Ditching the AIO ESC Board

[ShaneG057]

I think that based on my luck, (crap) skills, and inability to disarm before a crash has me really reconsidering going back to a PDB and single ESC setup for my builds that can fit it.  

So far, I have crashed my Armattan Mongoose twice now and fried the MOSFETs on 2 separate ESC boards.  (But hey, the props are still in pristine shape!) 

My Rooster?  4 separate ESCs, plenty of devastating crashes and the worst I see are props that look like a staircase.   Its a real PITA to have to disassemble the entire stack to get to the ESC board to start testing and then ultimately desolder and replace. 

Either that or I just need to bite the bullet and not always buy the 'cheapest' stuff out there.   
*End Rant*

[Lemonyleprosy]

Not buying the cheapest thing out there is definitely a good place to start… but it sounds like with your skill set that maybe yeah, individual easily and cheaply replaceable esc’s might be the way to go.

[ShaneG057]

LOL Im getting to the point of where I have so many 'spare' parts, I might start getting into replacing the MOSFETs on my toasted boards with some working ones off of another.

Just to see if I can :p

[Rob Axel]

I’ve got a old mamba f4 stack that has been trough hell and back.. toasted FCs ,, had vtxs come apart after crashes..-and mangled cameras beyond repair.. but that 4into1 esc.. granted it’s blhelis.. only 20-30a rating.. it has take. PUNISHMENT!!
It’s a matter of finding a component that survives.. buy a bunch.. (hide them)..before the manufacture stops making them.
I have seen components release “magic smoke” from a single blade of grass and others get run over by cars and come back for more!

[Zwyser]

I feel with you. I just toasted my ESCs as well with a tiny crash... props were all in good shape.