RC Man Child Store Review and Igniting an ESC

Recently I purchased some motors and ESCs from RC Manchild. I purchased the following gear. 

4x 400kv Motors

4x 30A HV ESCs

This was for a new quad I was building to be able to lift a Gopro and DYS 3-axis gimbal and hoefully be efficient enough to get decent air times with a 6S 4500mah battery configuration. 

It all went well until I flew it. You see I put 14x5.5 props on because that is what I'd seen someone on YouTube doing and figured that it would be perfect. However what I hadn't figured into the equation is that the YouTube video I saw was shot at 7000 feet elevation in the mountains of Utah. 

So when my quad took to the skies for the first time the result is seen below. 

The ESC literally caught first as it was drawing so much current.

Well I contacted RC Man child and got by far the very best customer service I've ever had. Not only did Don (the owner) reply to my emails incredibly promptly, but he helped me work out why it blew up, recommended some better props (these ones) and gave me a new one free of charge. Even though it was entirely my fault for destroying it. He even offered to give me a new motor if I'd managed to cook the existing one, which luckily I hadn't.

Very quickly he had the new ESC on its way along with some new props I purchased and they been working incredibly well even since. This quad gets 20+ minutes of the 6S 4500mah power pack while hauling around the GoPro and gimbal.

One more thing I'll mention from the RC Man child store is this little power distribution board. Its fantastic because not only does it provide and easy way to hook up your ECSs to the main power pack but it also provides a clean 12v output for running a gimbal and another clean output which you can vary depending on your needs. For example it could output 5v for power a second Rx for the person operating the gimbal in a two pilot setup.

Well the conclusion is a simple one. So far I've found RC Man child to be a fantastic company to deal with who sell a quality product and have awesome customer service. And finally make sure you look up what size props to put on your motor/ESC comb so you don't building a flying flame thrower like I did.