Hey everyone, I was running my MG yesterday when it just stopped working. I charged batteried to make sure I didn't have a bad battery, blah blah blah the usual check over stuff. I took it out, and it was definitely burned. Smells like a burnt esc does. Anyone else have any problems? I am going to send it off and get a new one I hope, because it is still under warranty. I will probably put a different one in, but what is a good replacement ESC?
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What batts where you using?Originally posted by highfly24 View Post
What prop?
Stock motor?
* Seaking 120
* Hifei Swordfish 120
* Seaking 180
* Hifei Swordfish 200 -
If you did not change any from stock it will be replaced.
What was your set up?DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
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Stock motor, and two 7.2 or 7.4v hard-case 5000 mAh lipos. stock prop, nothing was changed.Comment
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* Any binding in the drive shaft & proper direction flex cable?Originally posted by highfly24 View Post
* Properly lubed shaft?
* Gap between the drive dog and the strut?
* Any half throttle or less then full throttle running the majority of the run?
* Any excessive turning/hard constant turning where the boat would be on/off plan often?
Any/All of those could lead to esc failure.Comment
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well, i mean i have to turn it, but not excessively, and no binding, the boat was running fine the last 3 of 4 runs, and everything was how it should be.Comment
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Yea I hope your turning lol. What I mean by excessive turning is a lot of new guys like to make super tight turns like trying to make the boat do a donut or tight figure 8 or something and it's just horrible for the esc.Originally posted by highfly24 View Post
You may be the 1 out of 100 that got a bad one. Horizon should cover it no problem, there customer service is awesome!Comment
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Yeah, I've dealt with their C.S. before, we fly planes, and we have bad stuff here and there, and they take care of it no problem! Thanks Diesel!Comment
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How long did you run it for?"Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone except God.
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I think Horizon will send you a new one if you call them....NAMBA20...Caterpillar UL-1, P-Spec OM29, P-Mono DF33, P-Spec JAE, Aussie 33" Hydro-LSH, Sprintcat CC2028 on 8s, PT SS45 Q Hydro, PS295 UL-1 power, OSE Brothers Outlaw QMono 4-sale, Rio 51z CC2028 on 8s
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Yeah, I'll give them a call tomorrow, and I've never had a problem with them.
and Jim, I would run it until it started driving really slow, but I had the ESC programmed with slow cut-off, lipo, and I had greased the flexshaft. It was probably time to re-grease it, but it was running just fine and then cut out. I'll send it to them.Comment
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Did you use programming card to swich your esc to lipo from NMH as this is set up for them as defoult?DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
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If you get a new esc from HH sell it and get a SK180..Especially if you plan on 5s running.. If you decide to keep the new esc and you dont have a programmer I have a stock esc programmer for sale..Comment
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It's easy with the card. http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo...ing_Module.pdfOriginally posted by Brushless55 View Posthow is this done by the way?
you can run 5s on the stock esc
Also set the motor timing to "HIGH" with the stock motor and make sure throttle curve is "LINEAR"
Yup you can run 5s. I been doing it for a while. Dis-able the bec and run a rx pack and change all the bullets over to 5.5mm or higher (stock 3.5mm & deans won't handle it)Comment
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