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Old 03-18-2003, 03:39 PM
bluemax_1 bluemax_1 is offline
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Michigan
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Thanks Namuna! For some reason it took over 24 hours to get the email to activate the account.

And BTW the wiggling problem isn't that the wheels are spinning 'cuz I'm gunning it too much. Even on partial throttle whether I'm crawling slow as a snail or going full speed on linoleum or carpet, it turns side to side as it reverses. Oh, and I tried reversing over longer distances (about 2-3 feet) and by that time, it's wiggled so much it's headed in some completely different direction sometimes even turning completely around!

Also is it normal for the reverse speed to be about 10 times slower than full forward speed? Even when I set the controller to high, it crawls in reverse.

As for the buzzing noise maybe a little more detailed description. The controller that came with the car has a little slop/ freeplay in the first fractions of an inch between forward and reverse, i.e. the spring on the trigger won't return it to dead center.

It's possible to accidentally nudge the trigger so it isn't in the throttle neutral/off position and since the spring isn't centering it yet, or pulling it back to neutral, the trigger will stay at this fractional throttle position unless I manually push it back to center and all the while it's transmitting to the car to send just a little bit of juice to the motors.

In either the forward or reverse position where it just barely connects, the car will not quite start moving but will buzz very loudly and even when I apply a little more throttle to just get the car moving to where I can slowly crawl around my desktop, it's still buzzing really loud as long as I keep it at very low throttle. Is this normal?
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