RC Heli after Lipo fire Quick r/c helicopter

Quick of Japan crash damage. Cause: TP 3S 2100mah lipo battery ignited upon impact.

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• quick
• of
• japan
• st8
• lipo
• fire
• lithium
• polymer
• battery
• accident
• r/c
• helicopter
• rc
• heli
• polymere
• explosion
• toxic
• fumes
• crash

[elmardus]

That is so sad. :-(, but when it ignited, couldn't you just throw the lipo out, to save the rest of the stuff?

[Asepa123]

@elmardus Good point - it ignited seconds on impact at about 400 feet - the fumes toxic and by the time discovered there wasn't much left.

[puggster]

completly gutted out :/ joys of flying electric i guess,

to help avoid this on my choppers, i insulate the wires with electrical tape to help avoid short outs, i also always fly with a bec seperate from the esc, as a common cause of lipo fires are due to hardware failing causing a short killing the lipo, it may also help fitting a fuse to the live on the esc battery wires, then atleast if it becomes under load it will only pop the fuse

[Asepa123]

@puggster Good suggestions. In this case cell number 3 was damaged upon impact. A metal housing may have prevented fire.

[shield400]

Gyro on top = bad!

[bjkv]

That's really sad... I can't believe the lol's you're getting. I would cry my heart out...

[nicholas5674]

thats not bad, thats hell ass funny! if it was gas though that shouldn't be costly.

[jboweruk]

I've shed a few tears over time due to crashes. After a while you learn to live with that, but this is horrendous damage. You must have been heartbroken to see your heli like this...

[killersushi99]

Did it died?

[kelfo68]

Time to get a New Heli!!!

[WolYou]

Thats why Lipos are made for. To burn RC models when they crash. This makes any RC fan the ultimate consumer :)

[Asepa123]

Overcharge, charging with wrong cell count (3 cell being charged as 6 cell), bad connection causing short, leaving the batteries under the sun or near heat source (heater), and so on.