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Hey everyone, I was running my MG yesterday when it just stopped working. I charged batteried to make sure I didn't have a bad battery, blah blah blah the usual check over stuff. I took it out, and it was definitely burned. Smells like a burnt esc does. Anyone else have any problems? I am going to send it off and get a new one I hope, because it is still under warranty. I will probably put a different one in, but what is a good replacement ESC?
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If you did not change any from stock it will be replaced.
What was your set up?DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
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Stock motor, and two 7.2 or 7.4v hard-case 5000 mAh lipos. stock prop, nothing was changed.Comment
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* Any binding in the drive shaft & proper direction flex cable?
* Properly lubed shaft?
* Gap between the drive dog and the strut?
* Any half throttle or less then full throttle running the majority of the run?
* Any excessive turning/hard constant turning where the boat would be on/off plan often?
Any/All of those could lead to esc failure.Comment
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well, i mean i have to turn it, but not excessively, and no binding, the boat was running fine the last 3 of 4 runs, and everything was how it should be.Comment
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Yea I hope your turning lol. What I mean by excessive turning is a lot of new guys like to make super tight turns like trying to make the boat do a donut or tight figure 8 or something and it's just horrible for the esc.
You may be the 1 out of 100 that got a bad one. Horizon should cover it no problem, there customer service is awesome!Comment
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Yeah, I've dealt with their C.S. before, we fly planes, and we have bad stuff here and there, and they take care of it no problem! Thanks Diesel!Comment
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How long did you run it for?"Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone except God.
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I think Horizon will send you a new one if you call them....NAMBA20...Caterpillar UL-1, P-Spec OM29, P-Mono DF33, P-Spec JAE, Aussie 33" Hydro-LSH, Sprintcat CC2028 on 8s, PT SS45 Q Hydro, PS295 UL-1 power, OSE Brothers Outlaw QMono 4-sale, Rio 51z CC2028 on 8s
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Yeah, I'll give them a call tomorrow, and I've never had a problem with them.
and Jim, I would run it until it started driving really slow, but I had the ESC programmed with slow cut-off, lipo, and I had greased the flexshaft. It was probably time to re-grease it, but it was running just fine and then cut out. I'll send it to them.Comment
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Did you use programming card to swich your esc to lipo from NMH as this is set up for them as defoult?DJI Drone Advanced Pilot
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If you get a new esc from HH sell it and get a SK180..Especially if you plan on 5s running.. If you decide to keep the new esc and you dont have a programmer I have a stock esc programmer for sale..Comment
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.NAMBA20...Caterpillar UL-1, P-Spec OM29, P-Mono DF33, P-Spec JAE, Aussie 33" Hydro-LSH, Sprintcat CC2028 on 8s, PT SS45 Q Hydro, PS295 UL-1 power, OSE Brothers Outlaw QMono 4-sale, Rio 51z CC2028 on 8sComment
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It's easy with the card. http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo...ing_Module.pdf
Also set the motor timing to "HIGH" with the stock motor and make sure throttle curve is "LINEAR"
Yup you can run 5s. I been doing it for a while. Dis-able the bec and run a rx pack and change all the bullets over to 5.5mm or higher (stock 3.5mm & deans won't handle it)Comment
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