Blue Arrow 6A 1S Brushless Controller

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Nov 18, 2011

So, I have not recently purchased this product. The 3 I did purchase around a year ago all had issues. All 3 had the polarity swapped. I noticed after I plugged in a battery and it became instantly hot. After resolving the issue I attempted to use them. Honestly the weight of the product and the application (1 cell lipo) is pathetic. There are many other options for less or a little more.

1 of the esc's failed after a short amount of time and during flight. Unfortunately it was in a balsa model I built so the accident caused quite a bit of damage.

Ignorantly I swapped the esc with another like unit. It had issues with the throttle wavering at max. I tried reprogramming and different batteries, a different motor and receiver and the problem persisted. It was trashed.

I attempted to run a 2cell off the final esc just to see if it could be salvaged, no dice.

Don't waste your money.

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May 26, 2011

works great but to use parkzone batterys plus and - had to be reversed to the battery lead.

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Mar 04, 2011

Type your review here.
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Same problem: reverse polarity on the battery socket.

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Jan 08, 2011

Well this speed controller is working pretty good actually! BE CAREFUL that with a standard receiver you have to change the plug and be sure that the polarity that goes to your receiver is the right one.The motor i use is turnigy 1220 Brushless Inrunner Motor 10300kv http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9068 with a prop 2.5x1.0 in a small plane.Always using 1 cell battery

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Dec 31, 2010

(2010-12-27)
PLUG WIRES ARE INVERTED (RED = BLACK - BLACK = RED)

I've smoked one of these ESC in 15 sec. and the lipo was very very close of explosion.

I'm very angry, HK ! This is a big safety fault !

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Certified Buyer Rated

Dec 21, 2010

does not work well 1S batteries. Wires were connected correctly.

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Nov 27, 2010

Pfffff.... thanks for warning, guys!
Plugged it to battery and for testing - ran extremely hot immediately. Changed the pins at the plug (nor red is going to red/ of battery and black is going to blach/-), and now it works fine.
Didnt damage anything, because I was aware of the problem (read the reviews here).

Thanks again!

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Oct 30, 2010

I've just received this controller, it still come wired backwards. I simple reversed the red and black wires. But it isn't work properly. Does anybody know, how I can program it? I think here is the problem because of wrong timing. Motor start running at the 30-40% of throttle, work in a half of power and sometimes stops and so on. I don't know what I have to do...

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Oct 27, 2010

Be careful, the cable was inverted. To be sure your ESC have inverted cables, just use a multi-meter and see if there are continuie between to black or to red. The correct is to blacks must have continue.

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Sep 09, 2010

Blue Arrow uses the same Pc board for their BS-6D and BS-8D. The capacitor on the BS-8D makes the wiring correct. But On the BS-6D the red wire is on the wrong side of the board. What is plus on the board (on the BS-6D) is really the negative side. So, as of Sept.8,2010 the wiring on the BS-6D is wrong! I cooked one as well (another one gets fried **- FIX IT HK!!!!)