Update: One failed around 2 months ago. It probably had only 100-200 miles on it. Hobbyking customer service was good and they did refund quickly, there was no stock for a replacement.
The second of two i bought was the one that failed. It failed randomly one day when braking from about 10mph to 0. I cant see any physically damage at all. It refused to even connect via usb though.
Im probably going to make 2 escape bbox vescs soon.
Hobbyking has good customer service but I only see bad reviews. When My Imax b6 fake broke they refunded credits and I said I can’t ship it out It costs to much the things only worth 15 euro so they let me keep it.
Yeah i still have the broken vesc too.
I wonder can you fix it? and long would it live after a repair.
yeah im going to try, might as well, ill upgrade some caps and diodes to 100v version whilst im there too.
Updating this thread. Fixed the hk vesc, drv was fine. A fet had stuck closed, and it some how the bootloader and firmware became corrupted too. £5 fet and £5 st link and im back up and running. Very strange.
Modified it some more, smaller 100v cap is now right on the + and - inputs. Ill shortly be upgrading all 50v ceramic caps to 100v.
So is it correct that the Hobbyking Vesc isnt any good without modifications?