Well mine was a little different than the others but I thought I'd share. Plugged in and all was fine, then after about 2-3 minutes it starts cogging badly, even at high speed. Turn off reprogrammed Tx-Rx good for 2-3 min. Anyway went through every possibility troubleshooting to no avail, Castle suggested trying a BEC while I wait for a new one. Still the same, but after a couple goes at it, the Monster perished completely. So that was my 3rd Monster (2 V2s and 1 V3) hopefully 4th time is a charm.

Sorry no smoke or fire or high speed braking, just a slow stuttering death.