Short Circuit

...toasting my electrics

I swapped out the Phoenix ESC's only to discover the new unit was overheating as well. During the brief window of functioning, I checked the controls and found no response from the ailerons, pointing to a short circuit of some description.

I thought the most likely potential to be a smashed servo, however it turned out to be stripped wiring on the servo lead as a result of the crash. Foraging around in my packets of spares I found enough extension leads to make up the length, so now everything seems to be going OK.

Unfortunately, having had to strip the propellor, motor and battery tray out and reassemble them, I wasn't able to finish the wing repair on time. However I am hoping that, with no major unforeseen issues (like not being able to get the wing back on), I should be able to finish the reconstruction this evening and hopefully have the Phoenix 2000 ready for its test flight tomorrow...