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Old 06-27-2008 | 08:38 PM
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cbrian4
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Default Bad luck Please help!

Alright i swear i have the worst luck. I bought the esky 3800kv brushless from xheli and the dynam 30a esc from helidirect. Well i installed them on my honeybee king 2 with deans connectors for the battery. When i went to the park i started up the heli and went into a hover. About 30 seconds later i lost all power and the helicopter fell to the ground. When i went to inspect i found the esc to be extremely hot (in fact it burned me) and one of the leads from the esc that leads to the motor came completely off. I went home and peeled back the heat shrink on the esc and resoldered the lead on. I then tried to power everything up again and all i get is a few turns on the motor and then it stops. The motor only starts when i jam the throttle stick up to half throttle immediately. So i hovered it once for about a minute and landed it. When i felt the esc, it was hot again [:@] And i also felt the outrunner motor and was surprised to find it pretty hot too! I thought these motors don't get hot! So now im really confused cause im not sure if the motor is faulty and caused the esc to fail or if the esc is faulty and causing the motor to heat up. Please help!