LiPo question

[Spudboy]

Question. It's well known that Phantom batteries occasionally burst into flames, usually when charging. People took precautions, like charging them only inside a fire-proof container. I haven't seen reports of any such incidents with the Mavic/Mavic 2 batteries. Is this due to a lower charging rate? Better battery design/quality? Not a big enough sample size?

Thanks

 

[old man mavic]

LIPO batts will sometimes catch fire from misuse overcharging puncturing during a heavy crash while in the UAV shorting out if they land in water the DJI intelligent batts have some built in protection to prevent this happening even so you should never leave batts unattended while they are charging just in case. all lipos have the ability to catch fire it is up to users to store charge and handle them with care to lesson the chance of this happening

 

[Mr. Salty]

Question. It's well known that Phantom batteries occasionally burst into flames, usually when charging.

That's very rare, and is usually related to damage from a crash. DJI's batteries have a very good reputation when it comes to safety.

 

[DanMan32]

Tigers chewing on the Phantom with battery installed will also cause them to catch fire.

 

[old man mavic]

there is a lesson to be learned there dont fly over a zoo and land in the tigers compound

 

[msinger]

I haven't seen reports of any such incidents with the Mavic/Mavic 2 batteries. Is this due to a lower charging rate?

It's due to the fact that all DJI batteries rarely catch on fire. In most cases, the batteries that catch on fire are those that are somehow damaged beforehand.

 

[sea157]

Question. It's well known that Phantom batteries occasionally burst into flames, usually when charging. People took precautions, like charging them only inside a fire-proof container. I haven't seen reports of any such incidents with the Mavic/Mavic 2 batteries. Is this due to a lower charging rate? Better battery design/quality? Not a big enough sample size?

Thanks

I never seen this well known fact about the Phantom batteries bursting into flames any more than any other batteries.

 

[DanMan32]

there is a lesson to be learned there dont fly over a zoo and land in the tigers compound

Was that where it was? I thought it was in Africa.

 

[old man mavic]

You have more chance of finding tigers in a zoo they are a bit thin on the ground in the wild