First brushless crash

[tyefighter]

This crash happened about 2 weeks after I finished the brushless conversion. I was getting very confindent in my skills and had been flying very low, about 5 to 10 feet off the ground. Being brushless it was very fast, but I was having a great time flying. I started to get a little carless and did a dive from about 150 feet to strafe the deck. Deck won. Not much damage but it twisted the lead wires for the motor which I had never seen before.

[badlands]

Ouch! Is the motor reuseable?

Your avatar sums it up really! lol.

[ginginho]

Oops Tye.
You seem to have more than your share of crashes. Looks like a bit of shrink wrap over the bared wire, a bit of straightening and glueing and a new mount and you're ready to take the deck on again

[flydiver]

Twisted wires from various types of accidents is one of the more common ways brushless motors get ruined. It can break the wires, unfortunately right where they generally enter the stator making them VERY hard to fix. The eFlites are almost impossible to rewind the way they are glued together.

If the motor does the 'herky-jerky' when you try to fire it up - DON'T USE IT. You've likely broken a wire and persisting will burn out the ESC.

[tyefighter]

I got it all fixed up and the motor works great. Got to love the Cub

[Intrepidation]

Ouch! The dangers of flying ow...but I agree it is fun! Although a lot less dangerous for me with my slow stock motor.