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battery plug failing on 4#3B - 8/7/2009 2:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I recently had two battery plug failures on my 4#3B batteries in the last 2 weeks... The wires on the plug end of the battery come loose from the plug.. Yesterdays incident happened while flying outside doing piro's at about 15 feet... The heli twitched a bit then fell out of the sky... luckily I was flying over grass and the only damage was to the tail.. I have a carbon stabilizer wing which broke off... other than that all is fine... The other instance was when the other battery was in my pocket.. I pulled it out and the end was off.. I hate to think what would have happened if the ends touched... I've had these batteries for about 6 months now and am hesitant to fly with the remaining 3 "good" ones... The batteries still work fine and I will install deans micro plugs on them now... at least I know the my solder skills are good... Anybody else have issues with these batteries or plugs?????? I am very careful not ot yank on the wires when charging or flying trying to disconnect the plugs...

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RE: battery plug failing on 4#3B - 8/7/2009 3:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		have you trimmed off the nubs on the sides of the connectors? also, changing to micro deans is a major plus

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RE: battery plug failing on 4#3B - 8/7/2009 4:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		No I haven't trimmed off the Nubs and wasn't planning to do so.... I would rather they were tight than loose... I will order a bunch of micro deans tonight... any good source for them that you know of?

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RE: battery plug failing on 4#3B - 8/7/2009 5:35 PM   
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http://wowhobbies.com/microdeanspolarisedconnectors-2pcsonepair.aspx

once it's connected then you're good, i think you're degrading the connection buy having to pull so hard because of the nubs.

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RE: battery plug failing on 4#3B - 8/7/2009 6:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks for the link... I will try wow hobbies.. at least they are in the USA.. I've ordered from HobbyKing before and like them but the shipping is expensive if you want something quickly...

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