Death of a Hydra and XL7

[dirtysouth31]

than it was worth it

[Raydee]

That will cost you $75 for a new ESC and about a monthy and a half wait....ASK me how I know

[Doby]

How do ya know

[Raydee]

Because I was the guy on RR that smoked my Cuda 125.....and a lot worse than that. I contacted castle and was told to send it in with a check for $75 to get a brand new controller. Great deal in my opinion! It did take a while to get it back though.

[Jeepers]

Good luck.. Im over 10 weeks wait on a new 80 that would not arm correctly. Maybe the hydras are a faster return.

Iam still waiting for my 125, 7 weeks so far, the last time I talked to them they said since the cudas are discontinued, they make take awhile to start production on repair units.

[Doby]

How did you smoke yours ??

[ReddyWatts]

Has it been over 60 days since the date of purchase? A controller does not cost them $25 dollars to make.

[Raydee]

Reddy I am not sure what you mean?

I had a bad 6XL that felt tight from the start. When I threw it in the water the motor seized and smoked the ESC...and I mean smoke. It melted all the solder on the controller and it looked like a brickette from the grill.

[Doby]

Raydee; if the motor felt tight right from the start, how long until you fried the controller ??
Mine felt fine but siezed the second time out.

[SJFE]

I feel for ya Doby. The problem is it's impossible to know what really tourched the system. Looking @ the pictures I'm not convinced it was a meltdown. Looks more like a short..but I'm not an expert either :S.

[Doby]

I think the bearings went on the XL causing an overload to the controller, but who reall knows. The motor turns over fairly roughly now.

[SJFE]

Pullem and check for a burned race....

[Doby]

I think I'll leave it alone and maybe send it back to Steve for a look. I only got it last Monday, it was its first run.

[Doug Smock]

I think I'll leave it alone and maybe send it back to Steve for a look. I only got it last Monday, it was its first run.

Bearings? I don't know guys.
I think you'll find that the stator fried in the motor and it is now touching the rotor. If I was to venture a guess, it would be that the stator shorted and took out the ESC. I used to have pics of one I took down for bearing replacement, I'll try to dig them up and post them.

Sent ya a PM Doby.

Doug

[Doby]

Doug; nothing rec'd yet