Mrasmm,

Excellent find on the Blades, I never would have thought that deformed blades would cause a motor to overheat..
Put that in the WIKI, Crashcrash said it a while back, when you think you might know what the problem is, it could be a 100 other things, causing it.

Dave / Choppersrule
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good news!!!

I figured it out

not the bearings, not the motor, not the connections, not the head, not the pitch range, not the batteries, not the main shaft or the gear mesh... hrm... I got to thinking, so what does that leave... the blades =) of course =P Anyways I tested the PE foam blades that I have been using and their min draw at 0 pitch @ 8vdc was 2.24A, the JCS plasti were about 2.14 and the stock syms were really low at about 1.46A. I expected the syms to be low, but I didn't know they would be quite that much lower. The PE's from the JCS's though were not alot of difference at 0 pitch, so then I tested hover range amp draw on all the blades, I can't remember what the syms were, the JCS were 2.8A and the PE's were a wopping 4.2A.