I added a second battery to the controller

[droneuser]

I have notice the battery In the controller drops fast well I think it does so I added other battery to the controller I bought one of those battery bank that you can buy to charge cell phones with. I used Velcro to hold the battery bank in place

bought a 5,000mah with a display that tells me how much of a charge it has and it has two usb ports on it. I plug it in on the side of the controller. my ipad mini 4 is plug in on the bottom usb on the controller

so when I am flying the battery bank charges the controller as I fly

I have 3 batteries for the mavic so I need the controller charge up as much as I can

 

[Drhillier]

View attachment 32873 I have notice the battery In the controller drops fast well I think it does so I added other battery to the controller I bought one of those battery bank that you can buy to charge cell phones with. I used Velcro to hold the battery bank in place

bought a 5,000mah with a display that tells me how much of a charge it has and it has two usb ports on it. I plug it in on the side of the controller. my ipad is plug in on the bottom usb on the controller

so when I am flying the battery bank charges the controller as I fly

I have 3 batteries for the mavic so I need the controller charge up as much as I can

Brilliant idea!! I think I'm going to order one right now. I bought the fly more combo and I plan on running through all 3 batteries in one sitting

 

[droneuser]

as for having two plugs into the controller I haven't notice any problems I get video just fine. I cant test more in till the weather gets better around here

 

[droneuser]

I bought the battery bank at Wal-Mart I will find a link

 

[droneuser]

here is the one I have it saids out of stock but my local Wal-Mart had some

https://www.walmart.com/ip/General-Digital-Battery-Pack-Blk/914792291

 

[Drhillier]

I got this one

 

[droneuser]

I got this one

ohh ya that will work good!

 

[droneuser]

I got my cause I was walking around Wal-Mart and saw it..lol and thought hum lets try it

 

[Simmo]

Lots and lots of threads on this. It charges your phone at the same time too...
I have a solar battery bank, but the solar charge is very slow.

 

[droneuser]

you mean controller charges the phone? if that's what you mean I have an ipad mini 4 and it doesn't do that

 

[Simmo]

Fruity products don't have this ability. Strictly an Android only feature.....

 

[droneuser]

lol ohh ok that's good to know! I have a friend that was thinking about using his android phone when he gets his I will pass the info to him so he is aware of this

 

[droneuser]

it just seems to me the battery gets low pretty fast in the controller and I have 3 batteries for the mavic but I was wondering to how much does the signal output of the controller drop as the controller battery gets lower? maybe it doesn't or battery has to be very low before it does

 

[Simmo]

There's a graph on here somewhere, that shows the remarkably quick drop off of a lipo as it reaches the end of its charge. With out my solar bank, I dont trust my RC after two AC batteries.

 

[droneuser]

well that confirms I am not seeing things then! lol I thought it did!

 

[Kilrah]

There's normally no need to charge the controller for just 3 Mavic batteries.

 

[Simmo]

There's normally no need to charge the controller for just 3 Mavic batteries.

In your opinion....
Are you running an IOS device or Android?

 

[Siwyleeds]

I have 3 batteries wit my mavic and the controller drops to only 65% when used all 3. I'm not 100% sure but You could damage your controllers battery if You'll be constantly charging it full. Batteries need to be fully discharged every now and then.

 

[droneuser]

as with any battery discharging it every now and then is a good thing to do.so if a person does that it shouldn't hurt the battery I think my was lower then 65 hum I will have to check it again..

also I would assume the signal output (from the antennas) of the remote would be the same as if the battery was at 100 percent.

 

[Top Hat]

With iPad Mini 4, I can fly 5 batteries b2b and still has 18-20% juice leftover on the RC.