What did you fly today?

[f4u ausie]

Dave I had that Sunday morning with my 90 fms Avanti 6s. I had a flight with an almost new 5000 HRB all good.. second flight. A 5 year old same HRB.. got off ground good but under continued load burbs and hesitation.. so landed... All cells equal... And checks as u would expect.. last flight. An almost new again. Not any trouble at all.
So think battery is capushca. Must learn how to check resistance. I will b honest 5 years is a good go at it... Have fun b safe

[xviper]

Must learn how to check resistance.

The easiest way to check IR (internal resistance) is to let your LiPo charger do it for you. Of course, this is contingent upon your charger having this feature, which most modern chargers do. Once you get a LiPo started charging (it takes between 15 to 30 seconds for it to measure and display the IR, you should be able to scroll or flip through the various menu items without interfering or interrupting the charging process. (Or you can buy an Internal Resistance meter that will take a reading on its own. These can be purchased in places like Amazon or a hobby shop. They run around 30 US bucks, give or take, depending on how fancy you want to go.)
Here is a photo of my charger in action, showing the IR of one of my 5 year old 3 cell LiPos. The measurement shown tells me that this particular battery has very good IR. When the numbers start to get into double digits, you are looking at a LiPo that may be on it's final legs.

[f4u ausie]

Thanx viper. Have 3 charger's.. I'm sure 1. Will do it and I guess comparing new lipos. To that old 1. Will also give a hint