Had my first flame-out today
 

Fried my mmm and even started the grass on fire:gasp: Thankfully it wasn't too bad as in it went out soon. It produced enough heat to desolder the battery input wires:surprised: So anyway, is there a quick and easy way to test if the motor is still good without opening it up? I have a multimeter if that helps.

I would see if turns freely first.
Then can check the ohms from there.

The rotor spins freely and the resistance is equal on all combination of phases, so I would think the motor is still good. I thought I had a 1518 installed but turned out to be a 1520. Thanks Countryboy.

What are you guys using to measure resistance of the coils? Given that the typical DC resistance of motor wires is in the milli-ohm range, a regular meter won't show the difference between a coil and a dead short. The only useful measurement a meter would give is to see if the coils are still connected, which it shouldn't be because it would take a heck of a lot of current to literally blow a coil.

I must be doing something wrong then Brian:oops: I haven't really looked up on how to correctly use a multimeter, was trying to go by feel:whistle:

This is the reading I've been getting on any 2 motor wires
http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/pict...&pictureid=949