Hi all,

I'm fairly new to electrics, but I'm convinced that e-flight is the wave of the future. In that spirit I tried to convert my Showtime to electirc power. To that end, I mounted an Actro 32-3 in the nose with a 17X12 APC electric prop and connected a Jeti 77opto plus ESC to my two TP 5S4P 5300 mah packs in series (10cell lipo). The esc is rated for "up to 10 cell lipo". Well on the first flight, it took off like greased lightening and flew beautifully for about 30 seconds, Then there was a puff of white smoke and no power- an immediate landing was mandatory<G>....

The ESC had completely fried itself!- the capacitors and connection wires were completely burned off and the guts of the ESC completely charred. The wood surrounding the ESC was obviously burned so the thing was actually on fire for a brief period. What have I done wrong? Is this just a bad esc or is there something obviously wrong here that I've missed!

Thanks,

George