Dual Battery Mod

Zuzua · Jul 5, 2016

Got the amps today, here is how I mounted mine since I don't use tripod, I use a secraft tray and device holder.

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Silverwingflinx · Jul 5, 2016

Zuzua said:
Got the amps today, here is how I mounted mine since I don't use tripod, I use a secraft tray and device holder.

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Nice set up its what I like to see people sharing there mods pic says a thousand words!

Lee SK · Jul 5, 2016

Silverwingflinx said:
View attachment 59041 View attachment 59039 just put this together this works better than exspected

Great! How to put your R.C to tripod?

Silverwingflinx · Jul 5, 2016

Lee SK said:
Great! How to put your R.C to tripod?

Camera mount hot glue and drilled 2 holes 2screws for extra measure....battery and amps mount is from drone evolutions...

Lee SK · Jul 5, 2016

Silverwingflinx said:
View attachment 59065 View attachment 59064
Camera mount hot glue and drilled 2 holes 2screws for extra measure....battery and amps mount is from drone evolutions...

Thank you for detail picture!!!

Digdat0 · Jul 8, 2016

Do you more seasoned 'battery mod' users do anything special to break in a new set of batteries? I have a pair of Venom Fly 2300 LiHV batteries showing today. How do you guys break in your batteries? Charge and fly? or do you do anything to 'season' the batteries?

Silverwingflinx · Jul 8, 2016

Digdat0 said:
Do you more seasoned 'battery mod' users do anything special to break in a new set of batteries? I have a pair of Venom Fly 2300 LiHV batteries showing today. How do you guys break in your batteries? Charge and fly? or do you do anything to 'season' the batteries?

All lipos should be broke in 5 charges down to 50% then go for it!!

dirtybum · Jul 8, 2016

Digdat0 said:
Do you more seasoned 'battery mod' users do anything special to break in a new set of batteries? I have a pair of Venom Fly 2300 LiHV batteries showing today. How do you guys break in your batteries? Charge and fly? or do you do anything to 'season' the batteries?

Silverwingflinx said:
All lipos should be broke in 5 charges down to 50% then go for it!!

You can follow silvers advice, he's probably talking from a place of knowledge and I'm only talking from a place of experience, but I've flown my externals hard and down to nothing from the start[emoji41]
You will notice better performance out of them after 10 charge/discharge cycles

Silverwingflinx · Jul 8, 2016

dirtybum said:
You can follow silvers advice, he's probably talking from a place of knowledge and I'm only talking from a place of experience, but I've flown my externals hard and down to nothing from the start[emoji41]
You will notice better performance out of them after 10 charge/discharge cycles

Yes from what I have read there is a chemical used for storage to preserve the cells.as you charge and discharge your lipos this chemical is dissipated.as we know lipos get better.

Digdat0 · Jul 13, 2016

One more question .. sometimes the externals charge my main battery rather than powering the aircraft. I'm assuming this is because the volts in the externals are greater than the stock battery and the stock is then thinking it is charging? Or, am I connecting them at the wrong time? I usually do it right after the gimbal does its dance, but i've tried other and sometimes still have that. Thoughts?

Silverwingflinx · Jul 13, 2016

Digdat0 said:
One more question .. sometimes the externals charge my main battery rather than powering the aircraft. I'm assuming this is because the volts in the externals are greater than the stock battery and the stock is then thinking it is charging? Or, am I connecting them at the wrong time? I usually do it right after the gimbal does its dance, but i've tried other and sometimes still have that. Thoughts?

Yes that's normal what I do just before I fly I top up the Dji battery force charge then it does not happen!

dirtybum · Jul 13, 2016

Digdat0 said:
One more question .. sometimes the externals charge my main battery rather than powering the aircraft. I'm assuming this is because the volts in the externals are greater than the stock battery and the stock is then thinking it is charging? Or, am I connecting them at the wrong time? I usually do it right after the gimbal does its dance, but i've tried other and sometimes still have that. Thoughts?

On the p3 you can also wait til "safe to fly" message THEN hook up externals and then as fast as possible lift off[emoji41]

MK47 · Jul 13, 2016

I Just got my P3A today and I already want to do this mod! I dont want to void my warranty though!

EDIT: Just found this! DJI PHANTOM 3 SMART BATTERY MOD AND KIT WITH INCLUDES 2-3 DAY SHIPPING

is it worth it?

dirtybum · Jul 13, 2016

MK47 said:
I Just got my P3A today and I already want to do this mod! I dont want to void my warranty though!

EDIT: Just found this! DJI PHANTOM 3 SMART BATTERY MOD AND KIT WITH INCLUDES 2-3 DAY SHIPPING

is it worth it?

It's worth it. That's a good starter kit, doesn't void your warranty , you will need to get an external battery charger though

Digdat0 · Jul 13, 2016

dirtybum said:
On the p3 you can also wait til "safe to fly" message THEN hook up externals and then as fast as possible lift off[emoji41]

See I did this the other day, was 20feet up and battery error shows in Dji go. I look at LEDs and they are flashing like they are charging so I brought it back and Landed. But, I hadn't topped off the stock one and it was at 97% whereas the externals were juiced fully. Will top off the stock and see how it goes, rather not discharge the externals.

Ed209 · Jul 13, 2016

I noticed mine would start to charge more frequently and just did the mod to the bird instead of the battery. I got tired of messing around and making sure the main battery wasn't charging before setting off. I didn't like the unpredictable behavior. In the long run, I think the bird-side mod is better than having to do every battery and then play games with your main battery charging sometimes.

dirtybum · Jul 13, 2016

No ,there is no reason to undercharge the externals on the P3, I have been only charging the LiHV's on the P4 to 4.31.
I just make sure to do the warm-up process with a separate battery and then shut it down and put in 100% battery and it goes straight to GPS then I plug in the external to quickly take off

Ed209 · Jul 13, 2016

Also, as your main battery gets more cycles, it will be slightly less voltage even when fully charged...So the charging thing happens more and more. I noticed my brand new batteries never had issues...It was the ones that had 30-50+ hard cycles on them that would give me the most problems.

MK47 · Jul 13, 2016

dirtybum said:
It's worth it. That's a good starter kit, doesn't void your warranty , you will need to get an external battery charger though

Yeah looks like I have to get one. Found one on amazon for $60. This purchase ks gettinf expensive real quick lol

I have a question about the modded DJI battery though. Does it deplete the DJI battery also when using it? Because that means once the original modded battery drained out in the field, I won't be able to use my other turnigy lipo's.
Sorry if its kinda a noob question, i just received my first phantom yesterday.

dirtybum · Jul 13, 2016

MK47 said:
Yeah looks like I have to get one. Found one on amazon for $60. This purchase ks gettinf expensive real quick lol

I have a question about the modded DJI battery though. Does it deplete the DJI battery also when using it? Because that means once the original modded battery drained out in the field, I won't be able to use my other turnigy lipo's.
Sorry if its kinda a noob question, i just received my first phantom yesterday.

Yep if you only have one modded main battery, then you're only doing one flight at a time, i'd wait a half hour before recharging for the battery to cool off