WARNING! A new way for MMMs to fail including your precious V3!

[Ryu James]

Today when i was out bashing i went over a small jump and as i landed my Losi 8T Tekno conversion just died. I went over to it and sure enough it was my 5th MMM that had failed. I couldnt figure out what went wrong cuz i had just barely updated it with the most recent firmware.
After closer inspection i noticed that when i hit the bump my battery must have jolted forward just enough to bump the connectors on the ESC and push them into the heatsink. The result was two connectors touching the heatsink at the same time and....ZAP! Shorted out and fried my ESC. this is a major design flaw IMO with the MMM. Granted only the Losi 8 Tekno conversions are probably capable of this due to where the battery is mounted but when i looked at the MMM the connectors sit approx 1mm away from the heatsink. it doesnt take much force to move those connectors 1mm.
So i came up with a simple fix. i wrapped electrical tape around the connectors to keep there from being any connectivity should they touch the heatsink. anyway, just a heads up for all you losi 8 tekno owners with MMMs. i would make the change now and MMM owners in general it is something to consider.

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