ORIGINAL: scale only 4 me
Another thing that kiils batteries is sitting around unused for long periods of time,, I took about 5 years off from flying, was racing r/c cars/trucks, all my aircraft NiCd batteries were junk from sitting,,, sounds like abaser may have gotten a hand me down that sat around a while too. These things charge up, but they peak early and fall off fast,, even after cycling the packs a few times, they just didn't have the capacity,,, they all went into the Haz-mat recycle can.
abaser, and any one else reading
A good charger that cycles and discharges with a digital readout is a wise investment, test those packs on the bench,, not in the air
Best $100 I ever spent on this hobby.
good luck
again you guys are right. I talked to the origional owner this afternoon and got a shock. ALLof the stuff he gave me was at least 12 yrs old. Batts included. The radio was in such good shape, I assumed that it was a whole lot newer than that. No doubt in my mind now what caused all of my misery. I cant believe that the thing even works. Just out of curiosity, I charged the radio over night last night. This morning I turned it on, 100% on meter. I reckecked it every 5 minutes just to see how long it would take to discharge. Somewhere between 45 and 50 minutes, it went from around 85% to 0%. Problem solved, lesson lesrned, and decision made to replace not only the batts, but radio too. Been looking for an excuse to go 2.4! Only problem now is which one , and man extra rx's seem to be a little pricey. Oh well, just have to do one at a time.
Thanx for all the help though. Ive learned a lot and realized that there is a lot for me to still learn. Good luck and happy flying to all of you!!!