I need some help guys!

[mx400]

I posted this in the Li-Po section but I figured you guys might be more help since its a Mini-Titan. I thought my ESC was going bad but now I'm not so sure. After flying my mini titan for about 1 minute the power was dropping like a rock and there wasn't much power to start with. So I landed and checked my battery voltage and it was showing 10.10v without any load on a 3cell 2100mah lipo and thats with only 1 minute of hovering on it. Also that battery felt really hot but not to hot to touch. Could a bad ESC causs the huge power draw or is it a bad battery or charger? Thanks guys

[LITHIUMSTATIC]

Bad Battery or charger. Don't see how its possible to suck that much power that quick. The ESC isn't that robust. It would be toast.

[mx400]

Now im really confused. I charged up the battery at 1.5amp instead of 2.0amps and I took it out and it ran for 2 minutes great, the power was what its suppose to be.. I don't get it. Maybe my Li-Po doesn't like to be charged at 2.0amps...

[EricW]

Still two minutes is not normal.
You should get at least 5 minutes on a healthy lipo.
What is the C-rating of the Lipo, 10 / 15 / 25 C ??
What brand is it?

Eric

[mx400]

Its a DN lipo 25c if I remember correctly, Yeah 2 minutes sucks but its better than none. I'm going to pick up a flight power.

[EricW]

The heli should be flying OK with that Lipo.
If you have to put in a complete charge1600-1900 Mah and the cells are balanced after the flight than there must be a problem with the heli and not with the Lipo.

Things to look at or check:
Check motor and ESC temp after the flight
all mainshaft bearings
belt tension
bearing in the tail gear
tailrotor bearing

The rotor should be able to make a couple of turns by itselve if you swing it by hand.

Eric