Had not flown in several months and last night broke out the kit and charged my m2p batteries and also the smart controller while doing updates.
to my surprise the controller battery was fairly full but was in the charger for around 2 hours and when I turned it off said 99%.
Got up early to try and catch some sunrise pics. Ran the controller in the truck a while before enough light - maybe 10 min and a couple of 2 min flights to check light.
then launched and was In the air less than 5 min then the controller shut off with no notification - blinking one battery light. No control of drone. Fortunately it was set to return home and had a good lock -except it locked RTH at about 6’ above ground. Did. It have my regular controller and wasn’t sure how I’d get it out of the air - eventually was above to just grab it and pull it down / flip it over to turn off as the battery started to drain. Crisis adverted but has some panic moments there.
it was about 30 degrees out this am
Was the battery not fully charged and giving me a false level? Any way to check battery status and health of the SC? Not trusting it very much at the moment.
If I had my regular controller I assume I could have switched over to it? If so I’ll keep it in my kit from now on.
to my surprise the controller battery was fairly full but was in the charger for around 2 hours and when I turned it off said 99%.
Got up early to try and catch some sunrise pics. Ran the controller in the truck a while before enough light - maybe 10 min and a couple of 2 min flights to check light.
then launched and was In the air less than 5 min then the controller shut off with no notification - blinking one battery light. No control of drone. Fortunately it was set to return home and had a good lock -except it locked RTH at about 6’ above ground. Did. It have my regular controller and wasn’t sure how I’d get it out of the air - eventually was above to just grab it and pull it down / flip it over to turn off as the battery started to drain. Crisis adverted but has some panic moments there.
it was about 30 degrees out this am
Was the battery not fully charged and giving me a false level? Any way to check battery status and health of the SC? Not trusting it very much at the moment.
If I had my regular controller I assume I could have switched over to it? If so I’ll keep it in my kit from now on.