HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : Turnigy 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho, E-flite, Parkzone Etc)

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7/27/2010
Faust1977 (100%)
What is the best way to charge these batteries, I got a couple of em. I have an Accucell charger. What kind of adapter would I need, Thanks.

7/15/2010
aviatortom (50%)
Will this work in the ParkZone Ultra-Micro J-3 Cub BNF? Original battery specs are for 3.7V 120mAh 14C Li-Po battery. Also, will the original charger work with this battery? If not please recommend a charger that will work with full range of batteries. Thank you!

Bowerz (50%)
Yes it definately will work. These Will be perfect. I use them in my mCX and Micro P-51.

sebastien (100%)
I have a Parkzone micro ember and this battery is perfectly compatible with it. The ember is delivered with the same charger and it will work fine.

4/18/2010
SirSudiSavage (-4%)
Hey jason i just got a box of these 17 of them to be exact and they are all saying they are turnigy not zippy. Whats up with that ???

Aaron (21%)
I havn't tried the turnigy batteries yet, but they can't be any worse than the flightmaxes! I bought 10 of them and within a month all ten of them were dead. 4 out of the 10 arrived doa. Count yourself lucky!

leolo (27%)
***r quallity

chiroman21 (7%)
That sounds funny. Mine simply say flightmax on them

JAMES (28%)
same thing for me.I am very happy with the turnigy, which i thought were better anyway

The1CZ (69%)
Who cares about label?? are they wirking good? if yes i would not care if the price is like this*)

Randy (12%)
Great buy. Works great

1/23/2010
satis (57%)
This would be a good battery for Nine Eagles Solo Pro?
Thanks!

cmartin (54%)
I do not think this battery is suitable for Nine Eagles Solo Pro, the connector type is totally different, but if you manage to modify the connector then it should be OK.

I have ordered one and am going to try to adapt the connector for a Nine Eagles Solo, same connector type as the Pro version.

Hobby King, please shell this battery with Nine Eagles connector type too, you will find a lot of interested customers waiting for it.

satis (57%)
Thank Carlos! I use my Solo Pro with other battery (Zippy 240mAh, single cell) too, but setting the CG very difficult. The CG only with the original battery is best. The CG is too low with another battery.

ChrisG (36%)
I've soldered the mini-jst plug to my Nine Eagles Solo so I could use this battery. Fits perfectly and works awesomely.

I've also opened the remote control and soldered a mini-jst connector to the charger port so the controller can charge these batteries as well. Again, works perfectly. It chargers the batteries at approx 2C, so not to destroy them like the parkzone chargers do at 3C.

Markus (23%)
Very good

11/22/2009
Holda29 (53%)
Any possibility that you will provide better battery for Blade mSR? I would like to buy something like 150mAh and 15C a I think I am not alone.
Thanks

maukabud (60%)
Yeahhh you're not alone....***Jason** let's get this battery made eh?? :)

Joe (10%)
Wow, that's exactly why I came here today, to see if there was a larger capacity battery yet. Yes, something like 150mAH and 15C would be great.
Also, it sounds like these current batteries just don't cut it with the new 4-Site.

Jason5001 (-7%)
Boys, we have the 150mAh version coming in a couple of weeks.
Because it's a little bigger we were able to get the capacity more stable as well.
Just don't mark the pack with your fingernail, or it will drop 5mAh. :-)

kendirckgpz (29%)
I will order 10 asap

11/17/2009
skyboy (61%)
Are these things really that bad on a Blade Msr? I see people saying they get 5:00 compared to the stock 6:00+, but when you consider a stock battery is $7.49 vs $1.99. You can get 3 Flightmax's for less than the stock, so thats 15:00 to 6:00 and still a $1.52 saved.

maukabud (60%)
Yep...problem is that the C rating is too low for the MsR. I started out getting 5+ mins with 8 batteries, now about two weeks of heavy rotation through the charger (charging at 1C and not flying to LVC) I am seeing my flight times going below 4mins on 6 of the 8 batts. Hard to not fly to LVC when the flight times are going down down down. I think HC needs to come out with a 150mah 15C batt comparable to the Eflite upgrade batt for the msR.

JAMES (28%)
they work just fine

Flash1986 (49%)
I use them in my Blade MSR and theyre better than the stock batteries! More flytime and better linear dischargement...

JOHN (34%)
I get about 5 and a half minutes with these. There definitly worth the 1.99. cant ask for a better deal.

jculotta (17%)
I have gotten almost 7 minutes out of these in a BMSR. Great value!

10/24/2009
RicardoLuis (40%)
Hi I need an adapter for this kind of lipo for charger Turnigy 6
Thanks

Solitaire (41%)
Just order this... [url]***********hobbycity****/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9727[/url] ...cut off the male end and solder on a JST male connector.

Ludwig from DE (67%)
Hi, you can make it out of this: *******hobbycity****/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9727

Ludwig from DE (67%)
HI, you canmake an adapter out of this: ***********hobbycity****/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9727

10/18/2009
Mark (30%)
Can anybody steer me in the right direction on where I can purchase the appropriate leads to connect the battery to the speed controller or rx or do you make up your own?? any advice is greatfully accepted

Solitaire (41%)
These will work. Unfortunately, they only come in 5 packs, but the price won't kill you. Just cut off the end you don't need.
[url]***********hobbycity****/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9727[/url]

10/18/2009
maukabud (60%)
I'm entertaining myself checking how fast the stock dwindles. :D I think HK needs to develop a 15C/140 batt to power the MSR and other "next gen" micro flyers that need a bit more power/runtime.

kaps (87%)
do u think that this battery would work with the um p51

maukabud (60%)
I honestly don't know if these would work w/ P-51... perhaps you should ask some Mustang drivers? I *can* say that I'm getting pretty solid 5min flight times on my Blade MsR, which is one of the highest drain aircraft in this battery class.

cjg flyer (34%)
I ordered 8 of them. Work well in my PZ Cessna micro. However, motor pulses early on my PZ P-51. I hooked two in parallel and it works great on the P-51.

broncomech (13%)
I had very ***r luck with these batteries in a UM P51. The C rating is too low, 15 seconds WOT fresh off of the charger and they hit soft cut off, the stock PZ battery is good for just over 2 min WOT same plane.
They do produce 5 min flights in parallel but you would be better off using the 240mAh Zippy cells for the PZ P51.

10/14/2009
Burnaby (75%)
20k in stock, won't be OOS in a while.

kaps (87%)
yea i know

10/13/2009
p01rogue (13%)
Ordered 4 of these for MSR.
Stock eflite gives 6 minutes prior to LVC kick in.
Zippy only gives me 2-3 minutes and LVC kicks in.
I've heard of others having more sucsess so I will order some more and report back.
really hoping I just got a bad batch.

kaps (87%)
yea u probably got a bad batch better luck next time

10/3/2009
livonia bob (70%)
I have been flying my mSR with the these batteries that I purchased back it June and I was getting 5 minutes flight time.. I received my latest shippment and they are not any where as good as my old ones. I'm getting around 3 minutes of flight time with all seven of the new ones.. Get 7 minutes of flight with the E-Flite 14c and still 5 minutes using my first Flightmax 138's They seem to have lowered the quality of these just about to the point of being worthless at any price..

10/2/2009
murx68 (30%)
As I read in several reviews, these cells do only have a capacity of 100mAh instead of labeled 138mAh. Is this confirmed by HC? I'm interested in using these cells with my Eflite msr. Thanks.

kevinb120 (75%)
From what I have seen on the forums, they have lower C rating and capacity, and the run time is barely over half that of the stock battery.

kevinb120 (75%)
another note, the MSR has a more demanding setup then the coaxial birds, they get good reports with those.

tronchaviones (88%)
> Is this confirmed by HC?

Yes, it was partially confirmed by Jason three weeks ago. Since the original thread is deeply buried on the discussion of
T2300-AA
Turnigy 2300mah AA battery NiMH (True Capacity)
and I cannot link directly there, I have just created a new thread on the forum to discuss it:
***********hobbycity****/hobbycity/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3754

Look for thread 'About the 110mAh ZIPPY Flightmax "138mAh"' on
Forum Home > Product Specific > Batteries & Chargers

10/1/2009
fingersintrlcd (13%)
I'm using these in a 2P1S configuration in my Micro Sukhoi. Do it!

kaps (87%)
how would u do that?

kaps (87%)
is it not wide

kaps (87%)
unless u mess with the sukhoi

9/29/2009
bugijs (64%)
Where can i get charger for This battery ?

Helipeat (65%)
Look for the parkzone ember2 charger

kaps (87%)
this is the charger ***********redrockethobbies****/E_Flite_1S_3_7V_LiPo_Charger_0_3A_BMCX_p/eflc1003.htm

9/21/2009
Bill (13%)
Does anyone if this would work with the parkzone sukhoi

aalope2001 (35%)
it will

Helipeat (65%)
No problems with the sukhoi

sebastien (100%)
yes it should be fine, I've got a parkzone ember and it's working very well

9/16/2009
pidjones (44%)
I have three presently in rotation with one e-flite. I see no difference in performance or charge life, but I don't time it either. 5 minutes pretty well does in my attention span, anyway! Have four more on order, just wish they stocked them a little better since they sell out so fast.

9/9/2009
paul (55%)
Hi, I buy the equivalent e-flight 110mha batteries in Australia for $12-$15 EACH + postage. HC price for 4 of them (138mha) delivered to au is about $11us or about $13au. I am sure HC puts the . in the wrong place in ALL there prices. Now to all the people complaining about c ratings, postage etc, well i have the solution for you ! just send your batteries to ME, That way everybodys happy.

9/3/2009
ov1006 (70%)
By the way, the real capacity is 110mAh and not 138mAh (tested on a JAMARA X-Peak 230 Bal).

All data measured over 15 units of two different production batches.

This deal is good enough to sell like cakes without this. :(

8/20/2009
dmulligan (74%)
I just ordered some of these packs for the upcoming Blade mSR that I have pre-ordered. I just noticed that the packs it comes with are 14C. That means the E-Flite pack is capable of supplying 1.68A compared to the 1.38A the zippy pack is rated to. Are the ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C packs going to be able to supply enough current? I guess I am asking if these packs are really only capable of delivering 10C still.

8/20/2009
Burnaby (75%)
over 7k gone in several days.

8/18/2009
SEALen (40%)
Man that was quick. From -2500 to +1500 to -360 in what? 5 hours? Hope they will be getting even more this time around so the stock will last more than a day.

8/17/2009
Burnaby (75%)
That was quick, gone faster than freebies. Let's start the when will they be in stock question again?

kevinb120 (75%)
I take it this would be fine with the E-flite MSR?

aalope2001 (35%)
it works just fine in the mSR

8/14/2009
leafs (42%)
yes when they be stocked ?

MegaTesla (84%)
Today.

They are going fast! 1000 sold in 3hours!

beano (90%)
Yeah, they got in at least 4000 to make up the backorders and the stock I saw earlier, but I missed them while I was finishing the rest of my order :/

cjg flyer (34%)
I ordered 8 of them. Work well in my PZ Cessna micro. However, motor pulses early on my PZ P-51. I hooked two in parallel and it works great on the P-51.

satis (57%)
This would be a good battery for Nine Eagles Solo Pro?
Thanks!

8/10/2009
(Jo) (49%)
Any news on an arrival date?

7/24/2009
brunner14 (81%)
Has anybody tested these batteries with the Parkzone Sukhoi? Are 10C enough?

Fidelity (82%)
These batteries are more like 5C and less than 100mAh.

I left a two star review, but apparently any review less than five stars is removed

7/6/2009
Vladimir (13%)
Does somebody knows, when this fine little lipo will be restock???

6/17/2009
Abraham (34%)
KC now stock to speak of This is the tenth time I checked on SPektrum stuff RXs and non of teh ones I want have been in stock for ages???What gives

6/17/2009
meute (30%)
Hello,

is there in this hobbycity-store a plug (male) with cable (10-30cm), which fits to this ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C?

I need this plug with cable to charge this LiPo with my IMAX-charger.
(I don't want charge with the original battery-charger).

Thank you.

joshcarp81 (66%)
hey meute look above there are plenty of parkzone part numbers listed above. pkz 3052 is the one your looking for go online or visit your lhs

tronchaviones (88%)
You are looking for this:
MINIJST-EXT
Mini JST-XH Wire Extension (10cm)
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9376

6/14/2009
Leismann (77%)
It would be nice to have here in HK some charger for this little battery. As the cost is very low, you buy many of this babies and majority of people only have the original Blade mCX chager... Specific charger or some plugs that we could charger 3,4,5 or 6 batteries at the same time in the Acculer-6 or any other charger/balance.
Jason5001, do you think its possible?
Anybody here think the same?
Best for everyone, Marcelo Leismann

joshcarp81 (66%)
absolutely possible the are standard single cells female end available at lhs pkz 3052 solder gun ready to go

Leismann (77%)
Hi Josh, thanks for the information about the parkzone plug but wasnt exactly this Im thinking. Im thinking in have some read-to-use charge plug lead just like this: hobbycity****/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6569&Product_Name=Twin_pack_charge_lead_(2_x_3S)6S_

With 6 parkzone plugs welded we could charge/balance 6 138mAh-10C cells at the same time. Understand? *-)

joshcarp81 (66%)
i think they just had a four or five lead for these types for 10.00 in a magazine this month I think model airplane news or backyard flyer

Helipeat (65%)
Any chance of a wiring diagram to make a multiple charger?

5/29/2009
Eric (13%)
May 28th, -1591 stock

I got a few of these in last time they were in stock, they are certainly good, my charger charges them to 137-139 mAh so the capacity rating is bang on.. My vapor flies for EVER on them.. I almost get bored of flying they last so long.. lol

Fidelity (82%)
I got 120mAh with two of these packs. Hopefully that will increase as they are broken in. (It was their first flight)

Does anyone know what the max charge rate is for these packs? I know most people say 1C, but since this is so small, I wonder if they can be charged at .3 or .4A

5/14/2009
castaneda69 (0%)
Hi
question one more time:
Does anyone know where you can get the socket that these plug into?

Ivan (92%)
Search for 'PKZ3052' on the web.

jct049 (20%)
Like listed above. Parkzone replacement package, part # PKZ3052, Battery Connector/Wire: Cessna 210.
My local HS has them in stock.
jct049
Parksoneconn

Flash1986 (49%)
Hi,

This battery is used in the E-Flite Blade series. If you can buy the sparepart of the socket from e-flite, would be solve your problem...
Just mail E-Flite and ask them!

4/2/2009
BulletMaster (79%)
mine took ages to go to shipped status too. Had a couple of other orders I made leap-frog it.

twinck (57%)
I don't know about anyone elses.. but my batteries have finally moved into the packing queue .. (ordered 25th) glad i got these before they went super negative though :)

Ivan (92%)
Still no reviews? No one has received his battery yet? These batteries are twice the capacity of an regular 70 mAh Kyosho battery and also twice the weight. I wonder if this would pose a problem?

tronchaviones (88%)
There has been a delay on shipping, but now the first orders have just shipped. In about five days, we will rush to review this promising little gem. Until then, the reviews will be based on imaginations or desires, but not on facts and real tests.

While the capacity is double than the usual 70mAh units, the stated weight is less than double... My two units (Etomic brand) weight 2.56 and 2.40 grams, compared to the 3.7g of this 138mAh batt.

For the record, the actual stock at 5:49 AM (CET), April 1 is -770! (and yes, it is not a fools day joke)

Apr 1, 2009

OldSkoolKool (99%)
Stock is -1083
14:41 CST
04/04/09

OldSkoolKool (99%)
Stock is -1299. Must be a record.
04/10/09

tronchaviones (88%)
It topped over -1373 (apr 13, 15:17 CET, 12 hours before the "It's arrived" email). After two hours restocked, stock was 521. We'll see how long it lasts.

And I am still waiting for my parcel... :~(

apr 14, 2009

webber (98%)
3:29:05 PM

Stock 127 LOL

tronchaviones (88%)
Stock depleted again. This time, it lasted less than 7 hours and 20 minutes.

Apr 14, 2009 (10:30 CET)

Kenneth (62%)
battery works excellent

robertm (32%)
Wow! did these sell out fast or what.

Great to see these carried by HC. Now if we could just get the plug / sockets as well for our own builds.

Does anyone know where you can get the socket that these plug into?

Mal

joshcarp81 (66%)
hey robertm you can get the male and female ends from your lhs through parkzone and from airmidimicros**** 3-wire Mini JST connection pair
Female connector can be used for servo
extension
Male connector fits into Plantraco Micro9
4-Channel servo receiver
Lead Length: 100 mm
Wire: 32 gauge
5.25 dollars for both male and female

joshcarp81 (66%)
whoops my bad responded to wrong post my post response was for the spektrum ar6400 receivers and the other small ar 6300 receivers but yes you can get the female end from lhs once again need a male at under 2 dollars just butch a old pack and reuse the end

Smeagle (83%)
Yes, why 20C at first and now 10C? Looks really, really bad from a customers perspective :( And those planes would REALLY need this Power (20C) - not that they pull that much, but high voltage at load would be good for a little more power in flight...

- Oliver

tronchaviones (88%)
Now I wonder which is the C-rating of the $9 Etomic brand original batteries of my ParkZone Vapor... Their label only say: "3.7V 70mAh Li-Po Battery", and under the adhesive label it is printed "FULLRIVER 3.7V 70mAh". The ParkZone web gives no more data... Does anyone know it for sure?

Eric1180 (10%)
Do you even know how many C E-flite batteries have... no i thought so. 10c is good for a battery of this size 1.38 amps is plenty of power.

kaps (87%)
they usually have 14C

arkcom (64%)
So why did the specs drop from 20c to 10c after 500 people have already ordered it?

tronchaviones (88%)
Maybe there is some misunderstanding here... I found this product a little time after its introduction (when stock was already 421), and its name was then "ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc)", so it was clearly rated at 10C.

This fact is not depending on my weak memory, because I was copypasting the line from the "New stock arrivals" page, to keep track of the stock, and be warned if I must hurry up to avoid being backordered (again). The first record I took (between 3:00 and 3:30 AM CET 25/03/2009) was:
ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) RATE IT! $1.99 421

You can check the confirmation email "Your order at HobbyKing, #200408405" and see if the product name is the same: "#Z1381S-10/8864 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) variations = $"

Just for the record, if someone is curious about the expected time from introduction to out-of-stock of new HobbyKing products: (all times are CET (GMT+1))
4:02 25/03/2009 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) 353
13:05 25/03/2009 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) 77
14:01 25/03/2009 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) -9
22:40 25/03/2009 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) -88
23:55 26/03/2009 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 10C (Kyosho Minium Etc) -375

(stock only lasted for 10 hours, so this offers are only for early birds...)

Liquidity (59%)
This is what the description from my confirmation email says.

Z1381S-20/8864 ZIPPY Flightmax 138mAh 1S 20C (Kyosho Minium Etc) variations

20C! Hmmmm I too am interested in why it changed.

Art (13%)
Will this battery fit the Blade MCX?

twinck (57%)
should, it uses the same size batt :)

mark dimonte (60%)
I would like to know as well. They are $ 12.00 in Canada.

tnitzani (81%)
I would like to know as well if it will fit the BALADE MCX?
If i would, I think i will buy 10 of these :) as they are very expensive here in ISRAEL.

Eric1180 (10%)
Yes they fit.

GPS (52%)
They fit, and work well. See below

equalizer625 (13%)
They fit like a stock battery and it is one awesome little battery.

Felar Furlong (85%)
excellent addition hobbyking!

tronchaviones (88%)
Your are right. It is great to see HobbyKing assaulting the micro RC market.

Please, keep on this way, HobbyKing :)

When will be possible to buy here the ParkZone Vapor DSM2 brick? Or the "AR6400 DSM2 6CH Ultra-Micro Receiver/ESC"?

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