My MGM 16018 catch in fire!

Originally Posted by david lamontagn

Play with my e-revo for an hour or more this week-end without any problem.
Today, i've plug the pack and give it a little run, and in about 3 second after niail the trottle, ........... Poufffffff!!!! some white smoke around the revo. So i remove the body to see a beautifull and big, big flame on the controller
I've un-plug the li-po to save it from the fire.

The negatif input lead have boke inside of the board and short on the input capacitor.

I hope that my 2 li-po pack are correct, i've not try to recharge it.

So i nead a new controller. Maybe a MMM or another MGM i don't know.

David,

Forget the MGM!!! Cut your losses and go with the MMM.

Originally Posted by 83gt

I don't think it's that rare. I smoked my 16018 in pretty much the same fashion. It worked great for several runs, and then released the smoke on plugging in the battery the next day. Strange. It worked for a while after that only on external BEC or RX pack, and then it shot some little flames when the fets went up.

J.

I had exactly what David and yourself have explained happen to me. Sad thing is when I sent the unit back to MGM for a warranty repair I was slugged with a $120 (AU) repair bill . I will be selling my MGM when it gets back and getting a MMM as soon as Mike has them readily available.

Cheers Andrew