Recent content by mustycat

Just a follow up if anyone is interested in this problem: I did pull the battery apart after discharging it down until the drone shut off (but thanks for the warnings, this isn’t a risk-free operation and it helps to know your way around surface mounted electronic PCBs – I wouldn’t recommend...

Very true! It certainly isn't worth losing or crashing the drone for the sake of buying a replacement battery. I was just curious if anyone has seen this same fault before - it doesn't appear to be a faulty cell, more a fault on the monitoring side. I might open it up and have a look around, but...

Thanks for the reply. The battery firmware is up to date. I haven't noticed any swelling or anything unusual either before or after flying. If I plug it into the charger it appears normal - i.e. it starts to charge as usual - the same flashing LED pattern as charging a good battery.

Thanks for the advice, I will give it a try.

Thanks for the welcome. I love Florida and will be back there on vacation in November!

You have my sympathy, I'm close to 50 now and my eyesight isn't a patch on what it used to be. Oh well, that's life :) Every credit to you though, droning at 74 - that's fantastic! You have the right idea, staying in VLOS is better really, as well as legal. I totally know that feeling of panic...

Plus I'm pretty sure the individual cells are not brought out onto the connector - so it must be the battery itself reporting these cell voltages via the comms lines.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm really enjoying the flying but I admit i do go beyond VLOS. I usually fly from my back garden, on the edge of a small town. I try to minimise flying over buildings but some is inevitable. Where do you fly - out in the open? Happy landings :)

Thanks for your reply. I think the connectors are clean, i tried cleaning and they look fine. I also have a couple of other batteries and they are working normally.

Hi everyone. I have a phantom 4 advanced and am using the high capacity batteries (PH4-5870mAh). Around 5 minutes into a flight I got the 'Battery Damaged' message on the controller and decided it might be a good idea to get the bird home and land immediately. I did this without problems...

Hi everyone. This looks like a great community with a ton of knowledge and experience, and I look forward to taking part. Currently I have a phantom 4 advanced and having a lot of fun but still basically a newbie. Happy flying to everyone here!