Please refer to previous post http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Need...1504160/tm.htm

I connected the battery to the ESC and ESC to receiver and motor as diagramed in the instructions. When I do, the receiver does not get power (as evidenced by no green LED).

I connected an inline switch, as some do on glow planes to shut off the batt / receiver from outside the plane. When I do this, the ESC wire that is supposed to connect to batt is free. I have the elevator to ch2, rudder to ch1, then the ESC to ch3, and finally, the batt / shutoff switch to b/ch4. (This switch is connected between a second battery (4-cell AA 500mA) and the ch4/B slot on the receiver). Then I have the 9.6v connected to the ESC, the ESC to ch3, and then the single side to the motor.

I do get a light on the receiver with this. It took a minute or so to get the motor to spin. And it did slow / speed up with the slide switch from my Hitec Neon SS, but then it quit, and the ESC was quite warm to the touch.

I'm wondering if the ESC I bought locally is the wrong kind. It is a Great Planes 5Amp C-5 Nano ESC. It is not as described in the instructions (ICS-50, ICS-100 or 400).

Why would I not get receiver power from the battery when connected directly to the battery through the ESC?

Could I have a faulty ESC? The local hobby shop only had two. The 5amp I bought, and he also had a 20amp. But they were both kind of pricey. Would I do better by buying one online, both pricewise and reliability wise?

Is my 9.6v too big or too small for the 300-C motor, or should I up the motor for the 9.6v pack to a 350 or 400?

What ESC is good and reliable. Is the one I have compatible / recommended? How come I don't get receiver power from the battery through the ESC, but I do when I connect to receiver through a cut-off switch?

Please help. I'm almost finished except for this, and determining the CG.

Thanks again for your help, recommendations, and experience.

Robert