u/Fit-Sock-394

Okay, so I'm an Arrma newbie and only an RC journeyman at best overall. I picked up my first Arrma a couple months ago and only recently have been able to get it out on the baseball diamonds to try it out. In fact, today was only my second time out with it.

The first time, I drove it for about ten minutes before it went into limp mode and then stopped working. Today, it lasted just over 5 minutes before doing the same thing. I've read that these and other Arrmas have massive overheating problems and temporarily die like this... but I wanted to make sure I was diagnosing this correctly. I used two different batteries for each day, both 3S 5200mah fully charged. and both times they came back appearing almost nearly spent (according to the charger I use, which is Traxxas EzPeak ID charger).

I know this is limited information, but can someone tell me an easy way to determine an overheat issue with the Arrmas versus a simple low charge scenario? The ESC was flashing red each time it stopped running (steering was still available), but it wasn't oscillating in a manner that suggested any situational codes.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

I just checked for MERV parts on Traxxas and what I had expected has finally come to fruition. I was looking for some new rocker arm posts for one of my MERVs, but found that Traxxas definitely pulled it from advertising across their entire website. I remember seeing the Brushed version of the Merv disappear from their inventory, but parts were still available for purchase. Now, both the brushed and brushless versions are gone and so are their parts listing (from what I could find).

I guess this is officially the time to retire my MERVS and pivot to another 1/16 car for my children. Or should I just graduate them to 1/10th scale and keep it rolling? What are your thoughts?