How to Prolong your Drone Battery Life and get Maximum Flight Time in Cold Weather
Today, we talk about deep-cycling your batteries. It is important, especially during winter, that you do what you can to maintain their drone battery life.
One of the problems, however, is that it can be hard to deep-cycle batteries when it’s cold outside. You may notice that the voltage drops, for example. This can cause problems in their endurance and limit the lifespan of your batteries when it’s cold outside.
In order to help you keep your batteries alive, we offer some advice on how to deep-cycle them properly. We also discuss some of the problems you may encounter during winter and how you can work through them. Thanks to Eric for the question! Fly safe!
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Timestamps
- [02:12] Today, we talk about deep-cycling for increasing your drone battery life
- [02:41] Paul answers the question
- [02:46] Can deep cycling batteries result in reduced drone battery life?
- [03:01] What is the correct way to deep cycle your batteries?
- [03:14] At what voltage should you bring your drone back?
- [03:51] Will you get a really short drone battery life in really cold weather?
- [04:13] What is dew point temperature differentiation? How can it affect flight?
- [05:00] Paul provides some great tips for flying the Inspire 2, Yuneec and Phantom 4 Pro in cold weather
- [05:40] What should be your battery temperature for optimum output?
- [06:10] Paul suggests using hand warmers with stick patches while handling your drone remote