Tuesday, December 20, 2016

ESC caught fire

After hitting a circular gate racing on the weekend, my quad tumbled and landed upright.

I went to take off but one of the motors/props was out, so I assumed a busted prop..

Then, it caught on fire - good orange/yellow flames visible from 20 meters, a mate ran over (I was de-goggling and putting glasses back on), picked it up and blew it out - man it stinks..




Advice - don't use cable-ties/zip-ties on your arms to hold ESC in place, it makes them overly rigid and more prone to stripping electronics off the top. This is the second XM20A to fail, I don't think i'll be using those ever again.

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