QUERY!
 

I have finally fixed my thrust problem on my reach whirlwind although im still not getting enough power. While I was building it I put some wires in the wrong way and the battery started to blow up and smoke along with the esc smoking, also the motor turned slowly, i think my power problem is related to this, which part do you think is wasted, engine/gearbox, esc, battery
post back any ideas on how to fix this or what i need to buy. note the battery esc and motor all came as a pack so its not to do with wrong setup, alsoit was the wire going from the esc to the battery that i put in the wrong way!!! please post your ideas on what i should do next here thnx!

Maidin:)

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I've been down this road before myself... Happens to everyone at some point. Anything that smoked will need to be replaced.

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ok so i will replace the esc and battery, i dont think the motor smoked but i guess i could alwasy get that afterwards if it still aint goin good! thnx heaps matt

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Seems like problem aviodance would be a good thing Matt. So is there anyway to check polarity or what ever before smokin something?
Thanks
Gene

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Your wires should be color coded on the ESC with RED as the "+" and Black as the "-" terminal. If there are different colors, look on the circuit board and it should show "+" and "-". I don't know any other way for you to do it, if it is not in your instruction sheet.

Good luck!