Hello,
My project group and I have been having an issue with one ESC getting hotter than the others. We moved ESCs around so that it was powering a different motor, and the same ESC was getting hot. This is also the ESC that has twice ceased to power the motor and caused a crash. We suspect that the ESC is over heating and shutting down because of that.
We are using the m2mPower 20A ESC's that were available on the diydrones store. Those are currently out of stock.
My questions are:
What is the advisability of just replacing that one ESC with a similar one I can purchase from the local hobby store?
What else might be causing the ESC to get hotter than the others and/or cut out after prolonged flight?
Thanks,
Alec.
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Anyways, i've replaced two jDrones 20A ESCs (one faulty, one not, to keep things symmetrical) with two Hobby Wing Pentium 30A ESCs. Apart from ear-tearing "music" that combo creates on power-up, seems to have been working good so far.
Jeff
Forgot to mention, arducopter frame from jDrones, electronics from DiyDrones, arducopterNG (rev 2.01 on the #define line, not sure where you guys get version numbers from)
-What is the advisability of just replacing that one ESC with a similar one I can purchase from the local hobby store?
nobody has tested that yet it should work theoretical (better when you replace 2 ESC to keep it symetrical)