harrilynch

I am doing a project for school in which I am building a diy rc plane. I got all of my electronics and I pieced them together to make sure they worked. And my motor worked for a little bit, and then I restarted my transmitter and tried again and the motor wires instantly started sparking up and smoke came out of the motor. Could it be that I didn’t use heat shrink tubing when soldering, or that my parts are incompatable?

Part information
Motor is turnigy 2822-14
7.4v-11.1v
1450kv
160watt max power
Says 30a esc

Esc
Hobbyking 20a ubec
Bec 5v/3a
Lipo 2-4s
Nimh 5-12s

Lipo
Turnigy 2200 mah
25-35c discharge
3 cell 11.1v

rgburrill

Is that the wire burning in the photo? If so you definitely have a short at the motor connection.