No PWM from controller

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Originally Posted by ctshirk7

well they led's are blinking but when we hook them up to last years controller they work fine. our tether got ripped off because the wire was screwed on and someone tripped on it... now there are only 4 of the pins left on the tether and and we think maybe they touched and shorted out the whole controller and now its shot... we think... we are hoping that its not that but as of yet we havent thought of anything else... i think that answers most of your questions... we will be on later ... our team email is pantherrobotics@gmail.com if you have any suggestions and would like to get them directly to us
thanks you

Well... I think thats a pretty big problem. IIRC you need the tether port to pass inspection. (They have you tether the robot and check a few things) It's probably time to contact IFI and ask about repair/replacement. In the mean time, take a good look at the broken tether port.. make sure there is nothing in it that is causing pins to short together.

You've probably already learned this, but the only thing that should be screwed into the RC is the radio cable. If your programming/tether cable gets pulled out, nothing bad happens.. you just reach over and plug it back in. But if it was screwed in.. well you know what happens already.