Two ESCs Fail I’ve had two ESCs fail in one day, one in a zero-throttle fast descent and one while bench testing with no props and running off a 5A current-limited bench power supply. Both play the little tune through the motor when powered on but ignore PPM input and […]
A Typical RC S-BEC I bought a couple of these S-BECs with the intention of installing one in a FPV wing. Before doing this I needed to know what it was capable of. This module is from Hobbyking and is rated to 26 Volts input and 5 Amps continuous output, […]
Failure At the last indoor flying event I found that one of the motors on my quad was doing its own thing; beeping randomly, starting and stopping when the controller was in safe mode. The ESC is one of 4 HobbyKing SS (super simple) 20 Amp I bought about 2 […]
It was a nice early evening at the flying field. Not too much wind and a bit of lift early on. I was moving the sticks and it just did its own thing. I was stupid enough to do it twice; just to prove there was a problem; yep, confirmed. […]