So I'm still a relative newbie on the Typhoon H scene.. yes I've had my Typhoon for a little over a year but really I've probably clocked around 50 hours of flight time.
First world problems I suppose...
Anyway, I noticed when I bought my Typhoon H and later another replacement battery that all of the batteries had a slight 'puff' to the plastic surrounding the cells themselves. Not the hard plastic frame.. it's fine.. No other bulge mind you.. just this slight 'air pocket'.. I didn't think much about it at the time.. After that I decided to get a 4th battery.. the aftermarket Powerextra battery with 6500Mah. That one did *not* have that same 'air pocket' as the other but I figured 'different manufacturer, different battery'. All 4 batteries worked great. No problems at all. I have the Venom 4 cell charger and when I was done for the year I put them in 'storage' cycle on the charger and when they completed I put them away.
The other day I pulled the batteries out, and put them in the charger to get them ready to go flying.. and then I thought about the difference in the batteries and that 'pocket' again.. After coming here and reading the threads on this topic it appears my batteries either are or always have been on borrowed time. I wish I had noticed the problem before so I could have opened a ticket with Yuneec to see about replacement. The Powerextra battery still works perfect and no such Symptoms.. unfortunately after emailing Powerextra I found they are not going to make them any more (if I had to guess Yuneec sent them *and* Venom a 'cease and desist' given both have completely disappeared from being listed anywhere - but just a guess).
My next problem is I can't find batteries any place I've looked - Amazon, B&H, no one seems to have them other than secondary sellers who are charging a significant markup for them.
So what do I do with these? Just take them to be e-cycled? Is there really no hope?
First world problems I suppose...
Anyway, I noticed when I bought my Typhoon H and later another replacement battery that all of the batteries had a slight 'puff' to the plastic surrounding the cells themselves. Not the hard plastic frame.. it's fine.. No other bulge mind you.. just this slight 'air pocket'.. I didn't think much about it at the time.. After that I decided to get a 4th battery.. the aftermarket Powerextra battery with 6500Mah. That one did *not* have that same 'air pocket' as the other but I figured 'different manufacturer, different battery'. All 4 batteries worked great. No problems at all. I have the Venom 4 cell charger and when I was done for the year I put them in 'storage' cycle on the charger and when they completed I put them away.
The other day I pulled the batteries out, and put them in the charger to get them ready to go flying.. and then I thought about the difference in the batteries and that 'pocket' again.. After coming here and reading the threads on this topic it appears my batteries either are or always have been on borrowed time. I wish I had noticed the problem before so I could have opened a ticket with Yuneec to see about replacement. The Powerextra battery still works perfect and no such Symptoms.. unfortunately after emailing Powerextra I found they are not going to make them any more (if I had to guess Yuneec sent them *and* Venom a 'cease and desist' given both have completely disappeared from being listed anywhere - but just a guess).
My next problem is I can't find batteries any place I've looked - Amazon, B&H, no one seems to have them other than secondary sellers who are charging a significant markup for them.
So what do I do with these? Just take them to be e-cycled? Is there really no hope?