I glitching common on stock Radio?

[notnodak]

I've put a MM esc and Ammo 36-56-2600 motor in my new E-Maxx and it looses signal or glitches when I get more than 100ft away. Is this a common problem with the stock radio or is my Tx or Rx bad?

[sleebus.jones]

Yep.

[BrianG]

The stock AM radio can be quite sensitive to brushless. Try to keep the antenna and low-signal wires (BEC, servo) as far away from the motor and main power wires as possible. Even then, you might have limited range.

[notnodak]

Originally Posted by sleebus.jones

Yep.

Can I fix it?

My other option is the go stock again or new radio. Not sure which way I'll go then.

[sleebus.jones]

Brians' suggestions are very good, but ultimately, an AM radio is going to be more susceptible to interference. FM is better (what I use) and spektrum types are pretty much immune.

Braiding your power wires to the motor will help too.

[notnodak]

Can I twist the leads on the motor as well, they're really stiff?

[BrianG]

You'll have a hard time to twist the actual motor wires and could risk breaking some of the solid wires that make them up. But, you can twist the flexible motor wires going from the ESC to the motor.

[wallot]

if you dont want to invest in new radio get at least cheap FM radio, many people sell very cheap FM radios of RTR sets

[notnodak]

Heres a pic of my truck if it helps. Thanks Brian and sleebus



And after I braided. I also twisted the esc to Rx lead after I took this and am going out now to try it

[notnodak]

No difference. Whats next new Radio? If I sell my 8xl I should have enough to get a new-take-off Losi DSM from a Mini-Slider or Mini LST2 if that would work.

[BrianG]

Looks like a clean setup so a wire mess is not the issue, and the wires are already far away from the radio stuff.

I wonder if shielding the wires would help? For a quick temporary test, wrap some tape or something around the motor connectors (for insulation), then wrap some tin foil around the motor wires. Then, if possible, use some extra wire and tie the tin foil to ground. This is temporary just to see if it works, so it doesn't need to be pretty for now.

Are you running metal on metal gears in the tranny? Metal on metal gears can cause some RF interference sometimes.

On an unrelated note; I don't see a UBEC? You should be running a UBEC on the MM...

[notnodak]

I've got a ubec but it's not hooked up yet. I'll try the idea but I think I'll be getting a DSM radio to fix problem for good. Hopefully

[smokyracing]

I had the same problems witha am radio I thinks it has to do with the matel on matel gears I go a fasst futaba radio and fixed all my problems they are about $175 new well worth the money