Hacker 70 Heli + Ion-X + 20S1P = F I R E

[rfaster]

Well too many Heli's/ battery configs at the field - and brain fart caused a little un planned testing. Used a serial instead of a parallel adapter and moments after plugging in a 20S1P to my Hacker 70 esc I got smoke then a bunch of "FIRE" - for a moment I was afraid the entire Heli was going to burn to the ground... got some sense and pulled the deans and fire went out.

Back at the shop everything appears to be fine - Batteries look good - balanced - took charge etc... - other than the Hacker 70 that is...

[OICU812]

lol 20S1P, thats crazy. Glad you saved the heli! :wink:

[rfaster]

Yeah - was a PITTY. Had 2 great Evo 20 flights on it earlier in the day... then decided to put the 10S packs in... I did the opposite in the past... hooked 2 5S in parallel instead of series and the esc would not ARM... no damage and I realized I had used the wrong adapter. I prefer the "NOT ARMING" to the SMOKE warning signal :)

[WillJames]

:arggg: :arggg: :arggg: :arggg:

Glad you saved the heli!!

[rfaster]

I'm hoping I can just slap in a new ESC and be back where I was -- with a PERFECT Fli'EN Ion-X.