Right, but the esc is supposed to be able to handle the motor. The minimum requirements for that motor is the a.i. pro. The thing is, it goes up in smoke before I even get to use it. It does it when the switch is turned OFF. No current draw coming from the motor or anything else. Yeah, I know soldering it up that way wasn't cool, but I didn't want to cut the plugs off, but that happened after the first esc anyways. As far as I know this esc is made for 10th scale stadiums and the 9.5 was more for a blend of power and controllability. I didn't want balls out power, I got the rustler for that. A 13.5 is slightly underpowered for what I wanted, so I figured a mild mod motor would do the trick. Either way I was looking for <300 watt sensored setup for as cheap as I could go. I know this setup is outside the norm of your guys' unsensored multi-celled realm, but I figured you guys had alot of speed controller experience and maybe could relate to a esc going up in smoke without even giving the motor any throttle and might have an idea as to what is causing this aside from being a weak cheap system.