New and confused! Help with Mad Monkey PLEASE

[Mad-Wolfie]

the battery is the same as the one i use.. if anything when the battery is fully charged on mine it's registering at about 8.42 volts.

Try balancing the battery rather than just charging. You should when charging or balancing the battery notice the battery charge is quite high & then the current will gradually drop as the battery charges until it practically drops to next to nothing before the charger starts beeping & shuts itself off. if it starts quite low (starts charging at 0.5amps or below on a 4000mah charge), this indicates the battery hasn't had much use since it's last charge, so stop the charger & you should get another 5 minutes out of the battery before it needs to be recharged.

Also with a LiPo don't be tempted to re-peak the battery - i.e. charge it fully, let it stand then before you go out & play give it a quick charge just to top it up - with a LiPo you should never do this. As well as this don't store the battery charged.. your charger should have a charge option for storage if not, run the car for a few minutes & then put the battery away & recharge fully the next time you go out with the car, best to do it immediately before putting the shell on & going out rather than letting the battery stand.

I know it sounds daft but the battery could be what's causing the cars ESC to act all wonky, if you have a regular 7.2v NiMH or NiCad stick pack, just try it & see if it will work - always worth keeping a stick pack handy if only to test for problems such as this & they are cheap enough these days as nobody wants them, if it does work on a stick pack we have eliminated the ESC problem & possibly also any radio issue but pointed the fault at the battery.