LiPo Bat, Charger, what?

freestyl · Charging Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 1

I have a Syma SO32...
Flew very good for about 8 to 10 times, got 8 minutes of fly time.
THEN after charging it, went to take off, stayed up about 5 to 10 seconds then huge loss of power and could barely hover.
I thought maybe it was due to improper battery use. I read later that these LiPo batteries are not suppose to be totally drained, I would let rotor rotate until it stopped, then I would hook it right up to the charger.
I later read that you should not drain and you should let cool first before charging.
So I thought maybe I ruined the battery. I got a new one. Installed it and charged it. Not much improvement.
The second time I tried charging the new battery I noticed that the charger light came on after only 5 minutes of being on the charger.
This is the type of charger that the light is off until it gets a full charge. When I was getting the 8 to 10 minutes of flight the light would not come on until after 60 to 80 minutes.
Now it comes on after 5 minutes.
Any opinions? Defective charger? Circuit board? Suggestions?

tombo242 · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:27 am Post subject: Re: LiPo Bat, Charger, what?

pjdog · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:54 am Post subject:

What kind of charger do you have. If it's charged with AA batteries through the TX'r then your AA batteries may be weak?

replace them also.

Dumb Thumbs · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:54 am Post subject:

You definitely do not want to drain a LiPo until it's flat dead. Discharge to only 80 percent dead.
Have you checked over the heli to be sure everything is OK? Could be something is binding, causing a power drain.