BATTERIES

[bikerbiker]

HI ALL
A NEWBIE ON HERE BUT NOT TO FLYING JUST BOUGHT A P4 CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE HONEST RUNTIME APPROX FOR A FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES ??
ANY TIPS WOULD BE GOOD
CHEERS ROGER

 

[tcope]

A NEWBIE ON HERE BUT NOT TO FLYING JUST BOUGHT A P4 CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE HONEST RUNTIME APPROX FOR A FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES ??

Around 18 minutes. Depends on use.

ANY TIPS WOULD BE GOOD

Turn off your Caps lock key, it's considered yelling.

 

[jbrown630]

18-22min max As with all things that depend of your flying style. Your Mileage May Vary

 

[spraychaser]

For the first 10 times you fly your drone with each battery you should only discharge each to 50% It will make them last a lot longer

 

[bikerbiker]

cheers all just checking
ta roger

 

[Rob1962]

About 19 to 22 Minutes out of 65 charges.

 

[Erised]

For me about 17 to 20 minutes with 20% battery left, cruising around 30mph, distance traveled 30,000 to 40,000 feet.

 

[bikerbiker]

Also it keeps saying batteries cold how to warm the or does the p4 sort it ?


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[Howie]

To warm the batteries put them up your jumper and keep the next one in a pocket near your skin. It's the fastest way I have found!!


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[Lescenatt]

nothing better than to test it...

Ciao

 

[konidair]

For the first 10 times you fly your drone with each battery you should only discharge each to 50% It will make them last a lot longer

Care to elaborate?


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[Quamera]

For the first 10 times you fly your drone with each battery you should only discharge each to 50% It will make them last a lot longer

Where did that bit of information come from, I have never heard it mentioned before. Can you quote a source or is it from personal experience and does it apply to all Lithium chemistry batteries or just the DJI LiPo.

 

[Lescenatt]

HI ALL
A NEWBIE ON HERE BUT NOT TO FLYING JUST BOUGHT A P4 CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE HONEST RUNTIME APPROX FOR A FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES ??
ANY TIPS WOULD BE GOOD
CHEERS ROGER

13.3 km 24%left battery.... tapfly about of 80%of flyght

 

[jbrown630]

13.3 km 24%left battery.... tapfly about of 80%of flyght

P4 Pro has higher capacity battery than p4

 

[God bless Texas]

Where did that bit of information come from, I have never heard it mentioned before. Can you quote a source or is it from personal experience and does it apply to all Lithium chemistry batteries or just the DJI LiPo.

I've seen a YT video on battery "training". He said 10 cycles of 50% battery will train them to not "leak" voltage too fast. But I'm not sure if it's all that important. I am doing the cycles with my 3 batteries though to see if it helps.


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[With The Birds]

For the first 10 times you fly your drone with each battery you should only discharge each to 50% It will make them last a lot longer

Often mentioned advice with questionable merit. I applied this with 2 out of 6 phantom batteries. The others I flew like I stole them straight out of the box from first charge. The two best packs (all with 60 plus cycles) aren't the two that got the special treatment (based on lowest recorded initial capacity, cell voltage balance and flight time).