I've been picking away at putting the motor and electronics in my new 800 mm Spitfire kit. The old Spit was looking pretty rough, but still flew well. The Spit has this little plastic cowl that goes on the nose. This cowl makes it a real pain to get to the motor to esc connectors. So, being clever, I decided to glue small, rare Earth magnets on the cowl and nose of the plane. It worked perfectly! Easy access to the motor leads!
Finally got around to installing the motor today. Connected everything, fired up the TX, beep beep beeeeeeep. All good. Then I tested the motor. As soon as I throttled up, sparks flew out of the motor and a little puff of smoke. Instantly, it hit me how stupid I had been. Stupid, stupid stupid.... DOH!
Finally got around to installing the motor today. Connected everything, fired up the TX, beep beep beeeeeeep. All good. Then I tested the motor. As soon as I throttled up, sparks flew out of the motor and a little puff of smoke. Instantly, it hit me how stupid I had been. Stupid, stupid stupid.... DOH!