Overdrawing the battery. Using too much amperage will destroy cells. Also a hard impact of something inside the tank. Or exposed wire(s) that allowed the battery to be shorted. Perhaps a battery connector with the male end soldered to the battery instead of the female end. Mike B
> On Aug 24, 2015, at 6:41 PM, 'John Pittelli' via R/C Tank Combat > <rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I'll let Will fill in the technical details as to the type and voltage of the > LIPO cell. > > So, for those who were not there Sunday, can you tell us why the cell caught > fire. > The were properly charged, installed, and then the SU100 was driven, carrying > equipment over 100 feet to the battle prep area.. It was resting when the > POP was heard.. > > > how did this happen > > > > > > > > > how did this happen > View on youtu.be > Preview by Yahoo > > > -- > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
