My son got this when he was 3.5-4. It was a brushed 4x4 to start. Honestly - it was just about right as far as speed goes. The other thing that seemed like his favorite at first was a crawler (Losi Night Crawler or Redcat Everest 10). Since his coordination was bad, it helped that he could drive OVER everything! 😁😁

At first, I was not going to post this video. But then, if someone else was pulling their hair out trying to work through this problem, I hoped it would help them. Thanks for watching.

Thanks! Should be good to go for awhile!

His excitement makes it all worth it!

Thanks!

Coming to a small screen near you!!

It makes me happier when my vehicles run right also!! :)

Awesome! Welcome to the hobby!

That combo rocked! Great power and a super reasonable price!

That is right!

Thank you!

Good question! I did try to change the punch settings on the ESC - no help. I also tried swapping wires between the ESC and motor - still no help. Perhaps you are right. If the ESC was fully programmable, perhaps a timing shift would have solved it!

Thanks. Yes - very surprised the first motor didn't help.

@@RoadsideRC 3 days ago I installed a $30 brushless esc motor combo in my 2wd stampede. The slipper clutch has already loosened. I wonder what else will break soon LOL

Yeah - that was one of the bearings I went through also. As it turns out, I don't think I replace the bearings in my vehicles often enough....lesson learned!

Our motors certainly get warm, but nothing too crazy honestly. Plus, with some of these cheaper brushless setups, we just run them until they die and swap in a new one.

It is hard to track down sometimes!

I need to do that next! Thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately, my guess is the ESC is dead. Unless it is a sensored ESC, and you are not running a sensored motor? What ESC is it?

@@RoadsideRC I see, well the sticker fell off of the esc so im not sure what it is anymore, I bought it from a hobby shop in edmonton ab it was around $150 canadian and professional grade according to the guy the shop. it also ran fine for over 2 years and only in the last month or two it started acting up and now this issue. The issue now that I think about it started, or at least got much worst much faster, when I upgraded my motor to a higher KV, my old one was like 1700 kv and my knew one is over 3000, not sure exactly maybe 3250kv. I noticed that my battery connector and esc connector fused together and the wires were super hot, burn your skin if you touched them. I looked and the connector melted on the battery thou the esc connector looked fine. I am wondering if maybe something burnt out, or if i completely fried the esc. I tried a differnt motor that was working and it still won't go so I am assuming now its the esc. I may have to tear the shell off the esc and have a look at the internals. thanks for the help thou :)

Wow! Yes - that would have done it! Most ESCs have a range of motor they can work with. Going from a 1700kv to a 3000+kv is 100% what fried the ESC.

I believe this was the 3300KV. I have been very happy with them.

That is an odd one - no clue. I'm guessing KZfaq is having some issues. They are usually pretty good about fixing those things within a day or so.

Since it is the VXL model, it shouldn't seem slow. A few things to check: 1) what battery are you using, and are you sure it is charged fully? 2) the ESC in that truck has a "training mode". Ensure you are not accidentally in that mode.

@@RoadsideRC ive made sure the the battery is charged and checked to see if it was in training mode both didn’t work it like starts to drive and then just stops or goes really slow idk whats wrong could it be the little motor in the back? I got it from a older gentleman so idk if he kept up with the maintenance or not.

@@RoadsideRC is there any way possible i could video chat you some time and show you what im talking about ik you dont know me and i dont know you but i really need some expert help and idk who i could show the issues to.

They are pro-line 17mm 2.8" MT wheels.

Cogging is when the ESC and motor are trying to start from a stop, but can't get synched correctly. It makes a stuttering sound.

@@RoadsideRC Well, in that case, I deal with that same issue. Thanks for the clarity. Any handset solution yet? I initially thought it was a battery issue.

Sorry it didn't help you. Are you battling cogging at the moment? My thought was to share the steps I went through in trouble-shooting this so it would help others.