Smoked Electronics
I just purchased my first electric plane about a month ago. It is a parkzone F27C stryker. I have about 6 flights on the plane with 4 of them being on borrowed packs and two being on my personal lipo pack. Last night I went to the field to get some more time on this plane and as soon as I plugged in the pack, poof, It went up in smoke. I did everything the same as I have always done. I turned on the transmitter and verified I was on the proper model. I then secured the battery in the plane and plugged it in. It happened so fast that I did not even get to push the connector all the way together before smoke poured from the ESC and motor. The prop jerked around a bit, but never rotated. I immediately pulled the connectors apart and pulled the lipo out of the plane to make sure it was not going off as well. It was fine not hot or swollen. I checked the transmitter again and the throttle was all the way down, and it was set on the proper plane. I cannot figure out what would have caused this other than a random failure of the ESC. I going to contact parkzone about this when they open and see what can be done under warranty. Any Ideas.???