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Burlyman38
Veteran
Location: Troy,IL

Ok, finally got the heli back up and running.

Hooked up a battery, checked pitch, servos, tracking. played a bit.

Hooked up second battery. played a bit. THEN, like something out of a horror movie, motor didnt respond to Tx, went to investigate, saw smoke coming from canopy, unpluged battery, and got that great whiff of burning circuits.

and this is what the ESC looks like...

SO what the hell now?

Just checked the battery connections, all is +to+ and -to-.

Looking at the belt, there was a twist in it that might have caused more tension on the main gear, otherwise everything is stock.

Your thoughts....

TripleB
Flying by the street light.

12-21-2007 05:10 AM

Gregor99
Key Veteran
Location: Western Wa

I'd first try a warrenty claim. If that doesn't work or the repait will take a long time, replace it with another one. Get one with a slightly higher amp rating your motor is drawing.

On Tryan's suggestion I'm running the ELE Advanced 30a. At the moment I'm exchanging email with techs at ELE regarding programing it. Its not so simple.

12-21-2007 05:23 AM

DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

OOOOHHHHH NNNOOOOOOOOOO!! TRIPLE B, Dag Nab IT! I was hoping to see a video of your heli this weekend with Balls and all. What ESC was that?? stock ??It's a horrible smell ain't it, permiates the whole house, like when a skunk or a Bigfoot is outside!

But anywho Triple B, please don't get too discouraged, this is a test from the Heli-Gods to see if you worthy of said heli.

12-21-2007 11:17 AM

Gyronut
Elite Veteran
Location: Martinsville In.

Your not suppose to let the stink out..

Rick

12-21-2007 01:52 PM

Burlyman38
Veteran
Location: Troy,IL

It was the stock esc on the #2 HBK2 so i will pull the purple motor and esc of the other one and put it on #2.

TripleB
Flying by the street light.

12-21-2007 04:06 PM

tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

oooo ooooo that smell can you smell that smell and the smell thats around yooooouuuu.

you may of damaged the esc when you tried to mail your heli.

Just took a while to finish it off those little components can burn a hole in your skin sometimes before they quit.

Smells like a dang sasquatch in here

In my line of work thats just another day at the office. If the darn thing keeps blowin fuses get a bigger fuse.

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.

12-21-2007 06:23 PM

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Gyronut
Elite Veteran
Location: Martinsville In.

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Smells like a dang sasquatch in here

That must mean that either Fender or Burlyman is at your place tonite..

Rick

12-21-2007 10:03 PM

DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

Sorry, SirRickAlot, There is only one Bigfoot!

12-21-2007 10:15 PM

Burlyman38
Veteran
Location: Troy,IL

ok, stock ESC burnup also took out the stock 72mhz RX!!! I know this because it pulled the esky 3900 motor and 25A ESC of the other heli and it would not work. THankfully i had already gotten the futaba 6ex Tx and Rx. Put everything back together, did a little test ramp up, looks good. now just got to check on the bats, maybe its time to shoot some video of the big yellow smiley face balls scooting around the floor.

TripleB
Flying by the street light.

12-21-2007 11:00 PM

slider46
rrProfessor
Location: Gloversville, NY

Go for it, That will be sweet...

Tom..... No "D" flying....

12-21-2007 11:16 PM

DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

We want to see your smiley Balls on video, you Big Burly Bastaaaarrrddd !!!

12-21-2007 11:19 PM

slider46
rrProfessor
Location: Gloversville, NY

Don't forget to show us the daily paper, drivers lincense Ss # and how much cash you have in your wallet so we can verify it's really you....

Tom..... No "D" flying....

12-21-2007 11:22 PM

DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

YEAH !!! Those better be YOUR Balls !!!

12-21-2007 11:25 PM

slider46
rrProfessor
Location: Gloversville, NY

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHE...................

I almost wet myself laughing.....

Tom..... No "D" flying....

12-21-2007 11:29 PM

Jimmi
Key Veteran
Location: Southern Ca. U.S.A.

Hey Burlyman38 someone I know seems to be having the same problem

He bought a brand new king only to take it home and smoke the esc on startup. So I tryed a 16 amp one I had on my old v1 king and it would barely work. Not enough amps. He finally got a 20 amp esc and I trimed his heli out and everything was fine. He took it home and was hovering it when the darn esc took another crap. So since I have a few parts laying around I was going to give him a new motor and he was going to purchase another esc. I will also check if its binding before I install the esc and make sure the belt isn't looped twice. And mind you this heli is brand new from the box rtf. Doesn't surprise me, its man made

This time I told him to get a 30 amp esc to be safe. But it sounds like something is binding and when I looked at it the first time, everything seemed to move freely. Just going to have to take a much closer look this time

Jimmi

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing

12-30-2007 09:12 AM

slider46
rrProfessor
Location: Gloversville, NY

Burlyman... I had posted before about using a seperate batterypack to setup or test your heli radio, for 2 good reasons.
Safety, If your esc is unplugged your blades can't spool up and hit you while your working on the heli, also you can check things out in idle up with no false starts...
Fire, For some reason (Tryan please explain)The ESC will burn up quickly if left in a non load powered up position... I had one burn and it wasn't pretty. So Now I always unplug the ESC and plug a nicad pack in it's slot on the rx when playing with the setup...

Tom..... No "D" flying....

12-30-2007 03:02 PM

Burlyman38
Veteran
Location: Troy,IL

I had already gone through the setup and was trimming things on the ground when the motor became unresponsive and then smoke poured out from the canopy. I already had an outrunner and a 25a esc to replace the stock just had not put in on yet.

Since putting on the upgrades i havent had a problem. Thanks for the input though.

TripleB
Flying by the street light.

12-30-2007 04:30 PM

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