Air 3 batteries recently charging only to 4.160 volts instead of 4.250 volts!

[SmartBones]

Starting from few weeks ago, batteries of all Air 3 units are charging only to 4.160 volts instead of 4.250 volts as it must be. Doing so DJI reduced Air 3 drone flying time for about 8%. Check it yourself. Why do you think DJI did that?

 

[Cafguy]

How many cycles do you have on them? As these batteries " De-grade" your flight times will get shorter. I have no idea about the Air 3 BUT the Air 2s will give you around 250 more or less cycles with really noticeable flight time reduction starting around 180 or so (10%-15%)

 

[Felix le Chat]

This surprises me. Aren't the Air 3 IFB's li-ion? I always thought they offered a higher cycle count compared to lipo's (correct me if wrong).

Admittedly, I'm not a heavy user, my birds only usually get put up when there's a job, or when there's something truly outstanding that grabs my fancy (like a timber shipwreck recently uncovered by shifting tidal sandbars) and I'll always cycle through batteries in sequence (5 each for my mav 2's) to increase their operational lifespan.

I have noticed that the balancing period on the original 2 batteries for each drone is of longer duration now compared to the newer 3, but as yet, I haven't noticed a reduction in air time.

 

[davidarmenb]

The Mini 4 Pro batteries are Lithium Ion (LiIon).
I believe the Air 3 batteries still use Lithium Ion Polymer cells (LiPo).

 

[SmartBones]

How many cycles do you have on them? As these batteries " De-grade" your flight times will get shorter. I have no idea about the Air 3 BUT the Air 2s will give you around 250 more or less cycles with really noticeable flight time reduction starting around 180 or so (10%-15%)

40 cycles, attach foto 10 seconds after battery is fully charged. The problem is massive and Mini 4 Pro has it as well. I am inside DJI battery technical chat. All confirm the same. Cycles does not have direct correlation with this problem. It is software DJI thing, and we don't understand why she did it.

 

[SmartBones]

The Mini 4 Pro batteries are Lithium Ion (LiIon).
I believe the Air 3 batteries still use Lithium Ion Polymer cells (LiPo).

Mini 4 Pro and Air 3 have LiPo. Lion finished on Mini 1.