Is the battery in an air hogs vectron ultralite replaceable?

Answer 1

The battery is replaceable, but I have not yet found any more information than this: It is a six volt, five cell, one hundred ten Milli-amp hour Nickel Metal Hydride battery. The battery is eighteen thirty-seconds of an inch high, about three-quarters of an inch wide, short ways along the bottom, and one and three-sixteenths inches long, long ways across the bottom. I think the plug is custom made. Even though they (Spinmaster/ AirHogs) discontinued it, try them first.

The battery is located in the central motor core in the center of the Vectron. (charge the battery first before you do anything.)

To get it out, remove the three screws holding the orange lid down.

Next, find the plug on the Vectron core where the charger goes in.

Remove the lid. (it will catch a bit around the switch, but do not worry. Push the lid toward the switch while pulling up gently near or under the switch. It will come up.)

Now find that charge port again.

With that port facing you, there is a thin black rectangle just to the left.

It will have two thick wires coming out of it. Remove this plug by finding the spot where two golden square leads go into it. Put your fingernail there, and slide the plug straight out from the plug horizontally parallel to the charge port.

The battery is now disconnected.

Flip the power on. The red led will flash once if the battery is disconnected.

It will keep blinking if the battery is not disconnected. TURN THAT SWITCH BACK OFF AFTER THIS TEST.

If it is truly disconnected, next take a flat head screwdriver and gently pry up the circuit board from the three white columns where the screws for holding the lid were.

Lift the board. You will see a black piece of foam rubber.

Lift it out and save it. Remember it's orientation. You will need it again.

The battery can now be lifted out. Put in the new one the exact same direction the original was facing.

Now put down the foam square over the new battery.

Put the circuit board back on the white columns.

Plug the power cord from the battery into the circuit board power connector. (RED on the LEFT.)

Angle the lid towards the switch and the charge port, then put it on with it still angled toward the switch and charge port. When the switch and plug are back in the proper lid openings, you can lever it back down over the rest of the board.

Now insert the screws.

YOU DID IT! That wasn't THAT bad now, was it?