Causes of motor/ESC failures. Test results

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An interesting post from the dji forum.

Two things of note :
1. It may be possible to lose an ESC in flight if you are changing direction quickly
2. It may be possible to partially stall a prop and weaken the ESC so that it fails later - say in the middle of the next flight.

http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=view ... es&lang=en
 
my first thought is, if his testing of stalling the motor makes the ESC send extra power down the line for a couple of seconds then why has it never been an issue before V2. I've got the older Phantom, & yes it has tipped over a few times in its history, & fingers crossed is still going
 
p fandango said:
my first thought is, if his testing of stalling the motor makes the ESC send extra power down the line for a couple of seconds then why has it never been an issue before V2. I've got the older Phantom, & yes it has tipped over a few times in its history, & fingers crossed is still going
Presumably because the motors are more powerful.
 

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