Damaged balance plug

Took the Nazgul up for maiden flight today and it came back with a bit of damage.

The battery strap appears to have gotten caught on a prop and the balance plug was sheared off by a prop.

The battery is brand new so I’d like to repair it.
I’d guess it’s as simple as getting a new plug?

Has anyone else had this misfortune?

Double up on your battery strap. And tuck your balance plug behind the 2nd strap.

It is as simple as getting a new plug but you need to make 100% sure you get the wires in the correct order.

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Thought so but didn’t want to end up in flames.

Ps. The power is pretty cool on the Nazgul

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And during the process of fitting the new plastic housing you don’t let the terminals touch each over
Things get rather interesting if they do :laughing:
Personally I swap them over one at a time which keeps the order and the isolation
Cheers
Steve :slightly_smiling_face:

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I suspected it would have some “nice”consequences if I wasn’t careful.

I wrapped em up in electrical tape for now and will repair tomorrow when the plugs arrive from amazon.

Gotta fix as there seems to be a shortage of decent batteries at the min.

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Not at the minute. Always… :rofl:

Managed to find a couple of 4s and thought I’d get a 6s too

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Yes, twice in one day!! Dohhh!

I bought some balance plugs with leads from Amazon. 10 for 8 quid.

I also bought elastic bands and used them on the batteries to hold down the balance leads during flight

It was a steep learning curve but I can safely say I consider the balance leads every flight now.

And I can repair one worst case.

Rubber band idea is good! Like that