Oh yeah I believe it about the DX3S lasting 16hours! Those new Spektrum systems sip batteries. M11 on the other hand is like a college frat guy, drinking all it can till it's out cold! :cry: I'll go Lipo eventually

J

MY DX6 used to drain pretty fast as well....there are a couple mods to double the life of the batteries, and a LiPo won't hurt either....

Are you talking about a mod for the M11, or the DX6? My DX6i lasts me for a REALLY long time! I could probably fly for a week 2-3 hours at a time without needing to charge it.

Jay

The DX6...it uses a 600Mah Nicad, which is 8 cells. i believe the DX6i is the successor of this radio, which only uses 4 AA's....

People have successfully modified the DX6 for longer run time with a part swapout of the Voltage regulator (DE-SW033 voltage regulator)...I assume spektrum (horizon hobbies) have since included this newer\better\faster\stronger regulator in the current line of electronics, among other changes....


http://www.dimensionengineering.com/...ektrum_mod.htm

Yeah my DX6i only uses 4 AA's and it's DSM2

J

Yeah, I had mine since it came out, I think....about 3 years or so....I just fly 3D foamies in my front yard now and then, but I catch people flying gas planes now and then around my subdivision (lots of farms), so I did not want to cause, or get any frequency conflicts....

Yeah I know what your talking about here in Germany the USA RC freqs are the German emergency freqs... not a lot of fun when an ambulance goes by LOL

J

They are alive!
 

or at least they finally peaked. So here is just a recap of what I did.

First discharged at .1a. This happened fast, less than an hour if I remember right.
Then charged at .1a. This lasted ~30 hours and never peaked. I gave up waiting for it to peak.
Discharged at .2a. This took about 4 hours.
Charged at .1 amp. After 24hours, they finally peaked.

Now the real test would be to see how long they last. Is just leaving my radio on a good enough test, or do I actually have to use the radio? Right now my radio is on and sitting at 10.6v. How long "should" 2000mah AA last in an xs3?

Thanks for all the help.

--pakk

I'm not sure how long the Xs3 should last, but 10.6V is a good voltage. It doesn't matter if your using your radio or just leaving it on. Either way it's pretty much doing the same thing, putting out a signal. I would say that it's safe to use now, just like you would normally. When the batteries die just charge em' back up at .1amps and away you go!

Jay

well they just went under 9 volts. So they lasted about 7 hours. I tried looking around, but can't seem to find how long others are lasting with their Xs3. Probably going to be hard to find seeing that it is an older radio. I am continue to keep cycling these until I see diminished returns then just start charging then up like normal.

Thanks for all the help.

7 HOURS oh yeah they are good. I don't think your going to be able to get much better time out of them than that. You could always throw some alkilnes in there and time those just to see.... but that would be a waist of money.

Jay