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Discussion in 'Sports, Hobbies & Interests' started by Btnewman, Oct 8, 2013.

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  1. Jul 11, 2015 at 6:32 AM
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    I had a DJI FC40 and it let you take it down pretty low, lower than 3.8 volts per cell. I fried some batteries that way before I ever did any research about lipos.
     
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  2. Jul 11, 2015 at 6:49 AM
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    I carry li-po batteries down to 3 volts per cell on a regular basis. 3.7 is nominal.
     
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  3. Jul 11, 2015 at 6:55 AM
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    Point is I don't know how low they went actually, I know I setup the FC40 for the first low voltage alarm at 3.8 volts and ran them way down after that.
     
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  4. Jul 11, 2015 at 7:06 AM
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    Although I'm not familiar with that models electronics, most systems will not let you bring down the voltage to a point where it damages the cells. I'm new to quads, but have flown electric planes for five or so years and raced electric surface models for over 25 years. I always set my ESCs up for a 3 volt per cell cut off and have batteries that perform for hundreds of cycles.
     
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  5. Jul 11, 2015 at 9:55 AM
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    The 350 has a cut off but if you continue to fly until it will shut down there have been instances where the stock charger will not charge. The problem lies with the crappy stock charger. Hit up a local hobbyshop and have them test them for you
     
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  6. Jul 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM
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    Or, turn your amperage down to .5 or so on a "real" charger and trickle charge it (closely supervised) for a few minutes at a time until the voltage rises to a level that your other charger will recognize it and charge it properly. You may have to set it to ni-cad or ni-mh, to do this. I have a few Eflite/Blade models with the cheap crappy chargers that come with them, and have never had this to happen to me. Maybe I've just been lucky?
     
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  7. Jul 11, 2015 at 5:45 PM
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    Looking into this tomorrow.
    Thx!!!
     
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  8. Jul 12, 2015 at 5:55 PM
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    Went a little crazy and the prop flew away :anonymous:

    image.jpg
     
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  14. Jul 29, 2015 at 4:50 PM
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    Data Current as of:Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:45:00 UTC
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    !LNK07/043LNK AIRSPACE UAS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 3NM RADIUS OF LNK031020 (8NM SE AHQ) SFC-400FT AGL DLY 1500-2200 1507301500-1507312200
    !LNK06/001LNK AIRSPACE UNMANNED ACFT WITHIN AN AREA DEFINED AS 1NM RADIUS OF LNK083006.9 SFC-400FT AGL DLY SR-SS 1506031200-1508032359

    Someone knows how to do it.
     
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  15. Jul 29, 2015 at 7:08 PM
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    Finally got a better charger. Once I figure out how to use it I'll be back in the air. :)
     
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    PM me and I'll try my best to help you bring new life into those other batteries of yours.
     
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    yeesh

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iberately-flown-passenger-airliner-Essex.html

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/us/new-york-drone-report/index.html

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ly-hit-drone-over-florida-airport-faa-n101906

    http://www.hngn.com/articles/111607/20150722/lufthansa-plane-nearly-collides-mid-air-with-drone.htm

    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/drone-miss-us-airways-jet-north-carolina-32381325

    http://www.franchiseherald.com/articles/31492/20150708/airbus-a320.htm


    and today

    http://www.clickorlando.com/news/flight-from-oia-reports-near-miss-with-drone-at-jfk/34474976
     
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    Im getting another free quad to review for the magazine shortly... Will be a Blade Chroma...
     
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    Probably filed by one of my employees...
     
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