Turnigy TY-P1 25A HEXFET® ESC broken???

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Hi,

I'm building my first quadcopter, also my first RC vehicle... 

I'm having an issue with one of the ESCs. After calibrating all four of them, I noticed one leaves the motor "undecided" of what direction to take. The ESC gets VERY hot really fast.

I've tried changing the motor, swapping the motor cables, use the programming card, and nothing solves the problem. 

Is it broken? What's the HK policy for these cases?

Thanks,

aalmada

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aalmada Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (PT) USERID: 1483004 Newbie Joined: 30/Aug/2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Quote Reply Topic: Turnigy TY-P1 25A HEXFET® ESC broken??? Posted: 30/Aug/2012 at 3:28pm
	Hi, I'm building my first quadcopter, also my first RC vehicle... I'm having an issue with one of the ESCs. After calibrating all four of them, I noticed one leaves the motor "undecided" of what direction to take. The ESC gets VERY hot really fast. I've tried changing the motor, swapping the motor cables, use the programming card, and nothing solves the problem. Is it broken? What's the HK policy for these cases? Thanks, aalmada

aalmada Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (PT) USERID: 1483004 Newbie Joined: 30/Aug/2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Quote Reply Posted: 31/Aug/2012 at 5:45pm
	By "undecided" I mean, it spins back and forth...

Crash Test Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum (US) USERID: 429108 Newbie Joined: 18/Jul/2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote Reply Posted: 01/Sep/2012 at 10:12am
	Sometimes (not always) that is a symptom of a broken motor lead. A lead could be broken OR has a bad solder joint at the connector. The wires have an almost transparent lacquer on them (to insulate the windings)that MUST be removed at the connector solder point. Check that 1st. OR it could be a bad esc. Swap the esc with another to confirm it.