I'm planning a 4 day hike in a couple months to a remote lake at the base of an active volcano, which requires two days of hiking from the nearest probable charging point. Bringing a small generator along on a challenging (at least for me) hike isn't going to be too feasible--so my question is how important is the general recommendation of never flying after 24 hours since your battery was last charged?
I'm a little confused as to when batteries start auto-discharging, but assumed it was 24 hours after charging, and the time period specified (number of days) in the Go App dictated how slowly it would discharge. I've seen other points of view stating that the battery doesn't discharge till AFTER the number of days specified in the Go App has occurred.
In any case, the collective wisdom seems to be, don't fly with a battery that hasn't been topped-off in the previous 24 hours.
That being said, is there any known leeway or precautions one can take if a battery is two or three days "old" from its previous charge?--like for example not flying to less than 50% INDICATED levels? Or is it simply that batteries that are more than a day old just act unpredictably in general?
Thanks to anyone who can help me figure this out.
I'm a little confused as to when batteries start auto-discharging, but assumed it was 24 hours after charging, and the time period specified (number of days) in the Go App dictated how slowly it would discharge. I've seen other points of view stating that the battery doesn't discharge till AFTER the number of days specified in the Go App has occurred.
In any case, the collective wisdom seems to be, don't fly with a battery that hasn't been topped-off in the previous 24 hours.
That being said, is there any known leeway or precautions one can take if a battery is two or three days "old" from its previous charge?--like for example not flying to less than 50% INDICATED levels? Or is it simply that batteries that are more than a day old just act unpredictably in general?
Thanks to anyone who can help me figure this out.