I did that test....Ran the plane at full throttle on the ground and then flipped the TX off while still at WOT. After a few seconds the motors shut down, so I think I got a new version?

Took the plane over a friend's tonight. He has flown a Challenger and so has some experience in RC like me. He is not the best pilot in the world yet he was flying the thing like a pro right off the bat. Another guy showed up who's never flown RC and he also had good control over the plane on the first flight. This goes to show you that this little guy is real easy to fly for even a total newbie. And, I might add, we were flying in a long but narrow backyard that was bordered by trees. It was also a bit windy and I had to use the penny trick to keep it from nosing up to much on us. These guys even were doing some rings around small trees, flying between the limbs. One guy smacked a tree branch and the plane flipped a few times. In the process the penny popped out of the nose. He recovered in mid flip without hitting the ground but instantly was fighting the up/down motion caused by the wind without the penny nose weight. Pretty neat stuff.

One of the best things about this plane, besides it being so light that you'd practicly have to step on it to damage it, is the long flight times you get with that little lipo. I don't see the need now to install a larger MA lipo as the flights are as long as I care for. Keep in mind that this was only the second charge of this battery and it should "ramp up" (get conditioned for longer flight times) after 10 or 20 charges as most batteries do.

My only concern at the moment is charging the lipo off the TX. I will be using 2500MA Energizers ($17 at Walmart...make sure they are the 2500MA ones) as these things last much longer than regular batteries off the shelf in my other TXs. Anybody who thinks regular AAs last longer than nimhs isn't using 2500MA ones. They also give me a good 2 to 3 times longer run time in my digital camera than regular AAs.

Still, I'd prefer to charge that little lipo off my Celectra 1 to 3 cell lipo charger. It will go down to 250ma. Now, I know lipos should be charged at 1C, but since I read the AA charger is pushing it to about 2C this should be roughly around 260MA anyway (130MAx2). So, I need to sort out a few things here first. If I remember right, somebody said there is a diode on the RX that will prevent another charger from seeing the battery? Can you be more specific about the problem? A diode should only prevent voltage from backflowing. I can only think of one way this would interfer with an aftermarket charger. A lipo charger "sees" the level of voltage the battery has. If this diode is connected in such a way to prevent voltage to flow to the charger then I guess that could cause the charger to think there is no battery hitched up. However, thought I also read that the RX board requires a specific amp rate? Either way, if somebody could go into more detail about the problem I'd like to hear it as I haven't opened it up to take a peak at the circuit board yet. Also, what type of plug is this little guy and can I find something similar at Radio Shack because I'd prefer not to cut the plug off the TX to use.