I built an F450 with the E300 propulsion system and have been using some Phantom 1 batteries I had left over from a Phantom 1 that took the long swim.
I have not been able to get the battery alerts to work correctly, but have a s.port voltage sensor on the quad that tells my tx what the cell voltage is. I turned off the alerts that seem to fire way too soon and watched the cell level and just hovered to see how long I could stay up. I managed 11:20 which I thought was pretty good. I did this by staying up until the weakest cell hit 3.5 volts. The finish overall voltage was 10.98. My neighbor thinks I might be pushing my lock allowing the cells to go to 3.5v
My question is, is this a bad plan. I was very happy about the 11:20 but I guess I don't have an over abundance of battery money if I am going to be trashing batteries going this low. I've learned my lesson about not storing the batteries fully charged for more than a day, but I read conflicting info about how low I should allow my weakest cell to go. Some seem comfortable at anything over 3v and a lot say 3.2v.
Would like to hear from others
I have not been able to get the battery alerts to work correctly, but have a s.port voltage sensor on the quad that tells my tx what the cell voltage is. I turned off the alerts that seem to fire way too soon and watched the cell level and just hovered to see how long I could stay up. I managed 11:20 which I thought was pretty good. I did this by staying up until the weakest cell hit 3.5 volts. The finish overall voltage was 10.98. My neighbor thinks I might be pushing my lock allowing the cells to go to 3.5v
My question is, is this a bad plan. I was very happy about the 11:20 but I guess I don't have an over abundance of battery money if I am going to be trashing batteries going this low. I've learned my lesson about not storing the batteries fully charged for more than a day, but I read conflicting info about how low I should allow my weakest cell to go. Some seem comfortable at anything over 3v and a lot say 3.2v.
Would like to hear from others