In the manual for the P3A, it says "Don't take off with a battery less than 100%" (or something very similar to that).
So am I really risking something if I take off with a battery at 70% or 65%? Does the take-off portion of a flight strain a battery so much that it is particularly dangerous to take off with a battery closer to 50% than 100%?
So I often will put the craft up and fly / photograph one side of a park quickly, bring the bird down, walk it over to the other side of the park, and then put it up again. So that second time I put it up, I will be taking off with 60% or 70% battery life.
Thanks in advance.
I've taken off over 100 times with less than 75% battery, and I've never had a problem. I think DJI's statement "Don't take off with a battery less than 100%" is just DJI covering their butts. If you followed the 100% rule, you could charge to 100%, power on (draining 1% battery) and immediately power off, power on again...now you're at 99% and you can't take off? I say, that's baloney.