MCX Battery

[Highrisedrifter]

Hi all

My mCX battery is refusing to hold a charge now. I only bought the heli yesterday and have charged it maybe six times in total.

Those of you that have one will know that it should take 30-40 minutes from full discharge to charge the thing and as it gets near the full charge state, the red LED on the charger will begin to blink

Now, I can put it in the charger and after two hours the charger LED is still on and not blinking and the thing only gives me thirty seconds of flight time before it loses power.

The four AA batteries in the charger are brand new.

Any and all suggestions gratefully received please.

Many thanks

HRD

[DIJ]

Are you flying the mCX until the battery is completely flat, as that will kill the lipo pretty quick?

Is the charger light staying on when you remove the Lipo, as that would indicate dead charger batteries?

[del19_82]

Its probably the charger batteries that are dead. mine did the same, changed them and they worked perfectly again!

[rvin28]

The same happened with mine. I found that Duracells work well.

Hope this helps

rvin28

[Highrisedrifter]

Thanks guys, i'll give it a go.

The charger light does stay on when I remove the lipo battery. In fact, it stays on if I remove two of the AAs in the back for some reason!

[MrMajic]

Thanks guys, i'll give it a go.

The charger light does stay on when I remove the lipo battery. In fact, it stays on if I remove two of the AAs in the back for some reason!

Mine does that when the charger batteries are dead.

[Highrisedrifter]

Mine does that when the charger batteries are dead.

Brand new batteries. literally brand new right out of the packet, and the charger light stay on when the lipo battery is removed. The only way to 'turn it off' is to remove the batteries it seems. No 'on/off' switch, which I find quite odd.

[miller198]

i baught a mains charger today, does 2 batterys at the same time.

this happened to a mate of mine he took the battery back and they gave him a new one, thjey said it had had it.

[Smoothound]

I was in SMC earlier I heard them order 20 of the Mains chargers and 100+ of the batteries but they all went on back order

[Made2Fade]

Its defo the batteries that your putting into the back of the charger... some of them only last a few charges. A bit like digital cameras where you need high powered ones. Change them for descent ones or have a go at modifying the charger to run of a wall adapter
Theres videos/documentation on the internet on various forums how to do it.
Cheers
Lee

[Made2Fade]

i baught a mains charger today, does 2 batterys at the same time.

this happened to a mate of mine he took the battery back and they gave him a new one, thjey said it had had it.

Wheres that from then?
Cheers
Lee

[kluson]

has anyone seen the USB charger for MCX batteries

[kluson]

sorry forgot the link.
By the way you don't need to plug this into your PC you can charge using a mobile phone charger which uses USB , like the blackberry

http://www.rpc-electronics.com/eheli/index.htm

[miller198]

its very hard to get a new battery from my local model shop, they have had none in for 2 weeks, they say thay cant get hold of any.

before they ran out they had some overlanders in, has anyone tried these and are they any good?

[miller198]

Wheres that from then?
Cheers
Lee

i got it from my local model shop....... its from overlander, i think they have a website!