Mavic Air 2 Battery Mod Thread

[EQUANT]

Let us know how much he’s charging? And how warm are your motors with extra weight...!

I asked the guy - battery + shipping is 400$ (crazy!) and weighs 210g extra.
It has M2 Li-PO cells added to it, which was a turn off because those are quite unstable.

 

[Justinswidebody]

I asked the guy - battery + shipping is 400$ (crazy!) and weighs 210g extra.
It has M2 Li-PO cells added to it, which was a turn off because those are quite unstable.

I agree very expensive

 

[Justinswidebody]

I opened up a battery and made a connector for it.

 

[Justinswidebody]

Well just so everyone knows.... The mavic air 2 has a hard coded distance limiter... It will not let you fly past 11km....

 

[Waldo Pepper]

I opened up a battery and made a connector for it. View attachment 101537View attachment 101538View attachment 101570

Terrific workmanship Justin,

What type battery are you adding to the modified MA2 battery? Can you share a picture with the extra battery attached?

Outstanding work!
Paul

 

[Justinswidebody]

Here's a video of my flight earlier

 

[Justinswidebody]

Terrific workmanship Justin,

What type battery are you adding to the modified MA2 battery? Can you share a picture with the extra battery attached?

Outstanding work!
Paul

Yes I'll take some in a few for you

 

[Waldo Pepper]

Amazing flight! Thanks for sharing, you had a ton of obstacles to battle through. Tall trees and buildings, I’m surprise it went the distance.

Amazing!
Paul

 

[Justinswidebody]

That flight was completely stock controller...
Just a mavic air 1 external battery attached

 

[Justinswidebody]

Terrific workmanship Justin,

What type battery are you adding to the modified MA2 battery? Can you share a picture with the extra battery attached?

Outstanding work!
Paul

Here you go. Let me know if you have any questions

 

[Waldo Pepper]

Very nice?

I’ll send you a pm later in the day!

Thanks

 

[Jordaneer]

Here you go. Let me know if you have any questions

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any chance you could put together a howto with pictures? that would be awesome!!

 

[Justinswidebody]

Sure thing, I'll do it on the next one I build

 

[pgenneken]

Here you go. Let me know if you have any questions

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I was able to get the top cover off. It has a ribbon cable to the top switch.
The battery itself is in the bottom half. Is it just glues in or am I missing a screw? How did you get it out?

An tips appreciated.

Pete

 

[swooshdave]

Here's a video of my flight earlier

I wish we could have seen the signal strength during that flight.

 

[Justinswidebody]

I was able to get the top cover off. It has a ribbon cable to the top switch.
The battery itself is in the bottom half. Is it just glues in or am I missing a screw? How did you get it out?

An tips appreciated.

Pete

It's double sided sticky tape on the bottom.... I actually cut out the bottom of battery shell and push it out...

You will also have problem with where the plug is... You need to slide a Razer blade in-between the plug and the shell so you can slide the battery out

 

[Justinswidebody]

I wish we could have seen the signal strength during that flight.

I can promise you I didn't even have studder in signal until the 11km limit was hit

 

[pgenneken]

It's double sided sticky tape on the bottom.... I actually cut out the bottom of battery shell and push it out...

You will also have problem with where the plug is... You need to slide a Razer blade in-between the plug and the shell so you can slide the battery out View attachment 101770

Might be easier to just cut the front out and push it down?..
Thanks for the reply. Appreciate your time.

 

[Justinswidebody]

Might be easier to just cut the front out and push it down?..
Thanks for the reply. Appreciate your time.

I didn't want it to be seen from the outside... Bottom seemed like the best solution... Also the razor blade trick isn't hard... You will see what I mean

 

[lee82gx]

Here you go. Let me know if you have any questions

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Hi Justin what battery is that?