I just got a 18T today and tried to put a Spektrum reciever in it. When I tried to program the xps esc it would work until I shut everything off. When I trun everything back on only the steering works. The 18T manual isn't much help.

Does anyone know what i should do? Can I use the Spectrum system in my 18T?
Jeff

I have seen some posts concerning non working ESC with the Spektrum system. There are a few ESC's that directly advertise that they are Spektrum operable. I do not know why? It can't be a voltage thing.

Maybe a post on the main forum under the 1/10 scale on road or oval electric may garner you better results. I know that I have used my 2.4 Futaba in my 1/18 scale BRP car without any problems.

There are some well documented writeups about this on other forums, but basically the stock esc looks for a signal within 2 seconds on startup. The Spektrum takes longer to initiate. So you have to reprogram the esc every time you turn it on.

Yes this is a known issue. It will not work - check out this thread for the details:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=147975

Thanks for the help.
For now I've changed back to the stock Tx and Rx and everything works fine. I'm going to be running it in a stock class this spring and can't change anything in it anyway.
Jeff