battery

Ok, I'm back again. I appreciate all the help I've gotten so far. I've searched this forum and web and have found no real definitive answers. On my Tricopter (David W's tricopter design) I'm using the following: ESC's: (HK 20amp) ESC...

I have two 3s 2200mAh lipos that have ended their life early. One has a cell that is puffed and appears non existent, and the other has a cell that discharged itself to 0v without use. The other two cells in each battery appear to be fine and stable. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to...

So I was out with my friend flying our planes and for some reason about four times after take off while flying low my plane decided to aileron roll the other direction I told it to for a few milliseconds. At the time I just thought it was turbulence as it was quite windy. Anyway, I carried on...

Hello, I recently ordered the necessary components to build a FT Flyer from HobbyKing. As I live in the Netherlands, I ordered everything from the HobbyKing warehouse in the Netherlands (cheap shipping). However, there were no cheap transmitters and/or receivers in stock. Coming weekend I am...

I have thought about doing this thread for a couple of days now. As I am still relatively new to this hobby, I am still learning. I want to talk about one of the more dangerous pieces of your RC tools, the lithium polymer battery. There are many treads talking about how to pick the right...

I'm building a mini quad and bought a 4s battery not knowing the motors where 3s. The esc's are rated for 4s so I go a 4s battery and relized today the motors are for 2 to 3s, will this work or should I use a 3s battery.

Whats a cheap charger for a 2200mah lipo battery?

whats the best battery to balance the simple soarer

What would be the optimal battery charger for this battery: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__8852__ZIPPY_Flightmax_3000mAh_4S1P_20C.html ?

My charger has options of charge AND balance charging. I know balance charging keeps the cells at nice, equal voltages, but is it a thing I should only use once in a while? Does it wear out the battery a bit faster?

I bought a charger off amazon for my plane I am building (first ever) and I noticed the charger says "5-10 cell universal charger" but my battery is a 7.4 2 cell Lipo. Can I get away from this with this or will it literally blow up in my face? P.S. it's not that bad if I need to get another...

this kind of battery will be good for v636 ? someone buy this brand and test performance of goo batteries ? http://www.banggood.com/es/3_7V-750m...-p-951865.html

I'm trying to get my first plane in the air and the Turnigy Accucel-6 50w charger was recommended to me this weekend. The problem is that I have been trying unsuccessfully to order this charger from hobbyking.com for the last 4 days. Is there an alternative to this charger that I would be able...

I just got my first R/C plane recently(Dynam Smart Trainer), and it flies very nice and easy to control. I've been told that the plane wasn't a good choice, but for me it's easy to fly and that's good enough. Anyway with flying aside I would like to ask what extra battery I should buy that...

Today after flying my quad I notice the batter looks a little puffy. It is a nano tech 2200mha 25-50c lipo Is it ok to continue to use this battery? It is still able to charge. Will it catch fire just laying around while it is in this state? I think I ran it too low today while flying my quad.

So today some friends and I had a quad race down at our local RC club. Needless to say, I'm going to need more power to be competitive. So instead of flying my 5030 props, I'm going to give some 5040 and 5030 3 blade props a shot. But when I do this, my current consumption will go up. This in...

OK. So I'm a noob to this hobby. I got all my electronics to start some scratch build, and I built a nice FT slinger that I can't wait to get into the air.... But I accidentally left my battery plugged in and it ran way down... And I went to charge it it tells me that my voltage in my cell...

Hey FT! I've found myself playing the charge/discharge dance with my batteries recently. I'll charge a battery the night before on a forecast of low winds hoping I can fly after work. Without fail, I'll get home to 10+mph winds with gusts. Instead of discharging my batteries by flying, I'm...

Guys, I am a newbie just getting into this hobby. I just finished building my first ever plane which is the FT Delta. So, I bought some electronics at I would need. (Which is almost everything including radios). Then this is the first problem that came to me : How do I charge my battery? I...

So I bought this combo (http://www.hobbypartz.com/60p-dy-1026.html), and hooked up a smaller battery to it (1200 3s 15c) and it worked fine. I cut the connection to the battery to put a different connector on it, but when I cut the battery, for a split second the two blades of the scissors...