Originally Posted by
spedtke
Maybe you all could help with this one. I just finished building my SC10 4x4 and installed the Sidewinder SCT combo. Now, I use a mamba max pro in my kyosho rt5 and am familiar with castle link. Soldered my dean's connector to the battery leads and hooked up motor wires.
I go to plug in the battery and i get a ''poof'' and smoke from the ESC. Unplugged it, checked settings with the link and it looks fine.
Tried it again. Now, no sound for arming, no motor, but led's still respond to transmitter throttle input. So, bad motor or bad esc?
My SW in my 10tt did a similar thing but no smoke came out of it. I ran it in practice pulled it to run another kit and when it was time to race,DOA. Led's responded but motor did'nt arm. Put my backup MMP in and back in buisness. Send it to Castle.