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glassdoctor · 08.15.2006, 10:43 PM

I just got a replacement Mtroniks Truck and I think it might have smoked due to a BEC overload. Mtroniks made the comment that it was possible and that I might want to use an external power source.

They said the BEC can heat up pretty quick and that since I was likely pushing the limits of the ESC current handling, that the hot controller combined with the high BEC loads (4s lipo and a powerful digital servo) possibly explained the controller's meltdown.

I am going to try a rx pack/ external bec... I hope that fixes it...

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glassdoctor TEAM FUSION Offline Posts: 2,041 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Iowa... Hawkeye country	08.15.2006, 10:43 PM I just got a replacement Mtroniks Truck and I think it might have smoked due to a BEC overload. Mtroniks made the comment that it was possible and that I might want to use an external power source. They said the BEC can heat up pretty quick and that since I was likely pushing the limits of the ESC current handling, that the hot controller combined with the high BEC loads (4s lipo and a powerful digital servo) possibly explained the controller's meltdown. I am going to try a rx pack/ external bec... I hope that fixes it...