150amps hobbywing esc in fire in my house!!!

[GT35R]

I just had a little HW fire too.

-Brand new Caster Truggy
-HW 80A ESC
-New Turnigy 2x3000 4S
-New 2.4G radio system

Smoke, fire, melted plastic, wiring ETC.
Was waiting for MMM to be returned so was trying
an 80A HW in the meantime. Only changed timing to 7.5deg, punch default.

I can't believe how much damage it has caused on a brand new setup
that has never even flipped or hit anything. I might go back to flying
for a while, only damage is when you crash.

[littlegiant]

Originally Posted by GT35R

I just had a little HW fire too.

-Brand new Caster Truggy
-HW 80A ESC
-New Turnigy 2x3000 4S
-New 2.4G radio system

Smoke, fire, melted plastic, wiring ETC.
Was waiting for MMM to be returned so was trying
an 80A HW in the meantime. Only changed timing to 7.5deg, punch default.

I can't believe how much damage it has caused on a brand new setup
that has never even flipped or hit anything. I might go back to flying
for a while, only damage is when you crash.

Was it the hw truggy combo from castor? I did lower the timing to 7.5 on my HW80A and the esc blew up. It was working flawlessly for 2 weeks prior to the timing change. I was lucky that the esc din catch fire.

[GT35R]

Originally Posted by littlegiant

Was it the hw truggy combo from castor? I did lower the timing to 7.5 on my HW80A and the esc blew up. It was working flawlessly for 2 weeks prior to the timing change. I was lucky that the esc din catch fire.

No I bought the race roller version and bought a HW ESC to run until MMM
returns.
I had read about not setting punch too low and I didn't set timing all the way
to zero to be safe. Seems that was a bad idea.

Smoke is OK, send it back and get a new one.
This bastard melted a new body, I'm not having luck so far sourcing another one.