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Sparkflier Posted at 2020-5-29 19:20
Probably about 4 years. Even longer if you take good care of it. To further lengthen the life, you should do something called a deep cycle every month. To deep cycle, fully charge the drone and then fly it to critically low battery. When it gets to you, resist the landing procedure until the battery gets to 5%. Then let it land and shutoff. Immediately shut it off. Wait 30 minutes for the battery to cool down. Then fully charge it. This will reset all the cells and extend its life.
These are LiPO not NiCD batteries. You just gave a description of how to destroy any Lithium based cell by discharging below about 10%. Actually, just about any rechargeable battery chemistry should never get that low or you chemically alter the plates within the battery. LiPO is best to never charge above about 85% and never discharge below about 15%, BUT you also do have to at least run 1 charge/discharge monthly or else you will destroy the battery that way.
Following this rule, I had a LiPO battery in a laptop last for over 3,000 cycles.
The real question - how much are you willing to put up with vs just knowing that meh, I'll get some new batteries after about 2-3 years (or just before end of life of the drone e.g. Mini vs. Mini 2, whichever comes first) |
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