On the fifth flight of the day the Riot was on the ground, I opened her up to take off and the motor made an odd noise for a couple of seconds followed by a puff of smoke and dead stop.<\/p>\n
Luckily the model hadn’t actually moved. Unlike Les on Saturday. His Riot was mid flight when a puff of smoke was observed followed by loss and control and total loss of the model.<\/p>\n
Closer examination this evening reveals nothing physically wrong, apart from a strong wiff form the ESC! Motor was loose where it attaches to the bulkhead, not really bad but enough for some vibration.<\/p>\n
Any ideas??<\/p>\n
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On the fifth flight of the day the Riot was on the ground, I opened her up to take off and the motor made an odd noise for a couple of seconds followed by a puff of smoke and dead … Continue reading