Recent content by rames1651

A diligent Pre flight check every time. Battery, arms and camera firmly locked in place. Solid GPS lock with RTH site confirmed. Then check the battery again.

Very good. Thanks for the information and have a good holiday.

At the risk of going off thread topic: Are you using software for the battery logs?

I do appreciate the feedback. As we ramp up the budget on our drone program, a more rigorous battery maintenance schedule like yours will be critical. I'm just saying I don't have this issue with my Phantom 4 batteries. Maybe I lucked out an got four super batteries that can handle being...

You would think for a $200 'commercial' battery you'd be getting smart tech and not $40 Turnigy. Lesson learned the hard way. May I be a beacon for others.....

Its Hellenic International in Greece Hellenic International I imagine they have different UAS rules there......

I agree that fully charged is not the best battery storage practice. However, the DJI batts are treated the same way without any performance loss.

The Yuneec batts are a disappointment. I had three go down with bad cells after only 5 months & 10 charging cycles each. They're nothing special on the inside. Looks like the same 5kmAh 4S HK sells for $40. See pic. Meanwhile my four DJI P4 batts are two years old & 30 cycles each and are...

Battery was the first thing I checked due to my previous incident. That was fine and GPS was in the green on the ST16. I'm downloading the logs now. It was line of sight only 1600 feet away.

Had a loss of comm issue today where the H520 landed where it was instead of returning to home. Unfortunately, it was over a heavy tree stand at the time and the E50 detached on impact and was destroyed. I had a battery disconnect earlier this year (my fault for not double checking the latch)...