ianwood
Taco Wrangler
Always put your battery in with a solid reassuring "thwack". And mind the gap.
Caution - Batteries don't fully insert without force
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Oso
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There are so many threads on the same topic, but this is the first one I've seen with a demonstration video. Awesome. That made it very clear.
In other threads, people are just saying 1 click or 2 clicks. I was imagining a battery with physically only 1 or 2 lock tabs. I assumed a big design change that added a second lock tab in later manufacturing runs.
After seeing your video, I went back to check my batteries. The supplied battery is very similar to your video. If I go slowly, there is a clear one click and then a second click. My two extra batteries which arrived a month later both snap in place solidly with one click.
I studied them and see only very minor differences. No smoking gun with my old eyes. The two new batteries with the solid click both have what I think is a part number ending in CE2. They are the two on the right in the photo. The originally supplied battery which needs two clicks has a number ending in CD2. I wonder if this means that version CE2 is the updated version.
Or, it is as simple as the older battery is a little bit "worn in" due to it being my only battery for a while.
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Does anyone else see this too, or is it just my Phantom?
YES, experiencing same with my second battery.
I think the scenario is not real, nobody would put the smasrt battery in slow and without much force. The old P2 had much much harder to slide in batteries and they were of course much harder to remove compared to the P3. I still believe its impossible that the + - of the battery will loose contact in the air, thosea are two very thick and solid contacts.
The only problems are the thin data pins, and i had it very often with the first batch Phantom2 that i got 0.0V in my iOSD and the phantom wont start. After cleaning the pins with alcohol it was better. So if the data pins have no contact the P2 wont even start its motors and i would think the P3 is similar here, to bad mine is at the service center. The question here is what will happen when the data pins loose contact during a flight! Will it just land? will show 0,0V? will drop like a stone?
The only problems are the thin data pins, and i had it very often with the first batch Phantom2 that i got 0.0V in my iOSD and the phantom wont start. After cleaning the pins with alcohol it was better. So if the data pins have no contact the P2 wont even start its motors and i would think the P3 is similar here, to bad mine is at the service center. The question here is what will happen when the data pins loose contact during a flight! Will it just land? will show 0,0V? will drop like a stone?
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I know what you mean, but to push in that last millimetre requires more force than it should, certainly when compared to the original battery which fully clips in with very little effort.
Flying mine tonight, I had that issue. I thought that the battery was seated properly in the aircraft, everything looked good so I took off. after about 2 min of flight time the status turned red and the display read "Battery Error". I immediately depressed the return home button and brought the aircraft back to me and landed safely. Upon closer inspection the battery had NOT properly seated all the way. Double check your battery prior to flight, I was sweating bullets while it was returning hoping that it didn't just power off and drop like a stone. Happy and safe flying!
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Yep I noticed this today. Top part needs to be pushed in to click. Weird thing is even with mine not pushed in when I pull on the battery hard it doesn't come out.
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