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Cool man thanks. I realize it's not that big a deal just kinda odd. On mine I put seperate pc. of shrink around the caps to give me additional support. Got to the river today and the wind was howling prolly 20mph and in the wrong direction. (would be hard to retrieve in a blowover) So, tomorrow is the day I'll test her. It was all I could do not to slap her in the water anyway, but decided not to.........
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Well second run was a flop. Didn't get a full pass made before blowover and burnt the starboard esc up on the next run. The fire inside almost burnt the lipo next to that speed control. Not 100% sure what happened here. Both power leads and all 3 motor leads were completely unsoldered after meltdown. Oh well, I have to live with that terrible burnt electronics smell for awhile. Using the exact same cog as the maiden voyage this thing went like a cat with it tail on fire before I could get off the throttle. These motors truely are a beast on 6s! The starboard motor may be toast not sure yet. Gps recorded 49mph before blowover
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What was the setup?If all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed!Comment
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Did it let in water when it blew over?Comment
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Boat was bone dry after blowover. Pushed it in with my zig zag checked for water checked the gps then retaped and tried to re-run. Ran the boat out a ways for a drag and then it was acting strange. Saw a puff of smoke come out from apparently overheated hatch tape. Drove boat in on port side motor only. The only thing that I saw out of the ordinary was starboard side flex was sticking out of the stinger about an 1/8 more than the port......FE BOATING: Less like a hobby and more like an addiction!Comment
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Update, Starboard side motor will be burried with the speed control. Expensive outing to not even get her maxed out speed-wise.FE BOATING: Less like a hobby and more like an addiction!Comment
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i dont know about that wiring, may be the culpritComment
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I still haven't figured it out. Here is a shot of the wiring. Batts in series and esc in parallel.
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Your wiring looks fine.
I have my own opinions that Im sure most will say I dont know what Im talking about.. but I will say it anyways. My guess.. one of your leads on the motor came unsoldered and casued it. This will be case number 4 Ive heard of this happening (one being of my own) and each time one or more of the wires were undone from the motor. I hate and will not use BJ motors any more. People swear by them.. I think they are crap. I had the problem on 5S, boat was runing fine and then stopped. Steering servo still worked, but motor would not turn. It was about 30 feet from the shoreline directly in front of me. 30 seconds later, it sounded like an air hose let loose, I watched my hull expand and then a flame exploded out the front. I lost a batt, a gps, an ESC (proboat) and the proboat motor. This happened less than 30 seconds into a run and the only thing abnormal when it came in was a broken solder connection to a bullet from the motor to the esc and the positive lead wire burnt going into the esc and came out of the esc after I pulled it out. Id say it was a motor catastrophy and nothing more.
Sorry to hear that happened though.. sucks... Ive been there.Comment
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Can't really tell from your picture how your wiring is but this is how I run mine. I was going to say almost the same thing. I don't want to assume that BJ motors are bad as I never used one. I will say that your motor probably caused the esc damage. My mono wound up a flex cable which caused a bind and poof went a CC 120. When I got it back to shore everything looked well except the esc which was toast. Upon further inspection the flex showed sings of it being wound up. At 25-30K rpm and a sudden stop in the driveline will cause a lot of current to make things go poof. Might not be the case but it's something to not overlook.If all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed!Comment
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Tiqueman, the connectors on the motor were all intact. They were still attached to the esc motor leads just melted off from the esc.
Flex was fine and still very free spinning. I did notice apon removal that motor was the sloppy motor that allowed the 5mm shaft to move slightly in and out.(like it needed a shim inside) I noticed this earlier but didnt think anything about it since I was running thrust bearings between collet and motor face. Wiring-wise mine is the same as yours Baked just not as pretty. I made a "y" split with same gage wire and connectors. All 6mm bullets.FE BOATING: Less like a hobby and more like an addiction!Comment
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Actually I don't think my wiring is the same as yours. Don't you have everything in parallel?FE BOATING: Less like a hobby and more like an addiction!Comment
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I hope you get it figured out and I wanna see 70+
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