and How would someone define "Many" other people, two, four, hundreds, thousands, hundred thousand--- This whole conversation is pure speculation--- but it makes for good reading
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Phantom 3 Pro Catastrophic Battery Failure
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Unless the manufacturer specifies that the tanks have to be full-- which in this case DJI specifies or recommends that the batteries be charged fully. This is a no brainer for any rc aircraft that depends on lipo battery power for the fuel source as any experienced rc modeler will tell you.
Do not use auto take off. I have heard of many stories about their p3 acting weird and most of them start with I used auto take off. Just my opinion.
That is NOT what DJI is implying in the book. It would be absolutely stupid to tell us something like that. And LiPo batteries have no history of issues flying not fully charged.
I never use anything other than Auto Take off and never had any problems with this.
You're one of the insane lucky tens of thousands!! You might want to run and buy lottery tickets... NOW!!
All batteries will recover slightly after taking them off load. This is normal battery behavior.
Not running with a fully topped off battery shouldn't be a problem. If it says 58%, then it should have enough to fly for at least 10 minutes or so. I don't go fill up my car when it's at half a tank just to run to the grocery store. This almost seems like the voltage or current sensor is out of wack on those batteries.
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Maybe not with other makes and models. Are all other aircraft were referring to here loaded with tech like the phantom 3? Just a question. I think there are more factors here that need to be considered. Most of us with experience in rc hobbies have not owned such a high tech device that flew before. My bet is we had airlons and rudders to move and that was it.
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True.. to a degree. There is no documentation anywhere, on any drone on the market, much less any other flying hobbyist product that flies, that states not to fly multiple flights on a single charge. Not in any wording!
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I'm amazed that some think that take off with less that 100% battery can cause a catastrophic battery failure. Really! Come on back down to earth and go see a fortune teller. Those believers will surely take heed of the tea leaf patterns in the cup too. Weird how some subscribe to the BS instead of using the mind.
Could you please upload the .DAT file for this flight to flylog.info I'd be interested to see if the accelerometer data shows anything. It might if the cause was a bird strike. If you let me know the name of the file then I could arrange to catch it and take a look.
That's good. It may just be a coincidence but for me I've heard way too many similar stories so I will never use the auto takeoff. Plus its just as easy to push up on the stick as it is to push the auto takeoff button.
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Having just completed a shell replacement the hardest part besides separating the shells was the power module.Getting it two contact correctly with the battery was a pain in the *** and not only that the module is held by two pissy *** screws.It's a point of failure that DJI need to address urgently.In there efforts to design there own proprietary battery to prevent anyone using a standard lipo they have inadvertently created a major design flaw.
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The problem is with new pilots that want to take off all gentle and wind up scared and slam back to the ground. Or lift up barely and VPS cant stabilize fast enough so they go a bit out of control. Personally, I think Auto Takeoff is there for an example for new pilots. There is no proof that it leads to drifting of out of control flight. Only unverifiable coincidence.
This happened to me. I had 208 flights with no issues and always took off with a 100% battery. The only time I took off with a 44% battery I had a crash about 1 minute after. I'll never do that again.
What about landing without turning the drone off? Simply touching the ground make the battery unstable? I'm not positioned one way or another in this nonsense argument. I just want to know what is safe.
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