I really think it was something wrong with the motor. But I don't know, never had problems with any of my electric motors before. I had the maxximum motor before, and no problems. The 3.0 held up great tho, even tho I only got to drive 10-15 minutes. After further inspection it definitely overheated. Looks like the actual windings came loose from the barrel and melted to the rotor. Uh guess I have learned something about 6s setups.