[othello]

Well

. Make sure every electric connection is properly insulated and cannot easely come loose
. Try to mount your ESC so that shocks are not directly transfered to your ESC
. on your maiden run constantly check the temperature of your ESC and your motor ... If the ESC/Motor gets to hot ... change your gearing accordingly
. If your ESC/motor still gets to hot you can mount a small fan or heat sink on your esc/motor
. Check the temperature of your connectors too (Batteries -> ESC)

A monitoring device like the eagletree Micropower could be usefull to check your AMP requirements and see if you're overstressing your ESC. But this is not absolutely necessary. It can help understanding that every small change can affect Amp draw more or less seriously (Mounting bigger tyres for example has a huge impact).

but _paralyzed_ dont worry too much ... I think if you do not overstress your ESC it wont happen ... The circumstances as to why that happened in this video are not obvious and it shouldn't happen normaly ... There are other threads about smoked Mamba Maxxes, MGMs and so on ...