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Old 07-01-2010, 10:03 PM
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Default My screw up = Brilelli 46 not starting

Alright so I screwed up pretty bad this morning. I was going to head to the field and so I decided to charge my A123 rx battery on my plane. after about 15 minutes I go back into the room and see that the charger put 1050 mah and counting into the battery, which to me is strange because I rarely use more than 600 mah. Just then as I am pondering I hear a little hiss and see some smoke from under the cowl. Instantly I realize that I plugged the charger into the 4.8v nicad ignition battery and the charger just keeps cranking. So I unplug the charger from the plane and model and start on pulling the prop and cowl to get the battery out. Anyway, the battery is located directly next to the ignition module and now after installing a new battery the engine will not fire. I'm wondering if during the battery overcharge if the module might have gotten too hot. What do you all think I should do next?

Thanks in advance,

Chris