The battery will lose some power with time, the voltage will slowly drop, studies have shown that if the voltage drops bellow 3 volts some permanent damage will occur so at 3.8v you can store a battery longer as the voltage slowly drops. Also store in a cool place like a fridge, not freezer as this can damage the battery, the cold will slow the chemical reactions in the battery to help maintain battery health. This is all stuff that I read on various sites and they mostly say the same thing. The less you drain your battery the more cycles it can take, I try to land around 20%, more is better but I like to stay up there from 17 to 20 minutes and that's about 20% left.I also am curious here. So then why don't we store them at like 30%?
The battery will lose some power with time, the voltage will slowly drop, studies have shown that if the voltage drops bellow 3 volts some permanent damage will occur so at 3.8v you can store a battery longer as the voltage slowly drops. Also store in a cool place like a fridge, not freezer as this can damage the battery, the cold will slow the chemical reactions in the battery to help maintain battery health. This is all stuff that I read on various sites and they mostly say the same thing. The less you drain your battery the more cycles it can take, I try to land around 20%, more is better but I like to stay up there from 17 to 20 minutes and that's about 20% left.
You are very nice to your batteries and should be able to get many cycles. The cool fridge storage should be for a long term situation, I live in northern Ontario and the weather will get too cold to fly soon. We are in a warm spell and it's about 0c the last few days and good for flying. We are in a warm spell and I get to fly YEA!Interesting. I always land at 30% then just keep my batteries at that until I'm ready to fly then I charge them up. Been looking into the charging hub. I may pick it up because it can keep all my batteries at 50% rather than 30% from after my flights.