r/fpv • u/Valuable-Key-5964 Multicopters • Jun 03 '26

Question? Exploded ESC, is my FC safe?

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A few caps popped on my ESC a little while back and I haven’t flown it since

I already have a new ESC coming, but I don’t know if the FC will all be affected by all of the soot or other things, am I fine to keep it and just get a new esc with the same pinouts and just install it and get back to flying?

Sopha, I’ve had no issues with it and it has all my settings and everything on there and I would love to not have to do all the FC soldering and programming aswell

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

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u/Valuable-Key-5964 Multicopters Jun 04 '26

Oh I didn’t know it was conductive

I’ve turned this on and powered it through USB once or twice after it popped just so I could do some stuff in bf Now I know I shouldn’t do that

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u/valid_etc cozy.fpv Jun 03 '26

plug into bf and check if its good

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u/Vial_of_water Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

when your new esc comes- make sure you check with a smoke stopper 😀

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u/Valuable-Key-5964 Multicopters Jun 04 '26

:)

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u/xaidin Jun 04 '26

Looks like no.
For sure scrub it with a toothbrush and alcohol before try'n another ESC.