Hi all, i am just wondering how long the remote control battery usually last?
i now have 5 spark batteries so need my rc to last longer than my supply of drone betteries.  i use to carry a small power bank to top up my phone bettery until i recently upgraded to an iphone 8 plus and now my phone battery lasts much longer.
It only just crossed my mind that i dont actully know what to expect from the RC battery? i just did a quick serch but couldnt find anything.

It will last 7/8 batteries.

hallmark007 Posted at 2017-11-18 09:07
It will last 7/8 batteries.

ok cool thats plenty, so approximately 2hours continuous use?

Ryan's Sparky Posted at 2017-11-18 09:11
ok cool thats plenty, so approximately 2hours continuous use?

Yeah you may get slightly longer so should be comfortable at that.

hallmark007 Posted at 2017-11-18 09:24
Yeah you may get slightly longer so should be comfortable at that.

Yes thats more than enough for me and 1 less thing to worry about. Thanks

Also you can charge it via powerbank, easily.
Not sure if that would work during a flight and wifi connected.
but between flights for sure

S-e-ven Posted at 2017-11-18 10:15
Also you can charge it via powerbank, easily.
Not sure if that would work during a flight and wifi connected.
but between flights for sure

copy that, thanks

I can only share my experiences so far. I own six Spark batteries and when I have flown them empty the first RC LED is out and the second maybe blinking. I have had at least one occasion where I had reloaded at least three batteries and have flown them empty again. And the RC battery was still quite far from being empty (I can't remember a percentage). Thus I can confirm that it is definitely not an issue of concern. It takes a lot of flights to empty the RC battery.

I think, DJI is sayin 2.5 hours of flight time.
And the most I flew, befor recharging, was about 100 minutes.
There was still one steady, the second just started blinking during the last flight.
I would not feel comfortable, starting with one Led blinking, methinks.
But it sems to be ok for about 2h usage, anyway.
And still is refillable, if needed, with any powerbank.
Not so picky, like the Spark itself ;-)

S-e-ven Posted at 2017-11-18 18:35
I think, DJI is sayin 2.5 hours of flight time.
And the most I flew, befor recharging, was about 100 minutes.
There was still one steady, the second just started blinking during the last flight.

2 hours is decent

Ryan's Sparky Posted at 2017-11-19 03:39
2 hours is decent

It can work 2.5 hours. And you can check it from our user manual.

DJI Elektra Posted at 2017-11-20 00:00
It can work 2.5 hours. And you can check it from our user manual.

Thanks Eleckra, I missed this part

I have 7 batteries and when I'm out flying I usually charge the 3 first batteries that dies out with my car power converter, and I have flown up to 10-11 batteries before the RC reached 20-15% battery, but then I also turn off the RC when not using it in order to save as much battery life as possible, so you should have plenty of battery life in your RC to have lot of fun.

Viking-Pilot Posted at 2017-11-20 14:22
I have 7 batteries and when I'm out flying I usually charge the 3 first batteries that dies out with my car power converter, and I have flown up to 10-11 batteries before the RC reached 20-15% battery, but then I also turn off the RC when not using it in order to save as much battery life as possible, so you should have plenty of battery life in your RC to have lot of fun.

wow 10-11 batteries!  thats lots of flying time. Thanks Viking-pilot

Viking-Pilot Posted at 2017-11-20 14:22
I have 7 batteries and when I'm out flying I usually charge the 3 first batteries that dies out with my car power converter, and I have flown up to 10-11 batteries before the RC reached 20-15% battery, but then I also turn off the RC when not using it in order to save as much battery life as possible, so you should have plenty of battery life in your RC to have lot of fun.

wow 10-11 batteries!  thats lots of flying time. Thanks Viking-pilot

Ryan's Sparky Posted at 2017-11-20 21:45
wow 10-11 batteries!  thats lots of flying time. Thanks Viking-pilot

It's a lot of fun time  yeeessss