MJX Bugs 5W Battery Mod to use Hobby Grade Balance charger

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & asking. Due to the number of questions & enquiries I get now, I only respond to subscribers. It is only fair for my time and costs you nothing to subscribe. Sorry, hope you understand. Regards, Bill.

[@williswet]

I've been a subscriber for a few months now Bill. No worries. I understand. Cheers!

[@andysnorthwestrc8747]

Thanks Bill great mod , just completed it with no issues drilled small holes as you advised.Charging perfect and much quicker.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Andy, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Pleased to hear that this is working well for you :-)

[@illanatiilly3768]

Just did this n it’s working now I don’t have to take a nap n set my phone alarm I sub

[@bryantmaximilionalpha2840]

Thnx Bill! Followed your method in the video, (except drilling through the board, for lack of tiny drill bit), but everything still worked out! Was tired of using the stock wall charger that came with the bugs 5w, because it takes too long and I'm not even sure that it properly balances the battery, to begin with.

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) I am pleased you found this helpful :-)

[@johnbarbara3322]

Thank you very much first time it all made sense 👍

[@BillMRC]

Hi John, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@mpoerot8013]

seems that 3 in the center is the balance connecter. 2 on each of the sides are the actual discharge pins of + and -. for the charger, it's easy enough to make custom pin connectors with epoxy holding the pin positions. I did the same with my B3 mini.

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Yes, this is a good option too, thank you :-)

[@starshipgus8578]

You don’t have to use the heavy gauge wire that comes with the plug,charging doesn’t require thick wire cause the charge rate is not as demanding as flying,so just solder a thinner gauge wire to save space and won’t require too much heat to solder on the board.

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Yes, thank you, it is better to use a thinner gauge wire.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

This will give the lowest resistance feed into the battery but I think I'd prefer to just add splices onto the balance lead wires. Much less chance of stuffing up that little circuit board.

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

Yeeaahh Bill this is a great Mod and I think it will help some people well.....thumbs up my friend👍👍

[@BillMRC]

Hi Thorsten, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated my friend :-)

[@dimitriwolkow8417]

again a very well made video. Thank you for sharing. I did the mod and it works very well.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Torsten, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Pleased to see you found this helpful & useful :--)

[@jamesgeorge609]

Can you possibly solder on top of the charge wires that are already existing or will that short anything out. I’m about to mod my 5w,,just wanted your advice on THIS method..thanks ...

[@crazytekkie1]

Dear God people relax about the dangerous mod part. If you are that afraid, you probably shouldn't be messing with aircraft anyway after all the propellers are dangerous too.. Now onto the video, while it does drag a bit slow and with details above what's needed it still gives the critical points needed to make the super simple and non dangerous conversion. It's saved me from over 4 hrs of charging to now taking around an hour on my skyrc charger that would not recognize the batteries until this was done.

[@williswet]

Works perfect. Thank you sir.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Rob, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Great to hear that you are happy with this :-)

[@williswet]

@@BillMRC It's the difference between waiting 4 hours or 1.5 hours to charge a Bugs 5 Lipo. I need to buy another charging adapter so I can charge 2 battery's at once.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Rob, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) Sure, our needs & requirements vary :-)

[@PACA1970]

Hi, I've got a question, i saw a video on youtube (I don't know if he was Indian guy, he did not spoke english though). He used a Syma X8 Pro charger to charge his B5W battery in 24mins, is that even possible? No balance charger or anything else straight plug and charge. Is it true you can do that...? Appreciate any comments and answers. Thank you 😊

[@fbiagent3399]

24min is definitely Highly not recommended.. bad bad idea

[@sahhull]

Why not just extend 2 wires from the propitiatory plug to the back of the quadcopter, fit an XT socket? Then you can use cheaper generic batteries and charge them with a normal lipo charger. Everyone should learn how to solder. Heck I learnt at junior school (12 years old)

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) This is a good alternative too :-)

[@psacentralcoast6970]

Thanks Bill watched this today and did it straight away. Burned my finger but all good. It was hard getting solder to stick but I got there. Great mod legend. I have a question can I run a different camera say a RunCam 2 how do I link it to the app. I’ve pulled off there camera and I’m flying it with a RunCam by sight but I would love to see what I’m doing through the camera. What would you do boost the RunCam or try and hack it!

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) I think that a Runcam 2 is a bit too heavy for this. I suggest mounting something like this on top with a small 1s battery: www.banggood.com/Eachine-TX04-PAL-Super-Mini-Light-AIO-5_8G-40CH-25MW-VTX-700TVL-120-Wide-Angle-FPV-Camera-p-1166418.html?p=FU171726284242015096 and you could use something like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHmqXp1qmtirsMk . Here is something I did similar with a different camera: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHSUoImPds6prdk

Many thanks for the useful tutorial Bill. 👍 ✌ Greetings.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Ilhan, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated my friend :-)

[@jamesj.]

Nice mod Bill. Will save you time and you get more RC time...

[@BillMRC]

Hi James, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@neschek358]

but thats just a Adapter Mod, you can use an other charger without this mod. ?

[@BillMRC]

Hi Matt, thank you for watching & commenting :-) The balance plug could be connected directly to a charger but then it cannot be charged as a lipo battery and be balance charged properly.

[@spikyjosch6577]

Good Job ! Thank You

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@jamesgeorge609]

I tried to charge it on my venom charger with just the balance plug,,,,,it won’t let me charge the battery unless I connect with the power lead also..

[@reymarkguevara3413]

Good day sir.. Can you teach us to convert sg906 charging method using balance charger.. It takes 6 7 hours using stock charger.. Thanks more power

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) I will not be doing this modification, but hopefully someone will do this soon.

[@rafaelcoutinhodeazeredo7884]

Porque tá usando o cabo preto dele original? Usa só o positivo e negativo não??

[@jaycotahura9449]

wow nice drone boss super like like 👌😮

[@BillMRC]

Hi Jayco, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@jaycotahura9449]

@@BillMRC your welcome sir

[@ariefugi2000]

Hi do you able to upgrade the camera pixel to? Or replace with the new one with more higher pixel

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-) You cannot upgrade this, only replace.

[@ariefugi2000]

@@BillMRC what typeof camera do you recomended,

[@BillMRC]

@@ariefugi2000 This camera: goo.gl/6uFw2W , see my video with this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXvJeJWArbR8os0

[@angelcanaan2256]

excuse me, can you tell me which one is better HuBsan h501 x4 pro or the mjx bug 5w

[@BillMRC]

Excuse me, can you read? "Hi, thank you for watching & asking. Due to the number of questions & enquiries I get now, I only respond to subscribers. It is only fair for my time and costs you nothing to subscribe. Sorry, hope you understand. Regards, Bill."

[@onemischiefmaker7032]

it this able to work with 60hz (U.S.A.) ?

[@FrontierNG]

Great video Bill, always better to use a hobby grade charger.

[@BillMRC]

Hi Manos, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@jamesstanding3364]

You don't need to do any of this just use stock charger cap and balance port on charger at 1.8a

[@BillMRC]

Hi James, thank you for watching & commenting, unfortunately it does not work like this on my balance chargers and many others unless the battery main plug is connected too.

[@CanadianDroneHub]

very nice info

[@BillMRC]

Hi Roger, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated brother :-)

[@dimuabelkaSuper]

Я ничего не понимаю...

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)

[@RJ-nq4gb]

Bill I have to give you 2 thumbs down on this one. this seems like a lot more work n a lot more dangerous then the other video out there on how to charge these special batteries.

[@BillMRC]

Hi RJ, this was not my innovation, but I liked and risked it, and am very happy with the result. I have subsequently found an easier method requiring a cheap lipo charger, that can balance charge using the balance plug only, but this does not allow me to revert to storage capacity charging.

[@12296145]

Whats so dangerous ? the risk of burning your thumb I guess

[@新东方挖掘机]

Very cheap $ 100 in China

[@taphoa319]

Lai xup đủ kiểu

[@BillMRC]

Hi, thank you for watching & commenting, always much appreciated :-)