Dual Battery Mod

Silverwingflinx · Aug 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
thanks guys. im gonna return them. I like the idea of running two batteries, and can only find these and the bolts in 2800 lihv. The Bolts are too heavy, these seemed to be a good weight power balance. Will keep truckin. Thanks

Hey Digdat0 how did you like the venomflys ??

GadgetGuy · Aug 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
thanks guys. im gonna return them. I like the idea of running two batteries, and can only find these and the bolts in 2800 lihv. The Bolts are too heavy, these seemed to be a good weight power balance. Will keep truckin. Thanks

Try the MaxAmp 2800's LiPo's. Good solid performer! Custom made in USA from only good cells!

Digdat0 · Aug 11, 2016

Silverwingflinx said:
Hey Digdat0 how did you like the venomflys ??

I really like them, they are pretty light. I can get 26mins out of flight where I fly around having fun, about 22 mins on distance flights. I took them out to 35k and back last time I did a distance flight, with wooden props. Landed at 14%, alot was in atti mode. HealthyDrones.com - Innovative flight data analysis that matters
And the company who makes them has great customer service. Originally I ordered two, but one had a low cell and wouldn't charge. I put a ticket in, that night they asked me to do a salt bath and send pic, I had replacement battery a few days later, was very pleased.

Silverwingflinx · Aug 11, 2016

Digdat0 said:
I really like them, they are pretty light. I can get 26mins out of flight where I fly around having fun, about 22 mins on distance flights. I took them out to 35k and back last time I did a distance flight, with wooden props. Landed at 14%, alot was in atti mode. HealthyDrones.com - Innovative flight data analysis that matters
And the company who makes them has great customer service. Originally I ordered two, but one had a low cell and wouldn't charge. I put a ticket in, that night they asked me to do a salt bath and send pic, I had replacement battery a few days later, was very pleased.

Nice I have seen 32 mins just flying around easy in a 3/4 km circular flight.about 28 mins long distance.but I think my bird is a lot lighter than yours that was with p3A V2 which was attacked by that eagle.now I am with my old bird p3A V1 lost a few mins!! Venom has a big price drop sure am thinking about those 3400s but at 660gr just don't think the bird can handle that.MS 6600 532gr I believe we all have pushed it to the limit!!

Digdat0 · Aug 11, 2016

Silverwingflinx said:
Nice I have seen 32 mins just flying around easy in a 3/4 km circular flight.about 28 mins long distance.but I think my bird is a lot lighter than yours that was with p3A V2 which was attacked by that eagle.now I am with my old bird p3A V1 lost a few mins!! Venom has a big price drop sure am thinking about those 3400s but at 660gr just don't think the bird can handle that.MS 6600 532gr I believe we all have pushed it to the limit!!

Yeah I don't think I'm getting as good battery time as I should ... Last night I swapped to my backup phantom and moved the camera over. Gonna fly it for a while and see if I get improvements, may start to look to drop some weight here before too long by shortening some lines and trimming battery trays. My stock batteries are also both below 90% life, some wonder how that's affecting as well.

I noticed venom has 3200 Lipo batteries at 278g each. I'm also gonna checkout the Maxamps gadget guy posted, I know some guys are having good results with those too. I think my issue is not the batteries, but the bird. It has been crashed a few times heh will see what the other one does.

Digdat0 · Aug 11, 2016

GadgetGuy said:
Try the MaxAmp 2800's LiPo's. Good solid performer! Custom made in USA from only good cells!

thanks man, will check those out. I recall db had some pretty darn good flights off those too.

Kingkamayamaya · Aug 12, 2016

LarsR said:
ok this all makes sense now I just got off the phone with Paul Shaffer He did My install ,I have the older version... he did do meter power testing to and confirmed 100% that the older version is on leg 4 and the newer version is on leg 2

Nice to get it confirmed. View attachment 43144its nummbers on the antennas, for those who wonder[/QUOTE]

Kingkamayamaya · Aug 12, 2016

LarsR said:
ok this all makes sense now I just got off the phone with Paul Shaffer He did My install ,I have the older version... he did do meter power testing to and confirmed 100% that the older version is on leg 4 and the newer version is on leg 2

Nice to get it confirmed. View attachment 43144its nummbers on the antennas, for those who wonder[/QUOTE]
Lars, you are the man!

Kingkamayamaya · Aug 12, 2016

Lars thank you for cutting through all the BS. You are the king my brother!

Kingkamayamaya · Aug 12, 2016

rulppa said:
""phantompilots.com is all paid by DBS they gave free dbs kits to all admins and they banned me from there""

>>>MOD Edit<<< .... you almost got some of that right.
You're not banned - yet ... but you have a little while to think about things before you can come back.

Just to clarify, in case anyone took that rulppa seriously ... he has no idea what he's talking about.

"Mod edit" what the hell does that mean? Is it an admin editing this post? Are they doing it because they don't like the content for opinion of rulppa? That's a little crazy, it kind of makes you think what he says is true ?

Digdat0 · Aug 12, 2016

Kingkamayamaya said:
"Mod edit" what the hell does that mean? Is it an admin editing this post? Are they doing it because they don't like the content for opinion of rulppa? That's a little crazy, it kind of makes you think what he says is true ?

his post violated the rules, it was offensive in some way toward the admins/mods and they they removed it. I think the quote is the original. That was wayyyyyyyyyy long ago. lets move past that and talk about batteries here

maxwell smart · Aug 14, 2016

OK i got the dual battery mod ,for 2 DJI batteries at one time. And I also have used the mount to carry a Multistar 6.6.

Digdat0 · Aug 14, 2016

maxwell smart said:
OK i got the dual battery mod ,for 2 DJI batteries at one time. And I also have used the mount to carry a Multistar 6.6.

thats awesome maxwell. and i love the flip flops

i'm curious how you wired the 6600 to the smartboard in the battery ... care to share any pics of how ya did that part?

TheLightSpeedz · Aug 14, 2016

I love your accent... I'm gonna get me anuther one! Lol! Awesome

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ray rokni · Aug 14, 2016

GadgetGuy said:
Try the MaxAmp 2800's LiPo's. Good solid performer! Custom made in USA from only good cells!

Hey gadget
you use two maxamp 2800s, one on either side.
Which mounts did you get for them

What flight time do you get

Thx

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Ed209 · Aug 15, 2016

maxwell smart said:
OK i got the dual battery mod ,for 2 DJI batteries at one time. And I also have used the mount to carry a Multistar 6.6.

Nice! Have you measured the mAh put back in to see if that matches up with what the DJI Go App is saying? I thought that the DJI intelligent battery measured the discharge and it kind of keeps a memory. So it is possible that you might have more or less than what the App is reporting. Unless you reset the memory on the battery? It's a bit funny to mess with.

maxwell smart · Aug 15, 2016

Digdat0 said:
thats awesome maxwell. and i love the flip flops i'm curious how you wired the 6600 to the smartboard in the battery ... care to share any pics of how ya did that part?

Hi there Digs. I did not take any pics of the Multistar mod. I didn't think it was going to work. But when I plugged it in to the DJI charger it started charging. I thought I ordered the LIHV but it is a 14.8 volt. I wish I had a MS LIHV in 8000 ma, that would be the way to go
I dont have any old batteries to get boards from ether.
I am getting my confidence up with these batterys and will try some distance runs soon.
I did go out 2000ft and back at full throttle, and she will go 35.5 mph in P-GPS, boath ways ,,no wind.

maxwell smart · Aug 15, 2016

Ed209 said:
Nice! Have you measured the mAh put back in to see if that matches up with what the DJI Go App is saying? I thought that the DJI intelligent battery measured the discharge and it kind of keeps a memory. So it is possible that you might have more or less than what the App is reporting. Unless you reset the memory on the battery? It's a bit funny to mess with.

I dont know how to rest the battery.