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Old 03-23-2008 | 05:15 PM
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Default Defective Axe EZ Battery?

Any ever heard of this happening? I just bought a brand new Axe EZ. Took it out, watched the DVD, read the instructions, put the training gear on and took it for it's first flight. The first flight was wonderful. However after the battery started getting low I turned everything off and removed the battery only to find that it was "puffed" up. (for lack of a better term). You could literally see that the plastic around the battery was blown up like a balloon. I literally thought it was about to blow up in my hand!!!

Has anyone see this happen before? I've been in this hobby for quite some time and never saw anything like it. I know I've heard of Lipo batteries being "fragile" but this is ridiculous. It wasn't dropped, it wasn't overcharged, it wasn't run until it was dead. Why would the battery blow up like that?