Mavic Air battery mod

h1s0k4 · Jul 29, 2018

Hi there , it's me from Vietnam .

I read the thread " Mavic pro battery mod " for hours but can not find any thread about Mavic Air battery mod . I have a Mavic air because it's very compact and suit for me when I have to travel with my camera gears .
I only found this : DJI Mavic Air Battery Adapter
It is crazily expensive for me . Another thing , I have tu buy 2 LiPo batteries , and a LiPo charger , blah blah blah .
And I read about using LiPo is not totally suitable bacause Mavic battery is LiHv which is a little bit higher voltage and basically the Mavic battery will lose some energy to charge the LiPo for nothing .
And the most important , I can't find any LiHv bat in my area , my gosh ! I think , that must be an easier way .
Why not use the main Mavic Air battery ? I have 4 ! And I don't have to buy any charger .
Then I took a look carefully to some pages of the old topic . I found that the pin 3 and 4 are only one , the same with pin 7 & 8 . Like the adapter sold by Maxx UAV . Then I can make it myself .

I think I can connect directly the second battery to the drone through this way as long as I can make a wire or something connect to pin 3&4 and 7&8 of the battery . I thought I should connect both the pins because I'm afraid of losing energy or something . It made my adapter not easily fall out by the way .

So , 2 batteries can connect to one drone like this ( I stick a small piece of fomex incase I want to push the under battery button but my finger can't reach it ) 2 batteries can be mounted with tape or velcro ( I used a tape , I think I will find another way later ) It looked really simple without long wires I saw with different LiPo or LiHV batteries .
And my Mavic Air was ready to fly .

I tested it for 1st flight with 2 batteries fully charged . It was almost 23 minutes ( 7-8 minutes bonus compare to my normal flight ) I flew around for 6,8km at the height of 200 meters . For me it was so satisfied . I hovered at some place to take photos and created a sphere panorama . It force landed at 10% .

So , I think everyone can do the same with another Flycam like Mavic Pro or Spark . Use truly dual batties for one flight parallel . It may not double extend the fly time but 1,5 time or more is more than just good . Moreover , you don't have to buy any LiPo or LiHv batteries but another same battery you have . One charger for all . If you have Fly more combo , just make an adapter like me . It's god **** cheap !

If you have any question please comment . Thank you for spend your time reading this . Happy flying !

P/S: Forgive me for any grammar or spelling mistake

Aerial-Pixel · Jul 29, 2018

Cool mod! The only thing I don't like is it covers the downward sensors.

h1s0k4 · Jul 29, 2018

Aerial-Pixel said:
Cool mod! The only thing I don't like is it covers the downward sensors.

No it didn't . The downward sensor worked just fine

I landed probably normal .

Aerial-Pixel · Jul 29, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
No it didn't . The downward sensor worked just fine I landed probably normal .

Excellent! Looked like the extra depth would have cause some clipping of the sensors, Fly safe!

beanbubba · Jul 29, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
Hi there , it's me from Vietnam .

I read the thread " Mavic pro battery mod " for hours but can not find any threat about Mavic Air battery mod . I have a Mavic air because it's very compact and suit for me when I have to travel with mà camera gears .
I only found this : DJI Mavic Air Battery Adapter
It is crazily expensive for me . Another thing , I have tu buy 2 LiPo batteries , and a LiPo charger , blah blah blah .
And I read about using LiPo is not totally suitable bacause Mavic battery is LiHv which is a little bit higher voltage and basically the Mavic battery will lose some energy to charge the LiPo for nothing .
And the most important , I can't find any LiHv bat in my area , my gosh ! I think , that must be an easier way .
Why not use the main Mavic Air battery ? I have 4 ! And I don't have to buy any charger . Yes , that's the way !
Then I took a look carefully to some pages of the old topic . I found that the pin 3 and 4 are only one , the same with pin 7 & 8 . Like the adapter sold by Maxx UAV . Then I can make it myself .

I think I can connect directly the second battery to the drone through this way as long as I can make a wire or something connect to pin 3&4 and 7&8 of the battery . So I made this :

I thought I should connect both the pins because I'm afraid of losing energy or something . It made my adapter not easily fall out by the way .

So , 2 batteries can connect to one drone like this ( I stick a small piece of fomex incase I want to push the under battery button but my finger can't reach it )

So 2 batteries can be mounted like this ( I used a tape , I think I will find another way later )

It looked really simple without long wire I saw with different LiPo batteries .
And my Mavic Air was ready to fly .

I tested it for 1st flight with 2 batteries fully charged . It was almost 23 minutes ( 7-8 minutes bonus compare to my normal flight ) I flew around for 6,8km at the height of 200 meters . For me it was so satisfied . I hovered at some place to take photos and creat a sphere panorama . It forrce landed at 10% .

So , I think anyone can do the same with another Flycam . Use truly dual batties for one flight . It may not double extend the fly time but 1,5 time or more is more than just good . Moreover , you don't have to buy any LiPo or LiHv batteries but another same battery you have . One charger for all . If you have Fly more combo , just make an adapter like me . It's god **** cheap !

If you have any question please comment . Thank you for spend your time reading this . Happy flying !

P/S: Forgive me for any grammar or spelling mistake

Great work!!

h1s0k4 · Jul 31, 2018

A test flight of 23 minutes and 32 seconds . Anyone has a better record ?

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A test flight of 23 minutes and 32 seconds . Anyone has a better record ?

Thanks for sharing that cool Mod and nice video!

h1s0k4 · Aug 4, 2018

Today I challenged the ability of my Mavic Air by go through the sea to know how far exactly the drone can fly ( I used the simple parabol range booster and dual battery as my mod )
With no building or high stuff , totally clear . The Mavic Air can go almost 5 kilometers ( I'm sure it can , even further but I was flying with moded battery so it was totally a big risk if I go a little bit futher ) .
When I came back to the home point it still more than 20% battery left and the fly distance when I landed was almost 11 kilometers . I thought , I should fly a little bit futher .
That's all , dual battery still works very well , parabol signal booster is good also . Maybe someday when I find a large field I will try a futher range .

mlash · Aug 10, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
I think I can connect directly the second battery to the drone through this way as long as I can make a wire or something connect to pin 3&4 and 7&8 of the battery . I thought I should connect both the pins because I'm afraid of losing energy or something . It made my adapter not easily fall out by the way .

Is the 3&4 pin "Possitive" and the 7&8 pin "Negative"?

Thanks

h1s0k4 · Aug 10, 2018

Yeah , you can say #&4 is " + " and 7&8 is " - "

mlash · Aug 10, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
Yeah , you can say #&4 is " + " and 7&8 is " - "

Are you sure 3&4 is "+" ( I start counting from the left side of the bird when it is turned on it's back)? I only ask because I turned the bird on with the adapter installed and - all was well - I plugged the 3s 1000mah lipo in and "POP" the bird turned off. I'm sure there are no shorts in the adapter so! I have built adapter before (for the Mavic Pro).

By the way the bird is fine! It didn't kill the bird!
Any Ideal what the problem might be.

mlash · Aug 10, 2018

Is this the positive side or the or is it the other? Thanks for the help

h1s0k4 · Aug 10, 2018

Sorry I've just checked out with my digital multimeter , pin 3&4 must be " - " and 7&8 is " + " . The battery face down and made me confused .

mlash · Aug 11, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
Sorry I've just checked out with my digital multimeter , pin 3&4 must be " - " and 7&8 is " + " . The battery face down and made me confused .

Thanks for the info

PremierKid · Sep 7, 2018

Hi guys

Can anybody recommend to me what type of batteries I should buy for MA battery mod?

I bought a adaptor from UAVMods but having tracked down information about what I should buy, I'm still non the wiser!

The information I have is I should buy
Lipo or Lihv
Between 1000mh - 3000mh maximum
3s, 30c
11.1 voltage

I've seen other posts saying the they use 60c and 4s???

Do I have many options with the MA?
I don't know anything about battery brands or which is decent or voltage, I'm a complete newbie!
(Don't ask how I even bought a battery mod device)

Thanks for the help!

h1s0k4 · Sep 7, 2018

You must know that 3S = 3 cells =3,3,7=11,1V and 4S = 4 cells = 4x3,7=14,8V They are totally different.
About the kind of battery, you can search for Hobbyking LiHv.

PremierKid · Sep 7, 2018

h1s0k4 said:
You must know that 3S = 3 cells =3,3,7=11,1V and 4S = 4 cells = 4x3,7=14,8V They are totally different.
About the kind of battery, you can search for Hobbyking LiHv.

Thanks Alot, obviously I do get the power difference, however the main bit I don't understand is others have quoted 60c and 4s batteries that they have been using on a Mavic Air!!
So obviously I'm skeptical on buying something I understand little about, especially since this is my first drone, however I'm intrigued in the idea my MA can go further than it already had, now that I have installed a 4hawks raptor SR.

Thanks again, I'll go check out Hobbyking!

Scorpions_64 · Oct 22, 2018

Hi thanks for sharing. I did the same with my mavic air, I used it with 1200 mha 3s battery but the result didn't change. I also received a motor current error. Did that give you a warning?

Bobby'smavic2 · Oct 23, 2018

Scorpions_64 said:
Hi thanks for sharing. I did the same with my mavic air, I used it with 1200 mha 3s battery but the result didn't change. I also received a motor current error. Did that give you a warning?

Using a 1200mah would show much results needs to be 3000mah yes you with get motor warnings when using external battery

Bobby'smavic2 · Oct 23, 2018

I friend of mine got the mavic battery adaptor clip from Uavmods he is getting over 30mins flight time and a range of over 6 miles battery used 3000mah