It’s really awesome of you to make this video series. I’m a relatively experienced pilot and builder, having been into FPV for almost 4 years now. Like yourself. But I still enjoy watching the videos, and it’s really cool to see that you are willing to share all of your knowledge. You are helping to bring new pilots into our hobby, and that is priceless. The more the merrier.
For new flier that wants to "future proof" (and have the "hot setup like Steele") of 6S, they can build/buy a 6S and limit the throttle to 70%. The bonus (besides being able to "turn it up" when ready) is about 25-30% more flight time. That's a very nice thing all by itself, and you will get longer battery life because you are babying them flying like that. Good video!
I want to try that. Whats a good 6s grade motor for freestyle? I fly a 5", with 4s, HT Cricket 2450s + 5×4×3s. Looking for smooth maneuvering with good punchout for flicks.
@@jewishjitsu The Xing 2208 1700kv on the Mamba Stack is my go to setup turning 6" (or larger) props on a Iflight long arm frame with DJI video (it's worth the weight and money IMO). If you're new to the game, or just enjoy proximity and flying thru the air like me, consider the 6" setup. With good batteries (RDQ 6S1250) you'll get super smooth flight and long flights as well as a rugged package that you can fly more than fix. On 4S you'll lose quite a lot of flight time, but it'll still fly fine although not so "punchy" on the hit. 6" on 6S is my favorite and it'll still do the flippity flip thing, but a tad slower (and easier to master), but is much more enjoyable if you just enjoy flying and aren't making videos for the youtube gang. If you're looking for 5" extra light, extra full speed stuff - The Xing 2207 1800 (you can get them in 1700kv or 1800kv) would probably be better for a strictly 5" setup like yours. A Mamba stack on Betaflight defaults ought to fly great if you limit the throttle to 50 to 75%. Make sure you don't just chop the top off, you need to reset the span so you get full range throttle control. Looks at Oscars rundown on setups like this (oscarliang.com/best-motors-props/). The 2207 is a great motor, I'm using them on 6" machines on 6S, and they work hard, but pull plenty hard, and still live. For strictly 6" I run the wider 2208. Smooth thru the middle with a top on that comes on plenty hard, but not so abrupt it's just a moonshot. You can play with betaflight and smooth things out a bit if you want to go more cinematic. I'd bet if you use the 2207 1800kv in your setup with throttle set to top out from 50 to 75% (depending on how new you are and how smooth you'd like it) You'll find it flies great on defaults. Hope that helps. Try the 6" 2208 setup if you have the budget, you won't be sorry. It's a bit bigger and still rips, but slows down nicely, which is fun, especially if you have High def video. If you need to know more hit me back again. Happy flying!
@@scottmarshall6766 Thank you for the detailed response. Ill look into buying a Armattan 6" tonight. Thanks! Sidebar, a 2208 would be taller than a 2207, not wider, wouldn't that only help with high end?
got into fpv about 30 days ago. watched 100s of videos and learned a lot. Somehow you havent popped into my feed yet I have heard your name a dozen times. This was my first video and feel like I messed up by not watching your video's sooner. Great video !! Ill definitely will be watching more.
S means cells in a series configuration (most common) - used to increase overall pack voltage. P means cells in a parallel configuration (less common) - used to increase overall pack capacity.
I'm still happy on 4S lipos, and you are the first pilot to confirm my handling with them, not over-discharging and taking care of the babes made them live long and healthy! 😂😅 No, I don't give them names!
Yeah!!!! I love the duck on your side :D Duck power! Coincoin! Thanks Steele for all those info. One additionnal thing is: they don"t like cold, and reach the down limit very fast when you pull on them.
When to read this voltage numbers ? 1in flight ? 2 if landed and motors are spinning air mode ? 3 when dissarmed ? I believe 3, so inflight u can go a bit lower in volt
You've nailed it man... I fully agree landing at nominal voltage (14.8V) although it's quite hard to comprehend for a beginner. Well, at least it was for me :D I tend to keep flying until it show 14.3-14.4 on the OSD while slow cruising that's roughly 14.8 after landing. Your video is super helpful, I've learned it the hard way though :(
When your hobby is your passion, you can talk about it all day. All the learning was never 'work' and was absorbed considerably easier than algebra I'm sure. Get me on topics like FPV, Electronics or guitar and you'll be looking for the door lol.
Thanks... you've confirmed I'm doing the right thing. I stop at 3.5 in flight which is 3.7 resting. Not because I can't get more but because the thing flys terrible.
I have something to say about the Rotor Riot Practice Battery. It great! It's the first battery I bought for my hawk 5 and it's still like new in the way it performs. Sure it's a heavy 1500mah tank, but the cells are especially good. No joke. I'm not affiliated with RR in any monetary way. It's that good. I've ran it down to 11v multiple times. No puffing or loss of capacity. Slight volt sag is all I saw. Battery stays cool no matter what and it's the only battery that I never had to repair the balance leads on.
Superb video, really informative and well put together. You’re knocking it out the park with this ethix stuff my dude! I have to say loving the S3’s man, there so responsive and have proven to be really durable. I didn’t expect any prop to drag me away from my long standing cyclone addiction!
I was able to revive a pretty new LiPo that was connected to a flyaway that was found some days later. That battery was flat. I charged it on a NiCd setting at 100mA until the cell voltage was high enough that lipo mode would accept the battery.
Its funny to hear your opinion on this. Ive started trying to be landing my kwads at 3.7-3.6 per cell if possible. The only time I go lower then that is if Im trying to get back to myself from a long-rangish flight. Ive had friends tell me its fin to go down to 3.5-3.4 per cell but I like to be on the safer side and thats probably why I get about a years worth of life from my batteries vs their 2-4 months of life.
Great vid Steele! I'm a destroyer of 1S batts in brushless whoops. Charging the 1S batteries at high currents just as to not run out of charged batteries for the next race. Batteries are almost hot after a race in my son's Blade BL. My HVs, 4.35V, last less time than another BL running 4.2V 1S batts. Keeping up with charged batts per race, with three chargers, my Bets 75 Pro and my son's BL, making it through a two minute race, just seems to be a recipe for battery death. My 4S Ghost though gets great battery life. I think for the reasons you mention. More voltage overhead. Luckily 1S whoop batteries are cheaper, yet I purchase quite a few at a time. Aw, the early days of Inductrix flying! Little kwads, cheap easy batteries, long fun flight times..... Peace...Guy
Great video man very good information. A lot of people don’t care of their packs. I learned a lot about what it means to care for lipo packs when I started buying 12s 5000mah for my helicopters 300 bucks a battery hurts when they go bad early because you didn’t take care of em.
Since videos 3-5 got through whoops, as a beginner I'm not flying a 5" yet, I was expecting this video to talk about basic lipos, chargers, how they work, safety, fire risk, fancy bags, and maybe even something about 1s batteries, since that's what came with the whoop you recommended. I'm going to have to come back and watch this one later. Edit: lol, all that stuff is in the next video, part 7.
Hellzz yeahh I feel good everything you talked about I've been doing for the past 3 year's and yes my batteries last a very long time Thanx for the video.
Hey, I've been doing it right since I started fpv😁. I heard only go to 80% of mAh when I bought my first batteries, forget who/where. I also charge to storage voltage after using them, don't know if I should or not. Maybe Mr. Steele covers this in the video. Thank Steele for the info, I will now finish watching.😎
Agree with everything but rather than service life by months I use cycles. Yes it's a pita but gives me a better idea of how old my packs are. I dont fly the same amount month after month. Take care of your batteries, they're not cheap.
Can you PLEASE do a follow-up discussing the amps at which you charge/discharge based on mah of batteries? And using a parallel board with do's and don'ts. THANK YOU.
I fly micro 1S drones. HV batteries at 4.35 sag to 3.7 in seconds after flight. I fly them to 3.3 and only get 1.5 minutes. If I flew them to 3.8, it would only get 30 seconds of flight time!
Meanwhile I get like 6-7 min of putzing around with my 6” efficiency setup on 4s. But then again, I am underpowered. I don’t really fly “Balls to the Wall”, because I am a more mellow slow paced person. Anyways, good video, but I think you should explain voltage sag more. When I was a beginner, I didn’t know what voltage sag was.
I have a 3s 6Ah, 60c since 2019 and never used it down to 3.0v, but my charger always discharged it down to 3.0v with 1.5A - couldn't change the default voltage value, and the manufacturer recomended the same. I did a full charge, full discharge and storage every month when I didn't use it. And now still has 6012mah (originaly had 6025) if I discharge it to 3v/cell and 0 puffing. Also my boat draws around 140A at max load. I didn't check the internal resistance tho, but I feel no difference in throttle response or capacity.
Take about 80% off (1000mah battery you can drain 800mah) Better to under discharge than over discharge. don't leave batteries fully charged/ empty for more than 2 days. Goggle/ radio batteries don't need to be put at storage unless being left for a week or so. Date batteries so you can tell how much abuse they have endured. Nomral per cell = 3.50V - 4.20V Storage Voltage per cell = 3.70V - 3.90V 2S = 7.40V - 8.40V 4S = 14.80V - 16.80V 6S = 22.20V - 25.20V just a summary of the video for anyone that wants it :)
Nice video, ths! Please, make video with storage lipo batteries. Bags, bunkers or something else. Safe charging, discharging. Im new in this hobby and i afraid of fire from lipos
I'm sure you are aware the S is series not cell. so the 4s pack we use are 4s 1p. I have had people very confused in the past as to why we don't say 4C. If producing educational type videos this kind of basic fact should be noted. you also didn't mention what you store at I like 3.85V and then charge as 4S 10P @ 1C this allows leaving charging nice and close to going flying.
i have some some adrenalines from 2017! they've degraded, but still flyable, i generally can still pull about 800-900 mah out of the 6 remaining packs in this series, but they are not as powerful as my new packs. great for a cruise or messing around, though they probably have only 100-150 charge cycles over that time period honestly
They should just chill there and not change No need to check at Storage voltage. Do make sure they are kept in s climate controlled environment. Maintained within a range of 60-85 F degrees
As a beginner batteries are the most stressful and deterring part of getting into fpv for me. I understand the basics of it though. But I have a lot of hobbies and I don't need to have a hobby that needs to be checked in on every couple days for potentially and hour or more of my time
You're much more conservative with the landing voltages than I am. I try to land them at 3.3v so they come up a little when resting. They seem to last at least a year like that. I do put them into storage after 3 or so days, though.
i like the ducky in the corner XD
@@caseharley6509 Wooowww damn, you are like the lowest tier of scammers then?
One of the most comprehensive videos on LiPo batteries as it relates to RC Aircrafts that I have ever seen. Thank you!
Might just be the best video on Lipos 🔋 on the interweb! ...runs 🏃🏻♂️ home in a panic to put lipos on storage voltage! 🤣 Keep up the great work!
The guy can speak! Thats always endearing.
It’s really awesome of you to make this video series. I’m a relatively experienced pilot and builder, having been into FPV for almost 4 years now. Like yourself. But I still enjoy watching the videos, and it’s really cool to see that you are willing to share all of your knowledge. You are helping to bring new pilots into our hobby, and that is priceless. The more the merrier.
For new flier that wants to "future proof" (and have the "hot setup like Steele") of 6S, they can build/buy a 6S and limit the throttle to 70%. The bonus (besides being able to "turn it up" when ready) is about 25-30% more flight time. That's a very nice thing all by itself, and you will get longer battery life because you are babying them flying like that.
Good video!
I want to try that. Whats a good 6s grade motor for freestyle?
I fly a 5", with 4s, HT Cricket 2450s + 5×4×3s.
Looking for smooth maneuvering with good punchout for flicks.
@@jewishjitsu The Xing 2208 1700kv on the Mamba Stack is my go to setup turning 6" (or larger) props on a Iflight long arm frame with DJI video (it's worth the weight and money IMO). If you're new to the game, or just enjoy proximity and flying thru the air like me, consider the 6" setup. With good batteries (RDQ 6S1250) you'll get super smooth flight and long flights as well as a rugged package that you can fly more than fix. On 4S you'll lose quite a lot of flight time, but it'll still fly fine although not so "punchy" on the hit. 6" on 6S is my favorite and it'll still do the flippity flip thing, but a tad slower (and easier to master), but is much more enjoyable if you just enjoy flying and aren't making videos for the youtube gang. If you're looking for 5" extra light, extra full speed stuff - The Xing 2207 1800 (you can get them in 1700kv or 1800kv) would probably be better for a strictly 5" setup like yours. A Mamba stack on Betaflight defaults ought to fly great if you limit the throttle to 50 to 75%. Make sure you don't just chop the top off, you need to reset the span so you get full range throttle control.
Looks at Oscars rundown on setups like this (oscarliang.com/best-motors-props/).
The 2207 is a great motor, I'm using them on 6" machines on 6S, and they work hard, but pull plenty hard, and still live. For strictly 6" I run the wider 2208. Smooth thru the middle with a top on that comes on plenty hard, but not so abrupt it's just a moonshot. You can play with betaflight and smooth things out a bit if you want to go more cinematic.
I'd bet if you use the 2207 1800kv in your setup with throttle set to top out from 50 to 75% (depending on how new you are and how smooth you'd like it) You'll find it flies great on defaults. Hope that helps. Try the 6" 2208 setup if you have the budget, you won't be sorry. It's a bit bigger and still rips, but slows down nicely, which is fun, especially if you have High def video. If you need to know more hit me back again. Happy flying!
@@scottmarshall6766 Thank you for the detailed response. Ill look into buying a Armattan 6" tonight. Thanks!
Sidebar, a 2208 would be taller than a 2207, not wider, wouldn't that only help with high end?
got into fpv about 30 days ago. watched 100s of videos and learned a lot. Somehow you havent popped into my feed yet I have heard your name a dozen times. This was my first video and feel like I messed up by not watching your video's sooner. Great video !! Ill definitely will be watching more.
Steele is the shit
Holy hell! It's Steele from the future! I'm watching this in January 2019, but for him in the video it's already Febuary 2019! Boom. Mind blown.
S means cells in a series configuration (most common) - used to increase overall pack voltage.
P means cells in a parallel configuration (less common) - used to increase overall pack capacity.
Series is used to control voltage delivery. It's easier to lower voltage than to rise it.
Parallel is for delivering large currents.
Mário Rui Santos and capacity is exactly the same, 4 1000mAh cells have the same capacity either in series or parallel.
@@dmalovic but it draws more amps because of less available volts, yes?
Just finished my first build yesterday and wanted to charge my first lipo at the weekend. Perfect timing for this video 🙌
The best video on Lipos on TH-cam so far. That was very helpful. Thank you very much 👏👏
I'm still happy on 4S lipos, and you are the first pilot to confirm my handling with them, not over-discharging and taking care of the babes made them live long and healthy!
😂😅 No, I don't give them names!
Hahaha. Naming packs would be funny though
Yeah!!!! I love the duck on your side :D
Duck power! Coincoin!
Thanks Steele for all those info. One additionnal thing is: they don"t like cold, and reach the down limit very fast when you pull on them.
Who doesn't have a duck? I do! Hahahaha
I'm a noob in the fpv community. What's up with the duck??
@@opossumfpvSame meaning as an upside down pineapple.
I came back a couple of time in the last year... Very valuable stuff! Thanks
Really great advice. I never knew how long to really wait after they've been charged, thanks.
Great video Steele
When to read this voltage numbers ?
1in flight ?
2 if landed and motors are spinning air mode ?
3 when dissarmed ?
I believe 3, so inflight u can go a bit lower in volt
3.7 after flight, in flight i drain my lipos down to 3.1/3.2 v per cell.
What should be right?
i use them for over 3 years now and I had no Problem whith this, the capacity is only slightly reduced becourse they are old. (
Thanks! I'm really looking forward to the 4S/6S video.
Thanks for the great info and all your efforts in helping the community!
You've nailed it man... I fully agree landing at nominal voltage (14.8V) although it's quite hard to comprehend for a beginner. Well, at least it was for me :D I tend to keep flying until it show 14.3-14.4 on the OSD while slow cruising that's roughly 14.8 after landing.
Your video is super helpful, I've learned it the hard way though :(
Thx a million for this video. Helped me a lot :) High five from Norway
this man freestyled everything, not one single cut, respect
clearly a sign he knows his shit. Like seriously knows it. Eat breathe sleep walk FPV
perhaps he was recording on a drone and battery life was limiting length of the video :P
Have you asked him out yet? That mustache is calling ya buddy
CRAZY!
When your hobby is your passion, you can talk about it all day. All the learning was never 'work' and was absorbed considerably easier than algebra I'm sure. Get me on topics like FPV, Electronics or guitar and you'll be looking for the door lol.
You always inspire me in this hobby. Really dig how you take care of your equipment. That sponge bob trick was sick. Peace out Mr.Steele.
THANKS STEELE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE VERY INFORMATIVE ANSWERS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT LIPOS 🙏
🙏🏼. Super glad I can help man. Video coming out soon about charging :))). Maybe tomorrow evening.
Thanks... you've confirmed I'm doing the right thing. I stop at 3.5 in flight which is 3.7 resting. Not because I can't get more but because the thing flys terrible.
Good Video. Spot on advice. Just the facts, without all the Technical jargon, that goes right over the head of most newbs anyway.
I have something to say about the Rotor Riot Practice Battery. It great! It's the first battery I bought for my hawk 5 and it's still like new in the way it performs. Sure it's a heavy 1500mah tank, but the cells are especially good. No joke. I'm not affiliated with RR in any monetary way. It's that good. I've ran it down to 11v multiple times. No puffing or loss of capacity. Slight volt sag is all I saw. Battery stays cool no matter what and it's the only battery that I never had to repair the balance leads on.
Awesome series, FPV needs this content so much. Cheers!
Outstanding Steele 👍 thanks brother
I love how you have a para glider in the background
Superb video, really informative and well put together. You’re knocking it out the park with this ethix stuff my dude! I have to say loving the S3’s man, there so responsive and have proven to be really durable. I didn’t expect any prop to drag me away from my long standing cyclone addiction!
I was able to revive a pretty new LiPo that was connected to a flyaway that was found some days later. That battery was flat. I charged it on a NiCd setting at 100mA until the cell voltage was high enough that lipo mode would accept the battery.
The definition of “balls to the walls” killed me 😂😂
This was perfect to share on my Facebook group today.
Its funny to hear your opinion on this. Ive started trying to be landing my kwads at 3.7-3.6 per cell if possible. The only time I go lower then that is if Im trying to get back to myself from a long-rangish flight. Ive had friends tell me its fin to go down to 3.5-3.4 per cell but I like to be on the safer side and thats probably why I get about a years worth of life from my batteries vs their 2-4 months of life.
Great vid Steele! I'm a destroyer of 1S batts in brushless whoops. Charging the 1S batteries at high currents just as to not run out of charged batteries for the next race. Batteries are almost hot after a race in my son's Blade BL. My HVs, 4.35V, last less time than another BL running 4.2V 1S batts. Keeping up with charged batts per race, with three chargers, my Bets 75 Pro and my son's BL, making it through a two minute race, just seems to be a recipe for battery death. My 4S Ghost though gets great battery life. I think for the reasons you mention. More voltage overhead. Luckily 1S whoop batteries are cheaper, yet I purchase quite a few at a time. Aw, the early days of Inductrix flying! Little kwads, cheap easy batteries, long fun flight times..... Peace...Guy
Thanks again for all the help in getting this info out there
Great video man very good information. A lot of people don’t care of their packs. I learned a lot about what it means to care for lipo packs when I started buying 12s 5000mah for my helicopters 300 bucks a battery hurts when they go bad early because you didn’t take care of em.
The episode i was expecting the most! thanks dude!
Very practical and easy to understand. Thanks!
Concise and to the point. Thanks as usual!
Thank you for this most valuable info!
Thanks for the easy lesson lipo. I fried all the original packs I got in a couple weeks. It's all clear now
Thanks Steel, always good to get a reminder👌
Since videos 3-5 got through whoops, as a beginner I'm not flying a 5" yet, I was expecting this video to talk about basic lipos, chargers, how they work, safety, fire risk, fancy bags, and maybe even something about 1s batteries, since that's what came with the whoop you recommended. I'm going to have to come back and watch this one later.
Edit: lol, all that stuff is in the next video, part 7.
Nice insulated garage door!!!
Fresh packs means more trix`s... and good recoveries.. am glad your teaching fellow hobby est... cheers steel dog🐾
Batteries in A quick nutshell, thanks so needed this info!
best video about lipo´s, thank you! :)
What about 1S tiny whoop lipos? Those sag to 3.5v not long after take off...
Super super util video, thank you so much.
I was hoping so much for this video!!!! Thank you!
"Keep in mind when I say 'balls to the wall' I mean full on RIPPING" -steele 2019
Thanks big dawg.
very informative for a beginner like myself. as are most of your FPV videos
Thanks Steele very well explained been looks for a video like this.
Hellzz yeahh I feel good everything you talked about I've been doing for the past 3 year's and yes my batteries last a very long time Thanx for the video.
Hey, I've been doing it right since I started fpv😁. I heard only go to 80% of mAh when I bought my first batteries, forget who/where. I also charge to storage voltage after using them, don't know if I should or not. Maybe Mr. Steele covers this in the video. Thank Steele for the info, I will now finish watching.😎
Great video!! I learned something
Agree with everything but rather than service life by months I use cycles. Yes it's a pita but gives me a better idea of how old my packs are. I dont fly the same amount month after month. Take care of your batteries, they're not cheap.
Can you PLEASE do a follow-up discussing the amps at which you charge/discharge based on mah of batteries? And using a parallel board with do's and don'ts. THANK YOU.
Less that 24 hours away :). Video going live at 10:30am Friday
I fly micro 1S drones. HV batteries at 4.35 sag to 3.7 in seconds after flight. I fly them to 3.3 and only get 1.5 minutes. If I flew them to 3.8, it would only get 30 seconds of flight time!
thank you very much for the educational videos
Steele you are my hero.
This video poped up after watching you recently fly a 6s down to 15 volts lol
Thank you for making this video. Super helpful!
Great info and solid presentation.
Nice job, thanks for the advice! ✌️
Great Video for a rookie like myself . Thanks bro !!!!
Meanwhile I get like 6-7 min of putzing around with my 6” efficiency setup on 4s. But then again, I am underpowered.
I don’t really fly “Balls to the Wall”, because I am a more mellow slow paced person.
Anyways, good video, but I think you should explain voltage sag more. When I was a beginner, I didn’t know what voltage sag was.
I have a 3s 6Ah, 60c since 2019 and never used it down to 3.0v,
but my charger always discharged it down to 3.0v with 1.5A - couldn't change the default voltage value, and the manufacturer recomended the same.
I did a full charge, full discharge and storage every month when I didn't use it.
And now still has 6012mah (originaly had 6025) if I discharge it to 3v/cell and 0 puffing. Also my boat draws around 140A at max load.
I didn't check the internal resistance tho, but I feel no difference in throttle response or capacity.
Thank you for all that you do for us 🤘🤘
Perfectly explained thanks
Take about 80% off (1000mah battery you can drain 800mah)
Better to under discharge than over discharge.
don't leave batteries fully charged/ empty for more than 2 days.
Goggle/ radio batteries don't need to be put at storage unless being left for a week or so.
Date batteries so you can tell how much abuse they have endured.
Nomral per cell = 3.50V - 4.20V
Storage Voltage per cell = 3.70V - 3.90V
2S = 7.40V - 8.40V
4S = 14.80V - 16.80V
6S = 22.20V - 25.20V
just a summary of the video for anyone that wants it :)
Hi there, newbies! Please forget about "amperage" - it's called current.
Tomato 🍅
Volts... Milliamp~Hours ... :D .... {V} ..... {maH}
Great video!
Thank you.
Sincerely
Great video bruh!
Thanks for this insight on battery use!
Awesome paramotor back there, Im trying to get into that in a few years
you should consider doing a technical blog about the subject.
Great topic, dude! 😊
Good valuable info here...awesome video cuz...thanks
Thank you
nice, nice video...all in one take congrats!
I fly 3s and 4s but i like using the 3s its fast enouh for my smaller Drohne (3,5") For my 5"i use 4s-5s
Perfect vid so much info boom bam quick easy simple💥
Just check spektrum smart lipo battery, you can program them for discharge on 48 or 72hrs
Nice video, ths! Please, make video with storage lipo batteries. Bags, bunkers or something else. Safe charging, discharging. Im new in this hobby and i afraid of fire from lipos
Charging video coming Friday 10:30am EST
I'm sure you are aware the S is series not cell. so the 4s pack we use are 4s 1p. I have had people very confused in the past as to why we don't say 4C. If producing educational type videos this kind of basic fact should be noted. you also didn't mention what you store at I like 3.85V and then charge as 4S 10P @ 1C this allows leaving charging nice and close to going flying.
I wasn’t aware. But for this area of the Hobby. It doesn’t really matter. We don’t have parallel batteries for flight packs
also please talk about parallel charging in these batteries
10:30am Friday. Be there
i have some some adrenalines from 2017! they've degraded, but still flyable, i generally can still pull about 800-900 mah out of the 6 remaining packs in this series, but they are not as powerful as my new packs. great for a cruise or messing around, though they probably have only 100-150 charge cycles over that time period honestly
Once you put the lipos at storage level, how long should you re-check the battery? For those long winter months.
They should just chill there and not change No need to check at Storage voltage. Do make sure they are kept in s climate controlled environment. Maintained within a range of 60-85 F degrees
@@MrSteeleFPV Good to know, also very informative video....not as fun as chasing race cars though but just as needed.
Good information my dude
As a beginner batteries are the most stressful and deterring part of getting into fpv for me. I understand the basics of it though. But I have a lot of hobbies and I don't need to have a hobby that needs to be checked in on every couple days for potentially and hour or more of my time
Good info Mr Steele!
I wish I'd found this video 2 years ago :)))
You're much more conservative with the landing voltages than I am.
I try to land them at 3.3v so they come up a little when resting.
They seem to last at least a year like that. I do put them into storage after 3 or so days, though.
Great vid thanks. Wondering if you could follow up with how to safely dispose of used/damaged lipos?
Cheers
thanks
Today after 2 years in this hobby I ordered my first 4s packs. In another 2 years I will try 6s. And you will fly with 8 or 10s maybe.. 😁
@Brandon S Technology upgrades so fast.. my wallet can't hold up 😄