The receiver controls everything, and with the corrosion problems you’ve had, changing out the receiver seems like a no brainer at this point. Having a runaway takes all the fun out of it. Looking forward to the final fix.

Thankfully no one was hurt. That place seems like RC paradise. 👍

Wzup Mr.Moorehead!!! Sorry the kill switch didn't work. Glad you where away from others because she got loose..you figure it out I know it..always a pleasure 🙏

I think you're right. Maybe receiver. That would make sense. The failsafe would of cut off if it was a communication or power issue. The receiver must be freaking out over something. I used panty hose for my outerwear on my 5T. cut the feet part off and rubber band them. Sucks she's being difficult. I've heard sending me the basherqueen limitless would improve your day. I know I would greatly appreciate it!!

I bought a new DBXL a month ago. After having to rebuild the front diff, right out of the box, I'll run it tomorrow to break it in. You got me nervous, now! LOL!

Earl, that’s scary having a run away! I work in Cummins and a run away is dangerous! It could be the receiver. I’m shocked the technology isn’t better. You’ll figure it out, WOW! Good luck. Keep us posted. That definitely shouldn’t be doing that.

She sound nice and handles so well!

I love gas but where I live they call cops for the sound they cops 👮‍♀️ say it’s noise pollution which is bull. Love these all Different videos lately cool thanks 🙏. That’s got power. Kill switch best bet. Great content. I seen people tell u can supercharger them. Cool

Nice actual footage of a runaway!..👍😎

“Earl Moorhead In: today at 12:30pm EST A runaway RC was at loose going at high speed. Be careful in the area. They are still testing, so be aware of any high powered RCs running around.” ‘Back to you RCGuyGarage with the weather’

poor guy walking around with all this tense ptsd rc runaway anxiety xD

Damn that sucks all that work for nothing! I just bought the dbxl-e 2.0 and have had to basically rebuild almost everything right out of the box. Not a single screw had loc-tight both front cvd’s fell apart on my first run almost lost all my motor mount screws. The spektrum radio and receiver is incredibly glitchy so much so that I just bought the rugged to bind to it and about every other pack comes unbound then I have to rebind and reset up avc. I’ve got it running pretty good now but have an extra 500 into it that wasn’t planned 🤬 Earl I’ll tell ya losi quality isn’t the same as it used to be and I have no faith in the spektrum radios or receiver’s. I guess I’ll be sticking with my trusty 7pxr from now on and probably stay away from losi as well. I wish horizon would get there sh** together!!!!

That's crazy.. hope you find out the issue real soon Earl. .. scary when it takes off for sure..

You've gone over everything, just not a reciever swap.

Hopefully u will get it figured out like u said it might be the receiver. Glad there wasn't anyone around

You need a killer rc -super bee kill switch , the latest version has a 5 second kill on the ignition spark, if the car gets erratic it will automatically shut down, if you have a 3rd channel on your radio use the third channel for your cutoff Butten , when you hit that Butten the super bee kill switch will cut off the ignition for 5 seconds ,this is useful when using any spectrum radio which will try to cancel out your kill switch signal , i had that problem with my spectrum radio until i switched to the super bee kill switch.

That thing is crazy 🤪 !! Fast weapon.

I know your thinking the receiver is the next thing to try and switch, if it happens again with a different receiver maybe it is getting interference from the ignition (mag) , I know my drag car would make TV's go crazy with its high energy ignition box and that was like 100 feet away, and the receiver is close to the mag on this RC .. just a thought I had for what its worth :)

great video man

Awesome video hope you get that kill switch fixed.

Some parts are phantom compatible as we’ve all learned. I don’t even use failsafes anymore because vehicles just don’t run away like they used to and second I would just do away with that system , put in new system and be done with it and then if you find out it’s not the receiver and radio problem then you look at the worthless fail safe. That car needs a new 10spd auto. Lol

I know it can happen to electric too, but I have never had it happen to me. But between that and the noise, that, it’s the reason I don’t run gas. I already have Karen’s coming out of the woodwork when trying to run my RC’s.

They look and sound very cool but very high maintenance.

Scary stuff Earl would not drive that around people.

Seems a pain with all the clips but looked really fun to run!

i had that trouble with a new GT5 transmitter, the receiver kept losing signal anything over 15 ft away ,it would either just stop and nothing would work or it would just run away ,luckily only on a tenth scale electric buggy and on a closed field,but when its on 3s and brushless and is on its own going across a field towards a steel gate it gets the heart rate up , i just changed the receiver and that cured it ..

I have a spectrum rugged controller. I had to take a paint pen and paint the A.B.C.D .F trim Indentations. They're hard to see especially for an old guy like me.🤪😝

ok, I had a chance to watch the fill video and read the comments. I can tell you the situation. From my own research, do not use the HORIZON kill switch, only use the KILLER RC model. Also many people reference a situation with the horizon kill switch and the use of a spectrum with AVC radio system,. You're hitting both of the BAD points here. The logic is that somehow that particular radio system is not compatible with the kill-switch setup, that's why you're getting intermittent issues.

Make sure you set the reciever to its failsafe positions for when it goes into failsafe (for now I have mine set turn the steering left and 70% brakes and kill engine I'm suspecting you don't have the failsafe set on your AUX channel) You can confirm its working by just turning the radio off and the light should go out for the kill switch. Also I would confirm the kill switch is actually stopping the engine another youtuber had that switch and it didn't stop the engine and ended up being defective. I'd check the wiring seems weird when you killed the motor that LED should of went out but its still lit. oh and the DBXL v2 has just as many clips! =) tis a pain to open.

Earl swap out the receiver and that will fix your issue. I had this problem with one of my rigs. Once you change it out the run-away issue will go away

You will figure it out Earl

I'm sure you will get it straightened out but that's frustrating. Hopefully the receiver will do it for you.

Dang, how frustrating.

I thought maybe the throttle linkage could be sticking but you’re also losing steering so it wouldn’t be that. Hopefully changing out the receiver will fix it 👍🏻

You want the idle to be controlled by the settings on your carb, not your controller. Zero trim should have the throttle fully closed and not engage brakes. Adjusting trim to adjust idle will get you in trouble for sure.

Here bro. Watching!!

That can be very dangerous. Great isolated area to run 👍🏻 I’m curious to see what you figure out is causing this. Receiver/transmitter maybe 🤔 could be a servo like a delayed reaction.

thing has a mind of its own...

Man that sucks , I had a nitro buggy stick wide open throttle once that thing never went that fast before and I never new I could run that fast either 🤣🤣 the only thing that stopped it was it finally crashed and landed upside down with the engine screaming at full throttle definitely sucked and was a bit scary

Can't believe it happened again ,hopefully it's the receiver replacement will be the fix 😕

12 body clips is alot. Crazy how the switch didn't work.

Yea man that’s scary as hell.

It seems weird that the kill switch didn't work?? I'm sure you will get it sorted out! 💯💯😉

Maybe the Losi is having issues that the DBXL that it’s wanting too run away so much. Seems really weird, I’d sell it and move on myself. Best of luck too you with it brother

Dame switch!!

Failure prone fail-safe failed!

Before you put the new reciever in try and protect it from vibration good change that alone helped it go bad. One half assed solder joint can cause on and off problems.

I’m sure you checked but make sure it has a resistor plug in it.

I had one of my kratons loose signal and go toward a busy road. Once I got it home I noticed my kitty chewed on the wire and it was basically 1/32nd of its original size now and it’s garbage unless I use it for a crawler goes about 50 feet

Perfect day.

Maybe it’s time to put the new HW 12S motor in it

This car sounds like my old chainsaw

disappointing for you earl but still cool video you rock bro11

If you want to test your fail safe, grab ahold of the car so it can't run away and turn off your remote.

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In ddm racing they sell a killer bee 🐝 kill switch that works great you can't go wrong 😉 if that helps it will turn your car off hope this helps.

Gotta be the receiver…

That's weird 😕 wonder if the receiver is messing up? Quicker than a 5ive T?That sucks, all that work. Receiver I'm thinkin 🤔

Might a glitch buster on the receiver help before a reciever swap? Something I did not try?

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I wonder if the heat from the pipe could’ve melted your receiver wire or caused some damage somewhere. Or could the throttle be getting hung up on some loose wires in there? Just some little thoughts and ideas

My DBXL 2.0 is almost as bad to take the body up. It has 8 clips. It acts like the fail safe on the receiver is kicking in. The battery can drop a couple volts if you are on the throttle and steering at the same time if the battery isn't freshly charged, or getting old, causing the failsafe to kick on. That won't trigger the kill switch, and will lock everything up for a second causing a runaway. I had the same issue with my Rampage. If the fail safe isn't set up correctly, it will just lock. You have to set the channels to what you want them to do when that happens. Like full break, steer full left, and you can set the aux channel to trigger to kill the engine. Depending on the receiver, it is usually done at the bind process, I would guess you have the SR315 or SR215 in there?

Dang, that is fricken confusing. It does seem like a receiver problem, Im actually not a fan of spektrum anymore.

i run the primal rc KS on my 5t and the dynamite KS on my baja the primal cost more but i like it better

What, i can't hear you! Damm that is loud!

Have you thought about a throttle return spring. I run one on all my nitro cars. It's saved me a few times.

Hey brotha, not as savvy as you are, but from what I’ve been following with you. I had a similar issue with my ARRMA taking off on me full throttle with no steering and I tried swapping out my receiver/controller , (Dumbo) back to the stock Spectrum, and continued to intermittently have the issue STILL after getting a bit of range on it. Turns out “for me”, it was an ESC (blx 100) issue. 🤷🏻 I’m running a Hobby Wing now and issue is gone. The esc was the last thing I could trouble shoot. Hope this helps. 👊🏼

Use Futaba system

Have you checked the throttle linkage to see if It is bent. I kept having the same issues with my Baja until I found that the linkage was bent and it kept running away mate so I changed it and that sorted it out

Your having a glitching issue. Receiver or voltage problem. Had the same issue with my baja 5b ss. Mine didn't glitch as bad. Had to replace my 11 year old reciever. Definitely concerning.

I think it's that spectrum reciever. Is it AVC? All my research says the spektrum does not do well with the dynamite kill switch. The killer bee kill switch is recommended.

I only trust traxxas TQI transmitter on my 1/5 scales

30lbs gas powered rc has a runaway and the first thing you do is point it straight at your nice BMW🤔either dumb or very smart. That rc can do some real damage when up to speed with that kind of weight, I've been hit with my dbxle2 while not going very fast and I would have much rather been hit with a 1/10 at full send

Why would it fail to open throttle 😳

So 5t or 5b or dbxl ?

What kill switch are you using

Looks like your throttle is getting stuck

Is it a kill switch or a fail safe ??

I like batteries better.

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