Quick battery question.....

Peregrine · Apr 29, 2017

Hi all

Just a quickie.... I got carried away, and charged all 3 of my batteries up in readiness for tomorrow. However, a glance at the weather forecast has made flying very doubtful. Are the batteries okay sat in a state of fully charged for a few days, or should I just hover the Mavic in the hallway and discharge them all? I used to race R/C cars many moons back, and storing charged batteries (ni-cads) was never a good idea back then, but I know that battery tech has moved on since. Any advice greatly appreciated. Apart from check the weather forecast BEFORE charging. I just learnt that one, lol

Boog0822 · Apr 29, 2017

They discharge down to about 50% on their own after about a week. They'll be fine.

Peregrine · Apr 29, 2017

Thanks for that. Still hoping for an incorrect forecast, so I can run them down as nature intended, but that may be a tad optimistic. Much obliged

Former Member · Apr 29, 2017

Peregrine said:
Hi all

Just a quickie.... I got carried away, and charged all 3 of my batteries up in readiness for tomorrow. However, a glance at the weather forecast has made flying very doubtful. Are the batteries okay sat in a state of fully charged for a few days, or should I just hover the Mavic in the hallway and discharge them all? I used to race R/C cars many moons back, and storing charged batteries (ni-cads) was never a good idea back then, but I know that battery tech has moved on since. Any advice greatly appreciated. Apart from check the weather forecast BEFORE charging. I just learnt that one, lol

Im another RC car guy too, and storing lipos fully charged is not a good idea. They were made to charge and go, not sit fully charged for any length of time. The backup plan that DJI came up with is if you forget to discharge, they will have you covered by allowing you to set the auto-discharge time from 1 - 10 days. But if you want them to last longer, take it into the hall and run it for 5-7 minutes. Your RC car instinct was right.