I recently bought an xbr setup and was bench testing it last night. I was using a 3300 stick pack with the corresponding tamiya plug. After using the one touch set up it worked fine for one trigger pull. On the second pull POOF! smoke came pouring out of the esc case and battery. After letting the battery stabilize, I tested it on my old brushed esc/motor and it worked great. Now I have a brand new brushless set up that does not work. I followed all the instructions to the letter and was wondering if there is anything I might have done wrong. Any Ideas? Also, I am not slamming Novak, so don't take this thread the wrong way. I am sure Novak will replace this under warranty as their customer service is top-notch.

did my anychance when you soldered the motor on that maybe there was sum solder touching the other wire?just a thought.bummer though as now ya have to wait a week or two to run your new system.but your right NOVAK will take care of ya as they are the best at customer sastifaction.

Yokman, the motor and esc are factory wired together, and the only thing I did was plug in the battery.

dude i didn't want to hear that. i just finish install my xbr it work fine 4 cell pack in car, check it on floor did some donuts. it had to be some inside call novak they will fix
sorry to hear that

Had the exact same thing happen with a GTB, sent it back to Novak, no problem,rec'd new one. Never a problem since! Been racing brushless Novak for 3+ yrs (w/Lipo for one yr) almost BULLIT proof! Novak cust service is awesome!

hey charger01 did novak take care of that speedo. i run my xbr all worked great. i would like to know if novak steps up and fix it. thier good co.
seeya Dave

Yep, they took care of the problem!