HI.
Im new to all this. i recently got a very good deal on new citabria. I'm almost finished building it. I'm working on the servos now and decided to charge the batteries. how do I know if they are charged? theres no indication lights or anything. Do i need to get a meter and check the voltage or what. I have had the battery on charge for about 12 hours now. Any advice.

What system are you using? Most wall chargers have dual red led's. Let me know_bob

Futaba Nr-4Q8 and yes on the charger there are two LED's. both are solide red now. I have the transmiter and the battery for the reciver pluged in now.

A full charge should take about 16 hrs.

ok thanks. I left it plugged in and plugged a couple of servos up and it seemed to work. The Rx is charged but the TX isnt. Everything works as long as i keep the TX plugged up

dont get mad at this question ok....have you opened up the battery compartment on tx to make sure it is pluged in or if it has one... something in your post didn't sound right to me and i'm no expert.....

yes i checked. everything is good just needed chargin.Thanks

dnew1973,
Sounds like you're new to RC airplanes. I hope you're going to have a lot of help if you're just learning to fly.

A Citabria is far from a good choice for learning. Citabria is "Airbatic" backwards, which translates into more plane than a beginner should try. (They're also extremely twitchy on the ground.)
Dennis-

The only reason I have this plane is because of the good deal i got on it. I have talked with a few members of a local club and they are going to help me with the training. I also found out yesterday a friend has been doin this for years. The TX I got with it can be connected to a trainer also.

Any simulator time you can work in would help a great deal also. In the (free download) FMS simulator at www.comeparkfly.com there's a clipped-wing Super Cub that has somewhat similar flight characteristics as your Citabria. You can probably save yourself at least a few crashes by learning to fly the sim version first.

Ill look into it now thanks

dnew,
Good advice regarding simulator time.

Here's a link to a site. The guy makes interfaces for FMS that'll connect your Tx to your PC. He includes FMS on a CD, all for a pretty reasonable price. ($21.00)
Dennis-

http://www.mattclement.freeservers.com/fms/fms.html