Novak GTB smoking - RC-Monster Forums

lucias · **Novak GTB smoking -** 06.02.2009, 03:38 PM

So I just bought a used XXXT-CR with a Novak setup on it. I plugged it and was setting up my steering servo when I notice the smoke coming from the esc.. I shut it off immediately and looked it over. I turned it back on and the fan doesn't work but the esc and everything else works fine.. Have any of you ever smoked a fan or should I have a greater concern?

06.02.2009, 06:21 PM

i dont know how true this is so don't flame me if i am wrong

i have heard that if your batteries are plugged in (with the switch off) and you turn the steering servo it can blow the esc or in your case the fan
as i say i don't know how true it is but what exactly did you do when you plugged the battery in e.t.c

lucias · 06.02.2009, 06:28 PM

I had the switch on and I was centering my steering.. all of the sudden I watched the fan get slower like it was dying and then it smoked.. I turned it off. Turned it back on noticed no fan so I tried to spin it and it spun for a second then stopped.. I drove it and it seemed to work fine.. I think they have a throttle delay set was the only thing I noticed.. I dunno.. I will know more after I get to play with it when I get home tonight..

I did some researching and did read about people moving the steering with a battery plugged in, they said there smoked as well.. Hopefully that isn't the case. I haven't even had the truck 2 hours yet..