rich100

Got to the field today to finally maiden my angel. Must have had an angel on my shoulder - because right before I got her off the ground - the prop stopped abrubtly (bang) and smoke started coming from my esc. Coulda been worse.
Now i;m trying to figure the problem... bad esc? bad motor? bad combo? Everything was connected proper and seemed to be fine when I ran the meter against it befor flight. The esc is totally dead - but the motor seems fine ( but not sure if to trust it) Ihave nbeen running the castles on multiple other planes without issue.

here is my setup:
motor - hacker a50s-14turn (425kv/1250 peak watts)
Prop - 16x10 apc
battery - tp 5s 5000 30c
esc - castle ice lite 75 (stock length battery wires)

4 of the fets by the black wire just popped.

Any input is appreciated.

thx

rich

cyclops2

Contact Castle.........ONLY ........First !!.......Do not listen to any do it yourself advice. Castle should know what caused it & work out a replacement if it is their fault.


Maybe.