Hello all!
First off I'll make this statement, I am making this post in an attempt to help others out that own the Phantom 4 series of DJI quads, I don't make anything from this either it be money or anything else and there is no gain for me in any way except to help others out.
I bought my P4P about 3 months ago and have loved it! I make videos for my local paintball field just to promote the sport and help out the owner of the field (good friend of mine), with that being said I can go thru batteries pretty quickly. I have a total of 3 of the extended batteries and I also bought the DJI 3 port charging station, it works out pretty well except the down time waiting on the batteries to cool down so they can be charged. Having a 3D printer and being a "MacGyver" as some of my friends call me I designed a cooling box for my P4P batteries that not only does it in a much better way then putting them in a freezer or ice cooler but by cooling them with regular ambient air temp I extend the life of the battery by not shocking the lipo cells with a sudden cooling that's done by the other two methods I just listed. I posted this design on Thingiverse for others to download and print free of charge. I just wanted to share this with others in the hobby to help them get just a little more flight time out of their quads. I'll post the link below to the battery cooler on Thingiverse.
Bat Cooler: Phantom 4 Bat Cooler by MadVampy
Side note: Adafruit a electronics company and supplier saw my design on Thingiverse and did a posting on their website about it. I had no clue they had done it, I thought that was pretty cool!
Phantom 4 Battery Cooler #3DPrinting #3DThursday
First off I'll make this statement, I am making this post in an attempt to help others out that own the Phantom 4 series of DJI quads, I don't make anything from this either it be money or anything else and there is no gain for me in any way except to help others out.
I bought my P4P about 3 months ago and have loved it! I make videos for my local paintball field just to promote the sport and help out the owner of the field (good friend of mine), with that being said I can go thru batteries pretty quickly. I have a total of 3 of the extended batteries and I also bought the DJI 3 port charging station, it works out pretty well except the down time waiting on the batteries to cool down so they can be charged. Having a 3D printer and being a "MacGyver" as some of my friends call me I designed a cooling box for my P4P batteries that not only does it in a much better way then putting them in a freezer or ice cooler but by cooling them with regular ambient air temp I extend the life of the battery by not shocking the lipo cells with a sudden cooling that's done by the other two methods I just listed. I posted this design on Thingiverse for others to download and print free of charge. I just wanted to share this with others in the hobby to help them get just a little more flight time out of their quads. I'll post the link below to the battery cooler on Thingiverse.
Bat Cooler: Phantom 4 Bat Cooler by MadVampy
Side note: Adafruit a electronics company and supplier saw my design on Thingiverse and did a posting on their website about it. I had no clue they had done it, I thought that was pretty cool!
Phantom 4 Battery Cooler #3DPrinting #3DThursday