So was just about to fly a build when I had the great idea to test out the motors (with no props) on the bench to see that everything was working before I took it to the park. I may have gotten a little too throttle happy because the front left motor started to smoke, then caught on fire... then...
I have the quad-copter attached to a test harness, tried to get the quad just off the ground for testing. Was at aprox. 50% throttle when I noticed a motor slow down and the ESC LED connected to that motor turn red. After returning to zero throttle, I then tired 50% again and the ESC caught...