Originally Posted by
mdutcher
I just finished with my FT build this morning. I installed the electronics in it and took it out for a test run on the driveway. After about 30-60 secs, i noticed a slight hesitation and glitch, but it kept going. I wasn't doing anything too hard with it, then all of a sudden it stopped and smoke came billowing out from under the body. CRAP! I thought that I just ruined my new FT truck.
I quickly see that the ESC is toast, melted, and close to being on fire. I quickly pull the wires out of my saddles. Now I am trying to understand what could have occurred.
At any rate, has anyone ever had such a problem? What could have caused my ESC to melt/burn/fry??? I am at a loss here.
Like others are saying it can just happen. This is a shot of a Castle Sidewinder SCT that had been running fine for a long time. One day for no particular reason it did this after about 5 feet. I have been running a Castle MMP with my 4600 Pro 4 and it has been great. Well other than the near useless internal BEC. That was solved by a 6700microfarad cap though.