Anyone use an IPAD Mini for a screen on your controller and have it overheat and go black on you until it cools down. This happened to me today. Still able to control the drone and bring it down close to the ground and hover over a safe area ... moved in some shade and took approx 2 -3 min for the Ipad to cool down and screen come back up to allow me to land.
Ipad Mini overheating and shutting down mid flight
- Thread starter M Harter
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Not sure which one but it was 87 degrees and was in the sun for 30 minutes had to switch batteries and about 3 minutes into the second battery the IPAD gave me a black screen with a pic of a thermostat and a message overheated cannot continue until cool down.
The older iPad mini’s are prone to overheating. Best scenario is to get a different compatible tablet.
I have an iPad mini 4. If I forget to close an App or it gets hot I lose/freeze video transmission. Pain in the ***.
Yes, any background apps still running is not good! I’ve not tried it by deleting all unnecessary apps. You really should have a tablet dedicated for your flying. I use a Samsung Tablet G now and it works great, brighter screen also.
I gave up on the iPad Mini 4 years ago! The iPad Mini 5 works fine with the X-Naut cooling case into the low 90's, but you need to keep it out of direct sunlight heat once you are in the upper 80's.
I am also looking at this new product - if they come out with an iPad Mini 6 version:
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iPad Mini Cooling Case - Pilot Series
Tired of your iPad overheating while you're flying? Keep your iPad cool and functional in the toughest conditions with our proprietary X-naut iPad Cooling Case.
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I am also looking at this new product - if they come out with an iPad Mini 6 version:
How Does The Cooling Case Work & How Effective Is It?
The Wombat Ware Cooling Case works by trying to remove heat from the back of the iPad using 2 mighty mini blower fans. We have done our own tests to validate its effectiveness and users have also given us positive feedback after using our Cooling Case.
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