Battery in the aircraft for a long time

Davila · May 21, 2016

Hello,
is it OK to leave the battery inside the Phantom for a long time? I know that it should be discharged to ~ 50%, but I don't know do I have to remove it from the aircraft.

msinger · May 21, 2016

Most people don't do it, but DJI never warned it's not okay to do. What's the benefit of storing a battery in your Phantom?

Dirty Bird · May 21, 2016

In my Phantom 2 & 3 aircraft I don't leave the batteries in the bird because it keeps the spring-loaded "sense" pins compressed. The Phantom 4 doesn't have those spring-loaded pins so I leave one in the bird & the other two in the case spaces. I have two more batteries coming so it may be time for me to spring for a real P4 case or backpack.

Davila said:
Hello,
is it OK to leave the battery inside the Phantom for a long time. I know that it should be discharged to ~ 50%, but I don't know do I have to remove it from the aircraft.

Davila · May 21, 2016

msinger said:
Most people don't do it, but DJI never warned it's not okay to do. What's the benefit of storing a battery in your Phantom?

The benefit is that it's more compact and perhaps the drone is not so vulnerable - without a battery everything can penetrate easier into P4 electronics.

msinger · May 21, 2016

Davila said:
without a battery everything can penetrate easier into P4 electronics.

Interesting use case. I'm assuming most people have a case to protect their Phantom.

mem_ny · May 21, 2016

Dirty Bird said:
In my Phantom 2 & 3 aircraft I don't leave the batteries in the bird because it keeps the spring-loaded "sense" pins compressed. The Phantom 4 doesn't have those spring-loaded pins so I leave one in the bird & the other two in the case spaces. I have two more batteries coming so it may be time for me to spring for a real P4 case or backpack.

Agree. The spring loaded contacts in the overlier birds were the concern. I always keep a battery in my P4.