Bomber wheels start moving full speed

[ianpurdy1]

Looking for some help to tell if the esc in my bomber went up in smoke. It did smell like something as really hot in the truck. I was playing around with it today and within a few minutes it went from moving fine to only being able to drive in reverse. Right after that it started to go full speed without me touching the tx (luckily I was already holding it off the ground)
I haven’t tried to plug a battery back into it yet. Any thoughts?

[Voodoobrew]

Disconnect the pinion or drive lines and then plug the battery in. Probably check the remote first, that trims are centered correctly and start with a calibration.

Or if it was a stock ESC just throw it away and get a Hw1080.

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[Stoovey2004]

That's exactly what happened to me last week. Ditch the stock ESC and order a Hobbywing 1080. I did.

[Phildirt]

Before throwing money at it definitely check the transmitter (trim). Usually that is what will cause throttle sticking/erratic throttle/no reverse. It will seem like a catastrophic failure and just takes a tiny tweak of the knob(s) to correct. As far as the burning smell that sounds like the motor, not the esc. Probably from being stuck at full throttle.

Edit: nvm, noob mistake. I hope you've fixed this since April LOL. Carry on.