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[CarlV]

Hi. I’m new to the forum. Just picked up my 2019 Four Winds 31E today. The dealer did a crappy job prepping it and cleaning it. During our initial walkthrough, I noticed this remote clipped to the wall by the control panel. Salesman said it was a remote, but the battery was dead. Long story short, it was still dead today on our final walkthrough and delivery. I got it home and decided to plug the thing in and charge it. Few hours later and it’s still dead. Googled it and found that new remotes go for $300+! Found a place that does battery replacement service for $100. Nope. I figured I could fix it. Took it apart and found the battery pack. Opened the battery envelope and saw a 5 on it, probably meaning 5 volts. Determined the battery had no voltage and snipped the leads and disposed of it. I wired 3 A batteries in series to get 4.2 volts. A couple small pieces of wire and some tape to hold it together made my test battery pack. Connected it and the remote powered up. Now I have a 3.7v drone battery ordered that is the same dimensions as the original battery. I’ll solder that in and see what happens. Thought I would share this for the frugal diy folks like myself. Btw, the battery is $7 on Amazon.