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Old 06-08-2012, 08:45 AM
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Rustproofcorn
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Default RE: New Blade 450 3D up in smoke!!!

It was my 5th full battery pack. i bought it monday and i flew 2 packs then 1 pack tuesday and 1 pack wednesday. then on thursday i made it 6 foot off the ground when the battery bursted and the smoke started coming. i would say each flight was 15 minutes or so. yeah i didnt get all the pictures i should have. there were some pretty big poofs of smoke that i would have liked to capture. i just got confirmation last night the the new 450 3d is on the way. not sure what they are sending me they said there were 3 options they were toying with.

1 BNF without battery and then send battery seperate
2 BNF with battery enclosed
3 RTF with everything i recieved on my first one

any way they go i will be happy. if i do get another ready to fly i will prolly try and sell the 2 Dx6is and get one dx7..

i have stripped the heli at this point kept anything of value. one thing i wonder is has this happend to anyone else? i seriously wonder if the battery was touching the motor inflight and the friction started the blaze? any ideas on this?