I recently came back to RC after a break of about 6 years, while I am building a drone I decided to buy a RTF and the Typhoon came up on ebay.
Hermes failed to deliver, although they had a signature from someone no one had ever heard of, but it turned up almost two weeks later hidden in bushes behind our flats.
Anyway, when it turned out that the battery was as blown up as a party balloon I looked around for a replacement. Apparently I need to sell a kidney for an original battery or take a chance on a massively hyped aftermarket one with about 70,000mAH.
I looked at various options like fitting one outside with an overpriced kit, saw one on YouTube that had a 10,000mAH on an external platform which gave less flight time than the original, didn't seem like a good options, to be honest.
Instead I went with a tried and tested Turnigy Nano Tech 6000mAH as the dimensions were very similar to the original and only a few grams heavier. I didn't have one but the 6 other Nano Techs I had from 6 years ago, all dated and numbered, were all in good condition, still with a charge and none swollen. They have always given me good service.
Once the new battery arrived I set about fitting it.
The hardest part was the tedium of removing hundreds of tiny screws but even that turned out to be less of a chore than I expected and the lid was off in about 10 minutes.
There is a huge amount of space inside and a few minutes of jiggling revealed the best option.
I removed the internal battery connection and the battery bay, neatened a few tangled wires, rerouted the connection and put it all back together with the plug relocated to the front of the bay. No irreversible modifications, no cutting or drilling, just moving the connection and putting a bit of foam tape under the battery bay 'bridge' as the new battery is a few mm lower. I may leave the plug loose or I may mount it on standoffs if I can see a good position.
The pictures show how simple it was. An hour tops.
pic 1. As was.
pic 2. As is now, plug moved to the front.
pic 3. With lipo in situ.
Hermes failed to deliver, although they had a signature from someone no one had ever heard of, but it turned up almost two weeks later hidden in bushes behind our flats.
Anyway, when it turned out that the battery was as blown up as a party balloon I looked around for a replacement. Apparently I need to sell a kidney for an original battery or take a chance on a massively hyped aftermarket one with about 70,000mAH.
I looked at various options like fitting one outside with an overpriced kit, saw one on YouTube that had a 10,000mAH on an external platform which gave less flight time than the original, didn't seem like a good options, to be honest.
Instead I went with a tried and tested Turnigy Nano Tech 6000mAH as the dimensions were very similar to the original and only a few grams heavier. I didn't have one but the 6 other Nano Techs I had from 6 years ago, all dated and numbered, were all in good condition, still with a charge and none swollen. They have always given me good service.
Once the new battery arrived I set about fitting it.
The hardest part was the tedium of removing hundreds of tiny screws but even that turned out to be less of a chore than I expected and the lid was off in about 10 minutes.
There is a huge amount of space inside and a few minutes of jiggling revealed the best option.
I removed the internal battery connection and the battery bay, neatened a few tangled wires, rerouted the connection and put it all back together with the plug relocated to the front of the bay. No irreversible modifications, no cutting or drilling, just moving the connection and putting a bit of foam tape under the battery bay 'bridge' as the new battery is a few mm lower. I may leave the plug loose or I may mount it on standoffs if I can see a good position.
The pictures show how simple it was. An hour tops.
pic 1. As was.
pic 2. As is now, plug moved to the front.
pic 3. With lipo in situ.
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