MCX Battery Problem
 

Haven't had the chance to fly my MCX in a couple of months. Got the urge tonight, installed new AA batteries in the charger and charged my lipo. I only got about 2-3 minutes of flight. When I tried to charge the battery again, the LED began faint rapid (1 per second) flashing after about 20 seconds. I tried to charge my other lipo and found the same thing. I rechecked that I had installed the AA's in the charger correctly and tried again with the same results. Anyone else run across this problem ?

thanks
Scott

RE: MCX Battery Problem
 

If you stored the LiPO's fully charged you may have messed them up. They like to be stored at 3.85 volts. They don't like to be stored at full charge. You might get lucky and cycle them and get more life out of them, but if you find a deal on LiPO cells you're probably going to need new ones.
Oh, and my charger starts a very faint flicker several minutes before the battery is fully charged. I charge mine until the light either goes out or flashes fully on and off. And I don't fly more than 5 minutes on a charge.
That has been working for me. Good luck.

Soloboss