Flyzone Super Cub LiPo ESC Fire Hazard Destroys Model Aircraft

The thrill of victory meets the agony of defeat in this video of how to & not RTF model aircraft. How to fly a large model aircraft begins with a good build, like Carlos Medina's Yak54 with DA100 twin cylinder engine. The not RTF shows my FlyZone Super Cub Select Scale aerocell LiPo ESC catch fire after the tail stabilizers wobbled loose in flight. Though the model was successfully landed, it soon caught fire from an over-heated LiPo battery next to a burning ESC. The amperage on the ESC( electronic speed control) should match the LiPo battery and brushless motor for the proper sized slowfly propeller, otherwise it self-ignites & with the aerocell styrofoam becomes a fire hazard. Lithium-Polymer batteries can rupture & catch on fire. The ESC uses switching semi-conductor-chips to create an oscillating voltage that drives a brushless motor. An ESC can also burn up. I had already saved the model when the OEM LiPo battery & ESC caught fire twice before.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hobbico
• Flyzone
• Piper
• Super
• Cub
• Select
• Scale
• aerocell
• styrofoam
• LiPo
• Lithium
• Polymer
• battery
• ESC
• electronic
• speed
• control
• fire
• hazard
• destroys
• model
• aircraft
• not
• RTF

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