Are they supposed to shoot flames?

[brushlessboy16]

Just got back from a late night bash with my buddy mike.. ran for about a half hour...

Then it gets ugly... im walking with the truck. just enough throttle to keep at a walking speed... esc starts to smoke... oh crap right? wrong.. as i approach it the speed controller lights up in a brilliant display of fire and smoke... so i run up and unplug the thing as the fan shoots flames on my hand (which is now singed. It was a dead short somewhere, drew enough amps to melt my deans together, burned my fingers getting them off.. it melted the plastic so i had exposed contacts...


so now that myself and the car are fuming, i come in here and check my batter.....
I have 4 cells that read 3.8v and one that reads 0.01 so i rip apart the pack, all my heatshrink to find a cell with a loose casing and 0 volts... right now i am furious... because this is my second speed controller dead, but i took my battery pack with it.... WHO PAYS FOR THIS!



edit- my receiver and servo are also dead now... AHHH

Now im in the hole by about 300 dollars... great