddenly turn by itself - either way, with variable force.
# The throttle servo twitches - small movements back and forth constantly.
I have not yet been able to observe this on the steering servo, but it feels like it's the same behaviour when driving.
# As far as I can gather, most of this occur when the engine is running - like the ignition is not shielded enough.
When I observe the throttle servo with the enginge running, it twitches - and when killing the engine, the servo stops twitching.
# The steering servo seems very underpowered - in particular when turning to the right.
The videos I can find about this shows servos (original) responding with what seems like over double the force mine have.
Mine can hardly turn the tires when the car is not moving - and turning to the right is notably harder for it than to the left.
# In the old days, I would suspect another sender using the same frequenzy, but here we're talking 2.4Ghz
- and I've tested it over a period of time driving solo, and in different locations, to try to rule out that possibility.
# I have bought 6 extra batteries, and this behaviour is the same using any of them.
It's getting worse over time, and I am now (~10 tanks in) lucky to get 5 minutes driving before it refuses to play nicely with me.
Any of you have any thoughts about this?
I've tried to mail hpi support, but there has been no answer for a week now.
# The car can refuse to go right, but is more than happy to turn left.
# It can suddenly turn by itself - either way, with variable force.
# The throttle servo twitches - small movements back and forth constantly.
I have not yet been able to observe this on the steering servo, but it feels like it's the same behaviour when driving.
# As far as I can gather, most of this occur when the engine is running - like the ignition is not shielded enough.
When I observe the throttle servo with the enginge running, it twitches - and when killing the engine, the servo stops twitching.
# The steering servo seems very underpowered - in particular when turning to the right.
The videos I can find about this shows servos (original) responding with what seems like over double the force mine have.
Mine can hardly turn the tires when the car is not moving - and turning to the right is notably harder for it than to the left.
# In the old days, I would suspect another sender using the same frequenzy, but here we're talking 2.4Ghz
- and I've tested it over a period of time driving solo, and in different locations, to try to rule out that possibility.
# I have bought 6 extra batteries, and this behaviour is the same using any of them.
It's getting worse over time, and I am now (~10 tanks in) lucky to get 5 minutes driving before it refuses to play nicely with me.
Any of you have any thoughts about this?