PunkStar Studios
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Hey Guys.
So I picked up a Bixler and it arrived today... yeah... like the day after V2 was put on sale. Ug.
Anyhow - overall I found it kinda "cheap" feeling compared to parkzone, FMS, and those type of planes. But given the price - well - I suppose that's the be expected.
Instruction say put a 20a ESC in, I didn't have any that small laying around so I put in a 30A.
Put everything together and threw in a 3cell 2200 and tossed it into the wind.
Right off the bat I noticed the tail seemed a little wobbly so I just did some level stuff to get it trimmed out and basically took it easy.
Well no more than 2 minutes into the flight the motor stopped. "Crap - I probably put in the wrong (used) battery". (Although this was the first flight of the day with a few more in the back of the suv and I could have sworn all my batteries were freshly charged).
No matter - I just dead sticked into some tall crass about 10 feet beside me - nice and gentle like.
So I walk up to it and I'm getting a wiff of smoke and I swear I could see a puff of smoke come out from the motor.
I quickly open the hatch and disconnect the battery. Puff - I could swear I saw the remnants of a bit more smoke coming out of the fuselage. I check out the ESC. The thing was crazy hot - too hot to touch. I couldn't be sure if the smoke was coming from the motor or drifting up through the crack above the ESC (below the motor).
So - I am wondering what could be wrong...
-ESC?
-Motor?
-Battery?
All three are quarantined for the moment. Any ideas?
So I picked up a Bixler and it arrived today... yeah... like the day after V2 was put on sale. Ug.
Anyhow - overall I found it kinda "cheap" feeling compared to parkzone, FMS, and those type of planes. But given the price - well - I suppose that's the be expected.
Instruction say put a 20a ESC in, I didn't have any that small laying around so I put in a 30A.
Put everything together and threw in a 3cell 2200 and tossed it into the wind.
Right off the bat I noticed the tail seemed a little wobbly so I just did some level stuff to get it trimmed out and basically took it easy.
Well no more than 2 minutes into the flight the motor stopped. "Crap - I probably put in the wrong (used) battery". (Although this was the first flight of the day with a few more in the back of the suv and I could have sworn all my batteries were freshly charged).
No matter - I just dead sticked into some tall crass about 10 feet beside me - nice and gentle like.
So I walk up to it and I'm getting a wiff of smoke and I swear I could see a puff of smoke come out from the motor.
I quickly open the hatch and disconnect the battery. Puff - I could swear I saw the remnants of a bit more smoke coming out of the fuselage. I check out the ESC. The thing was crazy hot - too hot to touch. I couldn't be sure if the smoke was coming from the motor or drifting up through the crack above the ESC (below the motor).
So - I am wondering what could be wrong...
-ESC?
-Motor?
-Battery?
All three are quarantined for the moment. Any ideas?