Push starting a brushed motor?

[Metallover]

Originally Posted by blueb8llz

im not too sure its the motor. my friends slash with a vxl motor and esc does the exact same thing. needs a push start...not all the time but most of the time. and he is running 3s lipos as well. i have a feeling it has something to do with the vxl esc. cogging maybe?

Brushed motors can't do the typical brushless cogging. What would cause "cogging" might be things such as a lazy motor, brush problems, or esc processing power.