exactly, your gearing was WAY to low. thats your problem. actually, to low or high of gearing will make it run hot. so you should have went with a 16 tooth.
that works for motor squee. He is having lipo problems. The 7xl can draw some pretty good amount of current. You may consider falling back to a 8xl. It would help runtime and heat on esc.
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