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primus95 · 07:15 PM

Hi All,

I am gutted, this is the second drive of my 8ight-T and the MMM has burst into flames about 5 mins into my second drive EVER?

I test drove my car this morning and checked temps twice to make sure everything was running as expected, temps all OK (motor ~150 at hotest spot, ESC & lipo ~ 100), documented in my thread in the Truggy forum.

I took the car back out this afternoon and after about 5 mins of driving, getting the feel of it, and the car stops, then smoke and flames. I freak and run to pull the car apart thinking the lipo's puffing (as all temps were OK this morning) and check this out.....

battery wire has completely un-soldered from the ESC.....something blown in the ESC????

My setup was MMM 2200 combo, 14/48, Neu 5s1p 6500mah Lipo

I've sent an email off to castle support & repair as I'm in Australia, otherwise I would ring them. Is this a common thing?? I've been reading for a long time prior to my build and beleived I had a fairly conservative setup with a high quality lipo and all would be OK???

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primus95 RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 80 Join Date: May 2009	MMM v3 flameout - 2nd drive EVER??? :( - 07.12.2009, 04:48 AM Hi All, I am gutted, this is the second drive of my 8ight-T and the MMM has burst into flames about 5 mins into my second drive EVER? I test drove my car this morning and checked temps twice to make sure everything was running as expected, temps all OK (motor ~150 at hotest spot, ESC & lipo ~ 100), documented in my thread in the Truggy forum. I took the car back out this afternoon and after about 5 mins of driving, getting the feel of it, and the car stops, then smoke and flames. I freak and run to pull the car apart thinking the lipo's puffing (as all temps were OK this morning) and check this out..... battery wire has completely un-soldered from the ESC.....something blown in the ESC???? My setup was MMM 2200 combo, 14/48, Neu 5s1p 6500mah Lipo I've sent an email off to castle support & repair as I'm in Australia, otherwise I would ring them. Is this a common thing?? I've been reading for a long time prior to my build and beleived I had a fairly conservative setup with a high quality lipo and all would be OK??? Last edited by primus95; 07.12.2009 at 07:15 PM.