Battery upgrade for mtech sky drone pro V2

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Rankle07

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Hi Guys,

http://www.menkind.co.uk/sky-drone-v2
Had the above quad for a month or so now and wanted to get a larger battery for it. The current one is 1000mAh 7.4V

I have been doing a bit of research and decided to purchase a slightly uprated battery 1500mAh 7.4v from the below website.
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/wl-toys-1500mah-lipo-7.4v-battery-for-wave-runner/rc-car-products/387930

although it doesnt say that it is for the sky drone pro, it does indeed fit (just) and works.
The fitting also fits the charger fine.

However I am yet to give it a full charge, and wanted to make sure that this battery will be fine to charge with the current charger i have. (not sure on the whole 2c, 1c stuff at the moment)

Below are some pictures of the old battery, the new battery and the charger.
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Thanks in advance.
 
It should work. It will take a little longer to charge as the charger is likely providing lower current, but the fastest you should charge a LiPo is around an hour(1C which is amps=1*Ah), add a little bit of time for efficiency loss.
 
I'm looking to get a battery with a bigger capacity than the 1000maH one supplied. Does anyone know what the C rating (discharge rate) should be for the battery for the mtech sky drone v2. I was told by someone on ebay that 15C is not enough, and that I should look for a 20C up to 25C. I've seen batteries rated as 20C with 30c peak (for 10 seconds or so). Would this be a suitable rating? Can anyone shed any light on this. Also what batteries are good? Branded (Floureon or Turnigy or ???) or just bog-standard Chinese stuff from ebay. Can anybody advise where to get good batteries from and what C rating?
 
Donks said:
I've seen batteries rated as 20C with 30c peak (for 10 seconds or so). Would this be a suitable rating?
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Should be fine.

I use Floureon, the construction looks good, they seem fine but I don't have anything to compare them too.
 
Would this be any good for a quadcopter ..'FLOUREON 2S 7.4V 1000mAh 20C JST Plug Li-Po Battery' ie no peak of 30C specified??
 
Rankle07

I purchased the battery you said fits yours (just) but I have no room for wires to fit in what did you have to do to make them fit?
 
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