Eflite Turbo Timber Evolution Motor Upgrade and Fail.

I realized afterwards the ESC timing was set to 30 which was to high for this motor.

[@BillKisel]

Like Brian Phillips RC often says... Nobody died! 😊

[@rcpilotwill]

Correct it was a safe dead stick landing 😆

[@gmorphan]

The TT Evo has a service bulletin on the HH website for repositioning the ESC for more airflow due to temperature problems. I opted to take my soldering iron and burned 4 angled slots thru the underside of the fuselage to allow more air in. I was careful and the slots actually look stock.

[@rcpilotwill]

Nice I did something similar when that TSB was released and used a cheater vent from my old F-16 fuselage and cut a rectangle to fit it and glued it in. The ESC stays nice and cool. But the motor in this video did not survive 😁

[@josephwilber4129]

That was great flying my friend! Love it!!

[@rccowboys]

Dang bro! Lol. Hope you get it back up in the air soon!! I just ordered the BNF with floats. Video coming soon. Subbed!

[@rcpilotwill]

Thanks bro and yeah it's back up and flying again. I'll be sure to check out your video.

[@jayford4685]

Great attitude!!

[@rcpilotwill]

Thanks is always good to stay positive and easier too. 😊

[@ocapnamzug4504]

Nice save man! 👍

[@salvadorandrade472]

good job my brother

[@rcpilotwill]

Thank you

[@mikebenoit13]

Landed it like a Boss 👍

[@themadscientistg7804]

Wow how unfortunate, but great deadstick landing.

[@rcpilotwill]

Yeah I have a new Avian motor installed and corrected the timing so she's flying great. Plenty of power and increased flight time.

[@rccowboys]

I just maidened mine on floats today and landed hard and got water in the motor/esc and I got the smoke too! hahaha. The floats seemed to fill up with water which threw off the CG. I contacted Horizon Hobby and hopefully they will honor my warranty claim. :) Video coming soon. I have a lot of content but no time to edit. haha.

[@rcpilotwill]

Oh no man sorry to hear that. CG can be a pain especially with water in a float. That's like having a swinging weight attached.

[@PilotDEE38]

Good save !!!!

[@Taboloncawonthemasters]

Awesome!

[@rcpilotwill]

Thank you.

[@fenrisgaming8982]

I just killed my Cirrus today, ended up taking it home in a bag lol.... on a positive note though, my Turbo Timber Evo flew great

[@rcpilotwill]

Ouch sorry to hear that. I bagged my Viper 70 alot when I first started with edf jets

[@Taboloncawonthemasters]

Sick

[@rcpilotwill]

I assume you're talking about the smoke trail it left behind 😆

[@davidbohner2061]

Did you upgrade the ESC? Prop?

[@rcpilotwill]

No, it's just a motor upgrade, but it couldn't handle 4s

[@ross5307]

Where you located homie? That motor is whining like crazy!!! Good save dead stick landing. You got a new sub

[@rcpilotwill]

North Carolina and yeah I pushed its limit good 😂

[@rafaeltorres2886]

Watt meter, Watt meter, Watt meter .

[@rcpilotwill]

Yeah😆

[@bobd676]

That could of been avoided-- Watt meter !

[@rcpilotwill]

It could have, but we were just having fun. 😄 No planes were harmed during this video 😂

[@ditto1958]

Why did the motor fail like that

[@rcpilotwill]

I had the time set on high. I guess it was to much. Now it's on mid timing and a new spektrum motor with know issues.

[@sergiocclopes]

You've downgrade the motor of that timber, the e-flite size 10 BL motor is a 3642... you got a smaller motor with a higher kv!!! Pay attention to the temps of that ESC, the tend to get hot. If you wanted more power you could just spend 5$ on a APC 13x4 prop, it would increase thrust and reduce the A drawing.

[@rcpilotwill]

Thanks for the information and yes it has a higher kv but I also reduced the timing since this video and a 13x4 prop. The plane is flying great and I plan to bring it out again for the camera

[@sergiocclopes]

@@rcpilotwill Just keep an eye on that ESC, they tend to get hot, especially now with an higher Kv motor. Keep on flying...