and another one bites the dust....

Well my v3 gave out yesterday in a fiery death. It has been a good esc providing close to 400 hours of use. We were jumping off of a 40 foot hill landing about 90% of the way down it yesterday. I had made 3 packs worth of jumps, about half way into the 4th pack I let a buddy drive. He jumped it, landed, turned to bring it back up that hill and the buggy stopped with black smoke rolling out.

I have not checked the lipo, motor, or servo yet to see if they are ok. But the MMM is a charred chunk of ash. I'll get pics when I get home. My camera batteries were dead when I got home yesterday. The kicker... this thing is just outside it's warranty period :(


MMM was in a Mugen MBX5R with neu 1515 1y 2200kv on 4s, geared 15/46. I have run it that way since I converted the buggy with temps never exceeding 135 on the esc and 150 on the motor on the hottest of summer days and around 120-125 degrees on days 80 degrees or under. Yesterday was about 90 degrees out with 85% humidity.