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$gambino$ Posted at 2017-8-31 14:11
As far as LiPO batteries when I first started flying my helicopters back in the day I always used to deplete the batteries and that would make my batteries not last a very long time I will get crappy performance then I started reading into how lipo technology works and follow this rule ever since now my batteries last forever. Two enemies of a lipo battery is heat and over discharge. So you fly 80% of your battery if you think about it this is why the mavic pro and all other drones have a battery warning at 25 to 30%yes you could take it down to 10% but that is not good. Basically it's telling you land now ...so back to what I was saying you fly 80% you will put in 80% back on the charger always leave 20% Headroom. Following these rules at guarantee you will get l longevity out of your batteries
With all due respect, you sound like you've been at this rodeo a lot longer than I have. The point of my question was not to request the logic, for which almost every point your are spot on, except for 'what do you consider 80 or 20 percent?' There IS a definition for that and I don't believe DJI's battery-level indication is a true representation of the actual definition, as defined in this resource which basically states that 0% = 3V. 0% in the mavic is nowhere near 3V, it's well above that, closer to 3.5V, at least in my test. |
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