Pocket Sized
lvl.1
United States
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For the past couple of years, ive had a couple of 5000Mah 3S LiPos laying around after I lost the aircraft they went in (long story). I began wondering if i could use these on my P2 (no gimbal, short range FPV equipped)
In short: I soldered a Deans connector in parallel with the wires that go from the stock battery to the main board.
Because capacity monitoring is done in the smart battery and relayed to the drone digitally, this setup wont interfere with the battery indicator. All it will see is less current draw than usual, and the low battery signal will be accurate for both packs because they're forced to remain at the same voltage.
I've yet to fly it with the second battery attached (though ground tests so far look promising ) and chances are I'll scrap this idea if I don't see improvements in the range of 35-50%. I also need to weigh the craft to get an idea of how much stress I'm gonna be putting on the speed controllers.
What do y'all think of this (admittedly dumb) idea? |
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