RX8 on fire

[TekinTeamMgr]

The issue stems from ripple current. Ripple current must be controlled by the caps in the esc. If the batteries cannot keep up with the load requirements of the system the caps will get over worked and fail. Again this is what we see more often than not on catastrophic failures such as yours.

Loose connections that can short ANY of the 2 wires together also cause this. This is usually a loose post on the unit caused by wires that have no "give" and pull the post out,etc.

Hard to say without the unit in my hand.