JBSonic
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eggbeater Posted at 2017-2-8 09:15
Of course not I would never take new batteries out of the box to fly. I charge them first to bring them up to full charge and fly as indicated by the "go fly" message on the Go Fly App. Where is the proper preflight procedure for the TB50 in the manufacturer instructions? Stop saying there is a specific preflight checklist when there isn't one specified by the manufacturer. Did you just make one up? If so are you sure you got it right, oh and BTW what is a proper range check for this aircraft system?
No, it goes without saying that checking battery firmware version is part of the PRE FLIGHT CHECKLIST.
How do I know that? I did a RPQ-S course to properly learn how to work with such tools.
You don't seem to have done this, I don't understand why you choose the Inspire platform, it is clearly aimed at professionals. The thing with professional hardware is that it DOESNT hold your hand, consumer friendly devices DO.
I shoot with film cameras too, my £10k Sony FS7 camera is for professionals and guess what, there is no 'Auto shooting mode'. Everything is manual, it expects you to know what you are doing, because it is aimed at professionals, you see the correlation ?
You should be getting the Phantom 2 Pro, a Consumer product aimed at NON-professionals, I am sure that platform will hold your hand and go through everything as one would expect.
DJI flight batteries have had firmware updates since the Phantom 2. It is common knowledge that these batteries do get firmware updates and it is vitally important to check this first BEFORE flight.
Taking batteries out of the box, charging them and flying is wrong.
You take them out of the box, charge them and then check their firmware, THEN you fly.
Simple as that.
WHY does the Inspire FORCE the update on you? It could be that the battery firmware is very important, maybe there is a problem with the new Inspire 2 firmware and the OLD battery firmware which can cause problems. So the aircraft forces the update.
In summary: check EVERY firmware for EVERY component before flight, NEVER assume that the batteries you just bought are up to date, they are not, they have been sitting in a warehouse several months probably. |
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