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I bought this rooster not long ago and yesterday, while running my RC10T3 with a 7.4V lipo pack it just stopped working. I ran the truck for about 3 minutes before this occurred. Do you guys think it's repairable and is it worth it? I bought it for $30 shipping included.

The pictures aren't clear enough but it looks like one of the FET's burned out, correct? If so, replacement FET's are in the $5-$12 range and replacing them is fairly easy if you have soldering experience. Either try to repair it yourself or contact Novak and see what they would charge.

Daddeo, I believe you are correct. I think it was a FET that gave way. The little contraption was square looking and simply fell apart when I touched it. Where would I get a FET? I did contact Novak via email and see what they tell me. If I can fix it myself, I'll give it a go. Thanks for the insight.

Can you get a number off of one of the FET's? That will help tremendously.

What kind of motor were you running when it failed?

They are "rated" by Novak to 100amps, which they correlate to a 15T motor at 7.2V.

I just want to make sure that you have a chance to address the cause of the problem so it doesn't happen again once you get the ESC up and running again ...

It was a stock motor, Reedy DS Spec with 17/87 on a T3. I was not able to get any info off of the FET since it was toast! I mean toast. I have another Rooster I'll open up and take a photo of it and see where that leads us. Thanks again gents.

Okay but you don't have to take a picture really. Just get the numbers off of the FET and I can point you in the right direction.

Well, I opened up my other Rooster and it's not the same. I doesn't have the due hicky that burned up. Rats! Some the Rooster that burned up had a small label that says 1998, the other doesn't have that.

According to Novak, my Rooster is died, truly died. I think I need a tissue.

"Yeah, they come to snuff the rooster...you know he ain't gonna die." Alice in Chains