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I see negative benefit from that setup. The external battery will parallel the internal battery in battery remaining percentage. If you drop the battery at the turn, it will have 50-60 percentage remaining. nothing gained. You lose by having the extra weight of release mechanism.

That is a very good point. But won't the overall battery drain be slower up to the turn? I get you will dump a battery only half used, but I suspect there is some math in here to net an overall increased flight time. Or am I completely of my rocker?

BTW - I just completed a proof of concept test:

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That is a very good point. But won't the overall battery drain be slower up to the turn? I get you will dump a battery only half used, but I suspect there is some math in here to net an overall increased flight time. Or am I completely of my rocker?

BTW - I just completed a proof of concept test:

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Might be wrong, but don't you need the battery on the way home more than the way out?

Plus, a lipo hitting the ground from altitude and/or I water could be bad.

Lastly I think you just wanted to use the word Jettison. Possibly one of my favorite words I don't get to use much.
 
I was able to redneck engineer a more reliable jettison configuration. I can start real flight testing now and find out if cybernate is right as usual and me off my rocker or if I can squeeze out 5-8 more minutes of flight time.

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Wow wow that's a lot of stuff on that mavic. But we need people like you to push the boundaries. Again and again great test I'm watching.... like if I haven't lol
 
Put a clip around battery to connect to your release so battery not swinging in air.
 
Just to confirm (also for @sprtbkrydr )
Flew for the 1st time since several days and tried the " non dji battery" thing. Down to 3% with 5200mah strapped. Flies all normal, no forced landing, not even beeps. Flight behaviour as in normal p-mode.
 
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Just to confirm (also for @sprtbkrydr )
Flew for the 1st time since several days and tried the " non dji battery" thing. Down to 3% with 5200mah strapped. Flies all normal, no forced landing, not even beeps. Flight behaviour as in normal p-mode.

What kind of time did you get? Just single 5200? I was curious about this too.
 

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