New battery? How many times did you cycle it, and what was the observed
capacity?
--Bill
>From: "Ed Whittenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [RCSE] Battery Failure?
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:36:49 -0700
>
>Hi, Sunday I flew my new Maraj for the second time at Los Banos, 1st
>flight time 45 minutes no problems, about two hours later I recharged the
>JR 5 cell 1100 with my Hobbico charger until it said it was fully charged,
>I checked the voltage with my Hobbico voltage meter and it said it was
>charged to 6.35 volts. 2nd flight lasted only about 15 minutes, when I made
>a turn there was no response at the sticks, I checked the radio and it
>seemed fine so all I could do is watch my new plane go into the lake,
>luckly she floated to the edge but there is alot of damage to the wing.
>Later I checked the voltage and it was only at 1.32 volts. What do you
>think may have happened. Thank you Ed Whittenburg
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