Recent content by Bradsphantom

Ok lads I bit the bullet and did it. I cleaned up around the ic with break clean to lift any loose clear coating.(was recommended in another youtube video, but didn’t do anything) I did note that it’s the only component not coated in the clear coat! (cause of the issue?) So applied a bit of flux...

This might be an option. After a trip to a local RC Shop I explained what I thought I could do by adding an external charger. He tested the new battery and said it’s fully charged at 8.36volts. This lead us to the conclusion that the remote is charging but isn’t calibrated to actual battery...

Not much progress. I tested the battery port on pcb at 8.43 in 2 pairs of pins. 8.35 with battery plugged in and lights stop blinking.= battery volts. Funny thing I gave up yesterday and left all unplugged and battery today plugged in showed 3.5 lights on controller and 34% on app from 2%...

Thanks Rod, it’s an Advanced, GL300C controller.

Thanks David. I actually hadn‘t checked that. I was considering putting a usb plug type charger into it so it could be charged seperate to the controllers circuit board.

Hi, recently bought a P3 second hand and have replaced the battery in the remote with no success in charging it. Has anyone tried to remove the existing charging plug and putting in a separate charger for the remote battery rather than trying to fix the generic pcb issue?