Esc smoke

[pyroM!KE]

i have run mine only on 4 cell and have taken off the tupperware lid after a run and saw wisps of what looked like smoke but i beleave it was just warm air in the hull and the cool moist air outside mixing together......i thought that might be what u saw till it hit me u were running 5 cell

LOL..It wasnt thundering in there was it..hehe

[ron1950]

no thunder just a rumbleing lol

[jac4412]

Huh really weird... those are actually very solid stock ESCs

[pyroM!KE]

Huh really weird... those are actually very solid stock ESCs

Maybe the older ones..I have seen alot of failures with the newer kits..Something had to change..

[Darin Jordan]

Burning Capacitor goo STINKS! Ask me how I know?? :D

[Darin Jordan]

Nothing has changed with the newer 45A ESCs... you guys are just pushing them a lot harder! Boat is bigger than the old BJ26, and they are just being run harder. ESC was NOT designed to run on 5S, so this type of thing is done at your own risk. What worked on the BJ26 will not necessarily work on the MG.

It's a RTR... it's designed to be upgraded! Get one of the 120A ESCs mentioned above and then go nuts.

That being said... I've pushed the 45A ESCs to nearly 90A continous and they've held up for years... I know where they grow, however, so it's easier for me to stomach doing that and assume the risk.

[ron1950]

a guy bought a new mg at the lhs...pluged in the 4c2p and pulled the trigger pooooof fire....hatch blows off lol......smoke and all from the 45a esc.....horizon warentied it ,but not good for fe boating

[Darin Jordan]

a guy bought a new mg at the lhs...pluged in the 4c2p and pulled the trigger pooooof fire....hatch blows off lol......smoke and all from the 45a esc.....horizon warentied it ,but not good for fe boating

Ummmm.... what exactly do you mean by 4S2P?? If you are talking a 4S pack per side... that's 8S1P, and it WILL "poof" if you do that...

Ask me how I know that as well...

[ron1950]

no 2 packs of 2 cells like it sposed to have

[Darin Jordan]

no 2 packs of 2 cells like it sposed to have

Well... be clear then... that is 4S1P, and it should have been covered under warrantee...

One bad part doesn't make the product bad. In general, these are pretty stout ESCs for their rating.

[ron1950]

hey just replying to the thread about new esc seeming to blow easyer take it for what its worth....maybe u should check if they changed any parts before u say no parts changed

[Darin Jordan]

hey just replying to the thread about new esc seeming to blow easyer take it for what its worth....maybe u should check if they changed any parts before u say no parts changed

Let's see... it's a blue box, all sealed up in hard, black, goo, by a bunch of people many thousands of miles on the other side of the world, who don't generally speak English...

And they DIDN'T inform me that they might have changed any parts?? I'm shocked!

Hahaha... just bustin' your chops, Ron... but, again... you are going to get a bad part once in awhile. I don't think it's fair to start making a pattern of failure because one part failed.

If they DID change any parts... even the ProBoat engineers wouldn't likely know about it... I can tell you for certain that there were no parts changes ASKED for, or authorized.

Glad the replacement part is working fine.

[ron1950]

yes new boat worked fine...never did find out why just bam and fire lol...just glad it wasent mine

[ksaucerman]

I had thought it may have been steam as mentioned earlier as it was hot inside the hull and very humid and cold outside and the fact that it didn't seem to affect performance. I've just never had experience with an esc steaming.