[&o]went to the field today, had two relaxing flights with my cub,then I was going to rip up the sky with the old tower trainer. The battery had recently been cycled so, I thought all was well. Imediatly after takeoff I had no control, I did get the throttle chopped and tried to get turned back for a landing, no such luck[:@] It was heading for a roadway so I hit down elevator and hoped for the best[X(] Ended up right beside the road in the ditch. A later investigation revealed that the battery was the culprit,bad part about it was that the plane was equipped with a volt watch on the outside of fuselage,all I had to do was check it before flying, the morel of the story is, dont take any thing for granted[&o]