How hot is "really hot"?
Thermal cut out on most of my ESCs is between 90-110 degrees C.
I usually run them to about 80-85 (ish) this is enough to really make me regret touching them, i have managed to burn myself before (heatsink stripes on my thumb).
Unless you can say how hot "really hot" is, no one knows if its within normal range.
Though, if there is no thermal shut off, it *probably* is. On the other hand you may only be getting to 50 or 60 degrees (which is quite hot as well) which means you could push the ESC/motor quite a lot harder than you are at the moment.
See if someone at the club has an IR temp thingie.
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