Mavic Pro Battery Mod

marcini · May 8, 2017

here they are:

Gh0stxSinghx · May 9, 2017

marcini said:
here they are:
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Amazing! I see wire and xt60 well, That's very good 34minute flight 1800mah lipo. It is high discharge.. Not High Voltage. Add weight with led lights. Thanks!

digdat0 · May 9, 2017

I've been toying with how I wanna do the mod. I want to run dual batteries on the sides. I do not want to use a power clip and do not want holes on the top. So what I'm thinking is small holes on the bottom in one of two spots:

I'll cut out a small piece of support from inside to run the wire, and drill a hole in the body for the wires to go through.

And in the end, it will look similar to this. I haven't drilled the holes or soldered yet, thats the next step.I'm hoping to have just the xt60 connector sticking out, all wire inside and will glue the wire in place on the inside. This will allow folding it up as well as not having dangling wires when not using externals. Might paint the yellow tips black to match. Thoughts on placement of the wires? I am a tad worried about rubbing on those black ribbons when i pull the plug off, but will glue it pretty well in place to stop that.

digdat0 · May 9, 2017

marcini said:
here they are

that looks really nice man, great job.

CyberNate · May 9, 2017

Hmmm, my battery clip mod is working well today. I wonder if the solder I put on around the contact point is seeping in, or perhaps it's the good weather today with low wind. Had 30 minutes flight with 74,000 feet distance and 1640ft altitude gain up the foothills. This is with my single 5200mah battery. No range test today, just flying around the area. If it works this well, I may not need to modify further. Just need another 6000ft distance to reach my goal of 40,000ft range and 80,000 total distance. I think I can do it with my dual 4000mah batteries. Hate flying with that much weight, but on a no wind day, should give me over 34 minutes flight time at 32mph.

Gh0stxSinghx · May 9, 2017

Nice! Test flght time Great job, My battery clip make it and tested fly works fine. Hover vs Move/flying same flight time is 30mins and means low wind?.. no way, if much wind small flight time?

5200mah and Dual 2 x 3000mah packs is heavy.. I wanted dual batterys mod for lightweight like Phantom 3 dual 6600mah mod is upto 40mins think better lightweight and more flight time for mavic.

cruzroy · May 9, 2017

digdat0 said:
I've been toying with how I wanna do the mod. I want to run dual batteries on the sides. I do not want to use a power clip and do not want holes on the top. So what I'm thinking is small holes on the bottom in one of two spots:

I'll cut out a small piece of support from inside to run the wire, and drill a hole in the body for the wires to go through.

And in the end, it will look similar to this. I haven't drilled the holes or soldered yet, thats the next step.I'm hoping to have just the xt60 connector sticking out, all wire inside and will glue the wire in place on the inside. This will allow folding it up as well as not having dangling wires when not using externals. Might paint the yellow tips black to match. Thoughts on placement of the wires? I am a tad worried about rubbing on those black ribbons when i pull the plug off, but will glue it pretty well in place to stop that.

SO can i ask.......think out of the box................why is everyone trying to get all that wire in the mavic, use your spots, but just use one red and one black, and use dual adapter outside mavic, instead of crowding the poor mavic with 4 big wires..make all connections outside her

or flat stock brass or copper to just make it past body, and solder on wires outside body, no knockouts.......fit right under top shell

cruzroy · May 9, 2017

cruzroy said:
SO can i ask.......think out of the box................why is everyone trying to get all that wire in the mavic, use your spots, but just use one red and one black, and use dual adapter outside mavic, instead of crowding the poor mavic with 4 big wires..make all connections outside her

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or flat stock brass or copper to just make it past body, and solder on wires outside body, no knockouts.......fit right under top shell

Rnl · May 9, 2017

Can't fold it that way could you?

cruzroy · May 9, 2017

Rnl said:
Can't fold it that way could you?

dont know have not tried yet, BUT less is more

Rnl · May 9, 2017

Agree but somewher here somebody had flush mount connector fit flush with body no wires showing.

Rnl · May 9, 2017

I have pic. Just don't know how to put it on here.

Rnl · May 9, 2017

Looked back on this thread you had the connector I was talking about, post 263 guess it didn't work.

Natedoggz · May 9, 2017

Thought I would share some more pics.

CyberNate · May 10, 2017

Natedoggz said:
Thought I would share some more pics.

I think the batteries might be too far to the rear. Check the motor temperatures after flying. You may find the rear motors are hotter. They are also partially blocking the gps receiver. Otherwise looks good.

digdat0 · May 10, 2017

Okay here's the final product.

Holes for install

Wiring

Glued in place

Decided to T it ... about to cut negative line to length

Final product

Natedoggz · May 10, 2017

CyberNate said:
I think the batteries might be too far to the rear. Check the motor temperatures after flying. You may find the rear motors are hotter. They are also partially blocking the gps receiver. Otherwise looks good.

The batteries are on strip of 3m lock velcro and can be positioned forward or backwards to suit different sizes as well, but no issues at all with flying or gps, most of the time it is with compass calibration when first starting up with the battery mod backpack alone(no batteries), so really no noticeable difference. I tried flying but was @ a bad location to fly so I just hovered it about a 50ft circle for 26 mins with 4mph winds, holding strong with power (such a waste of a test period) but updated to the newest firmware .700 and didn't really want to take it out my sight. Will do more testing this weekend.

Gh0stxSinghx · May 10, 2017

My Tested flight time with 5200mAh But no clear my Dji go 4 (4.0.0v), uploaded youtube link:
Nice with move/flying, Max speed 27.49 mph well done.

Test flight time with Zop power 3000mAh Lipo but I am go stop fly and come at landed at 57%. Problem with my DJI GO 4 - 4.0.0v apk is No Signal, broken app freeze.. rc connect and no open app, And uninstalled, After i go Installed new to 4.0.7 checked cleared app is ok!?.

Will soon next both Zop power 3000mAh and Turnigy 2200mah test flights time, and new my Dji Mavic battery ok.. All 3 flights a day.
Here i get the Turnigy 2200mah 3s 20c lipo.

Natedoggz · May 10, 2017

Gh0stxSinghx said:
My Tested flight time with 5200mAh But no clear my Dji go 4 (4.0.0v), uploaded youtube link:
Nice with move/flying, Max speed 27.49 mph well done.

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Test flight time with Zop power 3000mAh Lipo but I am go stop fly and come at landed at 57%. Problem with my DJI GO 4 - 4.0.0v apk is No Signal, broken app freeze.. rc connect and no open app, And uninstalled, After i go Installed new to 4.0.7 checked cleared app is ok!?.
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Will soon next both Zop power 3000mAh and Turnigy 2200mah test flights time, and new my Dji Mavic battery ok.. All 3 flights a day.
Here i get the Turnigy 2200mah 3s 20c lipo.
View attachment 12594

Are you have any trouble with GPS or compass calibration with the bigger battery on top?

digdat0 · May 11, 2017

Gh0stxSinghx said:
My Tested flight time with 5200mAh But no clear my Dji go 4 (4.0.0v), uploaded youtube link:
Nice with move/flying, Max speed 27.49 mph well done.

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Test flight time with Zop power 3000mAh Lipo but I am go stop fly and come at landed at 57%. Problem with my DJI GO 4 - 4.0.0v apk is No Signal, broken app freeze.. rc connect and no open app, And uninstalled, After i go Installed new to 4.0.7 checked cleared app is ok!?.
View attachment 12593

Will soon next both Zop power 3000mAh and Turnigy 2200mah test flights time, and new my Dji Mavic battery ok.. All 3 flights a day.
Here i get the Turnigy 2200mah 3s 20c lipo.
View attachment 12594

Nice test, great time. That should be a 45k+ flight in theory with low wind.