Having control issues

Hi all! Have been working on my first antweight robot recently using the antweight kit from the store here. Have had a couple of different versions so far but the two designs both had control issues, specifically being quite hard to drive in a straight line, with it being worse at low speeds.

After checking fitment and redesigning I had eliminated any rubbing/wheel contact with the case, but still I suffered with the same control issue.

This is when I removed the motors and found that when very light throttle is applied, one wheel starts turning before the other, and at higher throttle it does sort of sound like they are spinning at different speeds. But.. when reversing at very low speeds, the other motor seems to be the one turning first - which to me, eliminates motor manufacturing differences.

Has anyone else had the same issue?

Is elevon on? if yes, then it shouldn’t be.

Elevon is off. It does drive forwards but with a little wonk. Then the opposite wonk on reverse.

How old exactly is your robot? It may be an ESC breaking down from age (or just broken from the start)

That sounds like the trims are just slightly off centre. Try adjusting the trim for left/right, you can probably get it driving straight

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Its a few weeks old. I was planning on getting a malenki in the near future so I guess that would help narrow it down (or resolve it).

More needing the confirmation that this is not a common occurrence before I start throwing money at the problem!

It’s way more likely to be trims than an esc issue. It’s pretty common to accidentally hit the buttons that adjust the trims

You were right, I’d have never noticed it had been trimmed!

Thanks to both of you for the help!

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