VXL Traxxas Rustler Catches On Fire

NEVER DRIVE YOUR RC CAR IN THE RAIN! End of story...
Not "On fire" but lots of smoke and I did see a few flames when I walked up to it.
$150 loss and the battery was trashed. ESC had acid all over it and will never work again. Really bad day overall, My lights dont work in my room, my air conditioner went out, my car blew up, it rained all day... EPIC FAIL DAY.
*This was recorded from my IPhone, not to bad eh?*

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Autos & Vehicles

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• VXL
• Traxxas
• Rustler
• on
• fire
• catches
• burns
• smoke
• burning
• 3s
• lipo
• speed
• runs
• monsterRCdudes
• car
• loss
• Iphone
• Quality

[cashman968]

My rustler vxl did the same exact stuff. The acid smells so bad and how much is a new esc

[MonsterRCdudes]

@cashman968 You're right, the smell is HORRBILE!

VXL ESCs run around 60-100 bucks-depends where you get it and what kind.

[velazquez815]

can i drive my nitro rc car in the rain????

[MonsterRCdudes]

@velazquez815 I honestly have no clue, I wouldn't see why not. Then again I thought the same about my car so I'd go check some other videos before you try anything.

[jarmojake]

water caused it so lets put more water on it

[MonsterRCdudes]

@jarmojake yep pretty much.

[jessiehawes25]

@cashman968 as long as you didnt void the warranty you can send it to traxxas and get a new one

[TraxxasVXLRustler]

WATERPROOF ELECTRONICS=BULLSHIT!

[TraxxasVXLRustler]

Did traxxas replace this??

[cocooreo100]

Why i like nitro

[velazquez815]

@MonsterRCdudes ok thank you

[Saleens28i]

Same thing happend to me with my bandit VXL... its from the esc getting too hot from high gearing and it lets out this weird ooz that keeps the speed control from completly blowing up