Wildthing
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I think it got dropped into there on the assembly line and then found it's way into the armature shorting out the windings.
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I think it got dropped into there on the assembly line and then found it's way into the armature shorting out the windings.
Wildthing
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I did and goes good, well it did go good until the motor went up in smoke. Had it as an Inrunner but I had holes matching the base of the motor so direct air right inside of it plus vents through the bottom of the mount . It had the option to mount as an outrunner also , should have went that way but it looked so clean this way. Video is loading up now.
Wildthing
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Here we go, al loaded up. Only 2 flights today so I am posting both here, one with the Kitfox and the other with my T-50. day started out really nice and when I got to the field maybe a 10 to 15k wind and as I was pulling the battery out of the kitfox wind from hell came rolling in and I was chasing my planes 
BATTLEAXE
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Nice flights. That's to bad about the second fried motor though, was it the same thing, got to hot?Here we go, al loaded up. Only 2 flights today so I am posting both here, one with the Kitfox and the other with my T-50. day started out really nice and when I got to the field maybe a 10 to 15k wind and as I was pulling the battery out of the kitfox wind from hell came rolling in and I was chasing my planes
Wildthing
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No the other one was that piece of solder inside shorting it out, this one to hot and I don't think I was pushing it to hard either.
Wildthing
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These were the Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 models, I have a lot of the basic orange Turnigy motors and almost indestructible , 1st time I bought this model of motor.
Zetoyoc
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Was that the new turnigy motor? How many amps were you putting through it? If that is the same motor you mentioned earlier at 60 amp or so I doubt more air would have saved it . If I remember right those motors are only rated to 40amp. Maybe I got the motor wrong though.
BATTLEAXE
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Ain't no rimfire
Wildthing
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I know but I always push them a little harder but at 1/2 throttle it was around 30A and most of that flight I was around 1/2 throttle.
Also when I ran it on the test bench with that prop and I ran it pretty hard it was barely warm to the touch .
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Wildthing
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BATTLEAXE
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I thought I would give you the benefit of the doubt, but two consecutive burned out Turnigy's, I couldn't resistI have been waiting a long long time for you to say that.
Wildthing
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WAIT, I got another one coming, it is a Turnigy AIR 3730 1000kvI thought I would give you the benefit of the doubt, but two consecutive burned out Turnigy's, I couldn't resist
. If it fails I have my standby reliable Turnigy (orange ) 3530 1400kv .3D printer is printing a mount for both of them
BATTLEAXE
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How many Turnigy's do you need to get a battery worth of flight time lolWAIT, I got another one coming, it is a Turnigy AIR 3730 1000kv
3D printer is printing a mount for both of them
Wildthing
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New motor mount is in along with the new motor the Turnigy Air 3730 1000kv. Quick test using the 12X6 prop on 3S at wot 28A draw, another note it is mounted as an Inrunner like the others but even larger vent holes in the mount this time. Now temps have warmed up the just barely the plus side but the winds are hanging around 40k.
BATTLEAXE
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BATTLEAXE
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I am still countingHow many batteries do you need to ruin a rimfire? Too many to count!
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