talked to the owner at the hobby store and he sai he wants me to take it in so he can look at it. he said even if the connector was put in the wrong way this should not have happened. at least he did say he will have a look at it and see what he can do for me. another friend said that jr, futaba and hitec are all the same as you guys said, but there has to have been a fault somewhere as for this to happen like it did there was a short to ground