Syma X5HW can fly ony one time

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Marcomm

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Hello to all, I'm new in quadcopters world and I'm flying with a Syma X5HW. I bought a secondary set of batteries in order to fly for more time. Batteries are exactly the same as the original one ( voltage size and capacity) but I'm able to fly only one time. After the first battery run out, with all other batteries I get low battery message ( all leds blinling). If I try to fly next day with another battery I get the same beahviour ( first one working, all other ones not working). I tried to charge the batteries with 2 different chargers but with same result. Can someone help me? What should I check?
Thanks
Marco
 
Wildwelder

Wildwelder

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Is it just the new batteries that arent charging? Ive had new batteries that wouldnt take a charge. Once a lipo is discharged too much, chargers wont recharge them. Too much resistance. Could be you bought bum batteries.
 
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Marcomm

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Wildwelder said:
Is it just the new batteries that arent charging?
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No it is not just the new batteries. All batteries seems to be charged well ( voltage around 4.2V). The first battery I use works well, the other ones are not working. Seems that the quadricopter is accepting only one battery.
 
Wildwelder

Wildwelder

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That is very odd. check all the connections. You
Might have bad connectors(cheap) with the new batteries. I hate trying to find stuff like this out. Did you buy the new batteries from the same place as the first?well get to the bottom of this dont give up.
 
Wildwelder

Wildwelder

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You get the low battery message but theyre not low on charge. Have you tried flying a second time with a "low battery"? If its charged then it should still fly. Sounds like a bad voltage sensor
 
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Marcomm

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I tried to fly a second time but it doesn't fly...then with some batteries it works. I really can't understand the problem.
 
Quest

Quest

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Could you send a pic of your bats and charger like the one I have included?
 

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Quest

Quest

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A little hard to tell by the way your connectors are positioned in the photo but it looks like in bats 1 and 3 that the + and - are reversed looks like the positive is in a top position on one bat and the bottom on the other, if this is the case I am supprised something did not short. Compare all of your connectors by making sure the guide slot is in the same position (up or down) and then make sure black and red wires are on the same sides for each.
 
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michael hodgson

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That type of charger don't fully charge the battery they seem to charge 1 batt full but the rest just get some charge normally 1/4 to 1/2 charge have you tryed charging 1 battery at a time as 1 had the same type of charger but now I have an imax b6 so I can balance charge upto 6 batteries at once
 
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Marcomm

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ok...small update...While waiting for new batteries (they will take more than 25days to arrive...) I bought an imax b6ac. How can I check with this charger if the batteries are ok or not?
 
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michael hodgson

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Sorry its a bit longwinded but put them on a discharge setting once they are discharged then charge them fully and take notes on the mah that the battery has taken from a discharged state that should give the capacity of each battery
Eg if it's a 500mah battery but only takes a 300mah charge you know that battery is dodgy it may say fully charged on the voltage (3.7v-4.2v)
 
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