how long can a esc last?

[Jeepers]

i guess any esc

oh well I have an OLD Futaba esc that still works its over 15 years old. I thought your were talking boat esc's

[dreamland s4]

oh well I have an OLD Futaba esc that still works its over 15 years old. I thought your were talking boat esc's

i guess an esc is an esc

[JackBlack26]

It's like anything else. My mother in law killed the motor in her 98 pathfinder in under 100k miles due to poor maintenance and abuse.

I'm new to boating too but I have learned from my years in the hobby that over sizing equiptment is the way to go. If I need a 120A I will get a 180 or 200. When I want to run 6s I will get something rated for high voltage. It's not that hard. Just common sense.

[dreamland s4]

It's like anything else. My mother in law killed the motor in her 98 pathfinder in under 100k miles due to poor maintenance and abuse.

I'm new to boating too but I have learned from my years in the hobby that over sizing equiptment is the way to go. If I need a 120A I will get a 180 or 200. When I want to run 6s I will get something rated for high voltage. It's not that hard. Just common sense.

makes perfect sense

[785boats]

I'm with Blackjack on this one.
I've been running 4 Himodel GX200A 8s ESC's on 4s setups Pulling between 100 & 130 Amps for a few years now & haven't blown a cap or a fet yet.
Double the voltage & current capabilities. And using the BEC in all of them.
Cheers.
Paul.

[siberianhusky]

I have a novak t-4 in my RC10 gold tub that was bought when the buggy was first released over 20 years ago, last fall it was still going strong.
It ran a few times in a hydro with ni-cads, that was my first attempt at FE, gave up on it for a few years! Nitro was more fun back then!

[LuckyDuc]

I have a novak t-4 in my RC10 gold tub that was bought when the buggy was first released over 20 years ago, last fall it was still going strong.
It ran a few times in a hydro with ni-cads, that was my first attempt at FE, gave up on it for a few years! Nitro was more fun back then!

I have a Novak T-4 in a gold tub RC10 still going strong too.

[Brushless01]

Ive been using a Supervee 27 esc for over 2 years in 3 different hulls still going very strong after being underwater for 24 hours until a diver found it.

[sailr]

ESC's last until you, or the racing Gods, blow it up. No set rule of thumb.

[dreamland s4]

ESC's last until you, or the racing Gods, blow it up. No set rule of thumb.

well the racing god sent my swordfish so far down to hell it ended up in sydney.