ericrw

The turnigy 4.0 transmitter lipo battery does not have a balancing plug. You have to charge it on Lipo 2 cell on "charging". Any further advice is appreciated !!

Jon, When you state 100mah on the nimh mode, is this shown on the charger as 1.0. This is the mah, I used !

I did not have any luck with my battery! Thanks anyway !!

I have run down the 7.4v of my transmitter lipo battery to 6.8v. When I attempted to re-charge the Sigma charger beeped and a message came on the screen stating that the battery is full; which is not !! Advice please !! Eric. Edited By ericrw on 20/09/2017 16:20:28

I have no proof the package was delivered or not. It seems strange that in both cases, the trader`s could have been at a financial cost, if they admitted to having received the faulty item.

Has anyone,returned a small faulty item, such as a rx, to a well-known, small online r/c trader, only to be told it must be lost in the Post. Unfortunately, this has happened to me twice; when I have forgotten to record the package. Has this happened to you ? Is it malpractice, of some Traders to receive an non-recorded package and deny that they have received the package !!

I have successfully installed the Apprentice rx , EFLR310013, into my Starmax 1600mm Mustang and there were no problems, apart from reversing a servo. My attempts to install the safe rx into my Seagull E-Pioneer,is proving difficult. Though I have bound it to my Spektrum DX6 (same TX) and it does the "Dance", moving all the controls;when the two way switch is On. However, I cannot get the Motor to activate. The ESC will not go into solid light but keeps flashing. Any ideas ?? Eric.

I have one but it looks very technical; rather off-putting ! I have just balance charged the questionable battery and the readings are now (1) 4.200 (2) 4183 (3) 4.210 (4) 4.201 99%. I do not store batteries as they are used quiet often, even in winter. I appreciate your responses to my problem and being of a certain senior age they are helpful !!!

IYes! it is a factory fitted motor ,esc and prop. I`ll get a friend to check it with a Watt meter. I`ve just checked the the battery that I used with a Battery checker. the lipo is 18 months old with a 25c rating and the cell readings are (1) 4.012, (2) 4.023 (3) 4.030 (4) 3.994. Is the latter reading the culprit ? All my batteries are Turnigy from HK but this year I purchased a more expensive one from a well-known UK supplier in Feb this year. In May, I had to get rid ,as it became bloated.

First I must apologise as the model is a Starmax 1600. My frustration is I`ve had this model two years and I`ve never completed a full circuit, due to loss of battery power. This is my only low winged `plane and after construction, my friend had, including the maiden, successful flights. In between times my efforts to fly it were not successful and copious amounts of Gorilla glue was used; not that much to upset the balance though. I`ve achieved the flying weight of 2700g This loss of battery power is only a recent problem; therefore, I cannot accept that it is the fault of the 4 bladed prop. The model flies (well did) with the makers standard equipment and recommended 4 cell battery. On it`s last fight I took off, it flew nice and level in to wind after about a minute flying ,my experienced friend, shouted that my battery was running out of power, as it came down in a Rape field. After retrieving it, the battery was reading 77% , it had started with 92%. As it took approx half an hour to retrieve the model, I assumed the battery had regained power.

I`ll try two 3cell batteries; but is it possible that faulty ESC could have an effect on the power drain ?

My FMS Mustang flies with a four bladed 16x6 prop and a wingspan of 1600mm. However, there is a huge drain on the 4 cell 3700 battery. To overcome this problem, I have been advised to use a two bladed or a three bladed prop. Could anyone on the forum, advise me of what size to go for with either a two or three bladed prop ? Appreciate any advise !!

Has anyone used Target Hobby recently ? Are they genuine ??

Send in the Sheriffs !

Is it true that Horizon hobby u k are closing ??

Does cold weather lessen the Volts or the MaH, or both,on a lipo battery ???

Thanks John.

Thanks for that info John. After following the advice of the YouTube, do I then bind the safe rx to the DX6. Thanks, Eric.

I have the e-flite Apprentice safe model and it came with a pre-programmed spectrum DX5e. My query is, is it possible to bind it, normally, to my DX6. Or do I have to do a programming of the DX6 and if so how ???

Hi, have you registered your Spectrum tx . If not google "Spectrum community site" for info !! Eric.

HK new web page is horrendous. I`ll be looking and buying else where.

The prop I`m trying to balance is a FMS 4 bladed prop and the prop centre disc measures 4", which cannot be used with my present Balancer. It is the only 4 blader I have and I do not expect to go in that direction again. I know that a Du-Bro would allow this but I was hoping that someone out there may have a DIY answer to my problem.

Though I have a Prop balancer it is only suitable for a 2 bladed prop. I need to know if there is away of balancing a 4 bladed prop.

Thanks Guys, Problem resolved by trimming throttle down !

My ESC (name unknown) has developed a flashing light, when I try to connect to my tx to the rx; and the result is no connection.