Sabertooth 2x5 help needed

[Espeefan]

Dave, any chance you could get a photo for us to look at? It might be easier to see if something isn't wired correctly, potential points of shorting, or if you could have a bad solder joint. How is your external BEC wired up? Did you remove the internal BEC wire from the lead coming off the Sabertooth? The heat issue - does it get hot even when you aren't running the motors, and the power is on? Or just after you've been running them a while?