I got a stampede that I'm converting over to a mild setup. I went with an LRP A.I. Pro brushless esc and a vector x-11 9.5 motor. Going to the extreme limitations of the esc with that motor, so I figure I'd toss a fan on and all would be well. It comes time to install when I get the motor. Tape everything down, mount the motor, plug in a battery. All of the sudden the wires on the battery got really hot and had to unhook the battery. The esc was really hot. Messed around, tried turning the switch on and then hooking a battery, it seems to work, not problem with heat, but the motor is acting up. When giving it throttle it jitters and cogs real bad. I send the esc back lrp and they replace it saying it had damaged fets or something.

I get the new one. I lay everything out on the table and hook it up before mounting. Turn it on, esc powers up with no issue, fan turns on, motor seems to work ok. Disconnect and mount to vehicle. Took the time to make a nice clean install, tuck/taped wires in. Hooked up the battery, turned it on. ESC powers up, flashes a couple times indicating that it isn't set up for lipo cut off mode. I turn it off. ZZZZZZZTTT and smoke comes pouring out. I havent even driven this thing yet. What gives??

You can't possibly screw it up or hook it up wrong. It's totally automatic setup and a drunk monkey on acid could do it. I'm using lunsford short motor screws 6mm. I'm using a known good rx,good lipo. Could a faulty motor be causing all this to happen? LRP freaked when I told them it happened and now they want my esc,motor, and battery that I used. It seems weird that it would work ok outside of the truck, but once it was installed all hell breaks loose. I'm using stock motor plugs,deans plugs, stuck the esc down with double sided tape, using firm pressure but not too much. Stuck the switch to the side of the esc with double sided tape.

When I was waiting on a new esc, I did try out the 9.5 on my mamba in my rustler. I don't use motor plugs so I did a halfassed solder job to the motor plugs. It worked but cogged really bad, I figured it was from the way it was hooked up. So now they'll see I got solder residue on the motor plugs and wonder what the hell I did to the motor and probably take the easy way out and deny me any replacement. Any ideas why this would happen? 1 in a million shot I get two bad escs in a row? Something to do with the motor or perhaps the sensor wire?