Castle ESC Problems.

[treys1]

Just got a chance to maiden my 270CFX and had a good flight. Went to plug in the battery for a second flight and had a pop, flash and smoke from the bottom of the ESC where the big caps are.

I'm sure Horizon will replace it but I have never been a fan of Castle and dont want to have issues in flight. Is anyone esle running a different ESC and does it fit well in the stock location?

[Tek18x]

Which ESC are you running?

the "pop" sounds like a capacitor blow out.

[treys1]

The Castle Talon 35 that comes with the 270CFX.

[Tek18x]

Originally Posted by treys1

The Castle Talon 35 that comes with the 270CFX.

id contact horizon get it replaced, second pack ever through it I'm sure it was a faulty ESC

as for an upgrade, I'm not super familiar with this heli. So i can't help you there, but what i can suggest is looking through pics and see what everyone else runs as a replacement ESC, that what I've done in the past.

Hobbywing potentially?

[treys1]

Yeah, I come from surface and I am a big Hobbywing guy. Trying to figure out where to stick a Platinum v3 50amp on there... dont think it's going to fit in the stock location.

[crsorrell0653]

Hmmm. You didn't try to push in the connectors back to front. It can be done. I've found Castle make good stuff. But they will fail if there is a short somewhere, like a motor burn up, water short or battery connected back to front. Have a look at the motor windings as well, they should be bright copper.

[treys1]

Thanks, but I swapped an XT60 on and it would be pretty damn hard to plug one of those in backwards.

Horizon sent out a replacement, but I ordered a Hobbywing v4 60a and WiFi module as well. I am going to try and cram that one in there before I go to back to the Talon.