gohara709 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Greetings all after the first 5 mins of running from on a full charge my maverick iON Sc died and smelt of burning - orgionally i thought it was just the heat of the motor along with the fresh new plastics but following another charge it remains dead although the steering servo still works. since then i have connected up a volt meter to make sure there is power going to the motor from the esc which there is so im near certain the motor has packed in - question is, the voltage coming from the battery (which is a 7.2v 1200mAh Ni-MH ) is showing as 8.2v - is this ok or could the higher voltage been whats killed the motor? apologies if this is a stupid question - this is my first RC since child hood lol Hpi/Maverick have said they will replace it but just want to be sure its only the motor incase the second one follows the same death Edited August 31, 2015 by gohara709 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Cheap brushed motors don't last, let them replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomlad Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 That's normal for the battery, as Tug says get them to swap the Motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohara709 Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks ! yeah they are happy to replace it, must of been a dodgy motor as it was the first 5 mins of use from new. Thanks again Gents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 In that case, they may want to inspect the whole car to see if there's an underlying cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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