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Agreed, this is an interesting topic and as an engineer, what is said about the slow discharge of the batteries is correct; also the fact that leaving them on the charger makes no difference, given the charger stops charging once a battery is full. But I have offered my drone to the local fire department for SAR and firefighting use and there is no notice when a call is received. So, I would like to have my batteries remain at full charge for when I need to grab my drone and run. There are several ways to do this, with caveats. One way is to have a simple 7-day, AC wall timer that runs for, say 3 hours, to charge the batteries (and controller), then shuts off for, say 3 days, before repeating. That would ensure the batteries stay nearly fully charged, with the caveat that there would be 100+ charge cycles over a year. Does anyone have experience as to a deleterious effect on battery life as a function of number of charge cycles?