ORIGINAL: thermal7
just saw your post...sorry about your problem...how much current is the motor drawing and is the ESC rated high enough to handle the current draw? That looks like the same blue motor and ESC I am running in my Falcon 3D. I got it on Ebay from Hong Kong and have had no probs with mine. I dont think it could be the receiver. If you were running too much voltage your ESC could burn up if the input LIPO battery voltage was too high or if the motor was shorted, it would short circuit the output voltage from the ESC and result in smoke. Sorry I am probably not much help. Someone else will hopefully say more. Dont throw your heli away. This is very frustrating and I would feel the same.
Ralph
i was using the stock battery from e-sky it's a 3s 1800mah 20c. the esc is a 30a and should'nt have a problem handling the pack. the wire's are close but no metal 2 metal touching going on so, i dont think it's that. the reason i said it can be the rx is because the first esc also started going out like suddenly turning on to full speed when stick was low, slowing down when it shouldn't just crazy stuff. then i started thinking, maybe i should accept this and call it "the ghost-flyer"
and everything would be ok. but nooope, i had to get another esc and this one is now toasted. i have another rx (fs8) but im still waiting for the crystal to come in so i guess im just gonna wait and see.