When I saw this video on batteries was 50 minutes long I laughed. Then I started watching it, and 50 minutes later I "liked" the video and saved it under "favorites". Very informative! Thank you for your time and effort here.
sir., you just give me a serious amount of valuable information about how to take care of my spark batteries., am sersly so thankfull for u for making dis kind of huge helpfull information., and ur such a great person., ur talkings js felt like my father itself taking care about me.. hats off sir., dir might people who dislike your video or make negative comment on u., kindly dont bother am asking sorry for them, you are a truly great man with truly great ideas
I learned everything I know about the Spark and it’s accessories from you and one other You Tuber. I thank you for teaching me! And I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your “clips”. AND don’t pay attention to the haters...they are all over the place. Well, this is not exactly on point, but after flying my Spark for two months, I brought it to the Bahamas and have gotten some fabulous footage. Except for the first couple of days after I first got my Spark, I’ve experienced no anxiety. When I arrived here two weeks ago I went to the flats for my first over water (very shallow, maybe 2 inches) and the flight was awesome. Since then I’ve flown over water every day. I even flew from my island over to Eleuthera, at least a half mile away. YESTERDAY MY SPARK FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND PLOPPED INTO THE BAY!!! I was filming my wife and puppy dog swimming off shore and it crashed right in front of them. She immediately picked it up but it was a gonner! I bought the protection package so let’s see how that works. I just can’t figure out what happened. I did everything right. I flew with an excellent signal and otg cord, calibrated the compass...everything. What a disappointment! I never thought it would happen to me. I’m afraid I will be anxious for a long time because of this!
Thanks for all this information on the intelligent batteries. For the "know it alls" that complained about the length of this video, firstly, you did prologue the video by telling us you put a time code log in the description. I don't know how that could not appease anyone who has a problem with the length of the video. And the fact that DJI includes a separate manual just for the intelligent battery is reason enough for you to spend as much time as you do explaining it all to us. I for one greatly appreciate it.
Thanks for the effort you put in making your videos. Yes, this one was long but well worth the time to watch. A cup of coffee, a pastry and your videos are a good start to a morning or the end of the day. I appreciate the conversational way in which you make your presentations, like talking with a friend. Don't change. There is a pause and fast forward button for those who prefer short and to the point.
thank you for posting this video. I recently got a Spark for Christmas and I haven't been storing them properly. I'm glad I watched this video before any permanent damage starts
Watched this video and immediately went online and purchased the covers for the batteries. Only just bought my Spark, I'd never had thought about any of this detail previous to watching this video. I'll ensure to follow all tips given. Thanks for a great video.
Thank's for all your great videos. I ruined 3 Phantom 2 vision batteries by storing them for a long time and not charging them at all. A very expensive lesson. Should have watched your videos sooner. Who are the 50 loosers who would dislike your videos!
...almost 2 years after you posted this and you are still helping your followers :-) I have a friend that is thinking about getting into flying and I wanted to point him towards some good information. Your channel was among the first I thought to share with him. He is looking at entry level drones and I was just looking for the average flight-time of a DJI Spark to give him some ballpark numbers...and ended up listening to your 50 minute video. Great information. Thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge.
Very informative video, I appreciate all the effort and research gone into this. I know a lot more now about the Sparks intelligent battery than I did a short 50 minutes ago, thank you. And to the many who are commenting on the length of the video, if you are too busy (or suffer from a short attention span) just use the time codes included in the video description. Simple, even for me.
Holy smokes, I can't believe all these people complaining about the running time of the video. (short attention span) Thank you very much for the must needed information.
Amazing knowledge base. Very informative. For those complaining about how long it is take what you want out of it and skip past the "other" stuff you don't. Thanks for the in-depth explanation.
I have some "coffee timers", in lack of a better word, which is an easy timer that you plug in to the wall, where you click a button, for example 1-4 times, for powering the plug 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes or 1-4 hours aka charging a battery (or operating a water cooker) for a fixed amount of time. Some of these only has 30 minutes as a setting, and they often are used in public institutions or nursery homes, to ensure safety when using those water cookers. The fine thing about these, is that they are extremely useful when charging batteries for your gadgets, like in case - drones, as you will easily be able to set such a timer to charge a battery you want to store, partially charged, for example at the ideal SOC which is around 40%. Do not forget that batteries self discharge, so depending on the storage time, you might want to go a little higher than 40%. If you don’t fly your drone in the winter, store the batteries cold, still being careful about condensation when bringing the batteries into a warmer environment, keep in airtight bags. And if you are super precice about being gentle to your drone batteries, you will even want to charge them to just near full, during the night and just complete the charge next morning, when eating breakfast. Your mileage may vary, depending on apparatuses and charging speed, there is an individual voltage vs SOC curve for different types of batteries and another option to really geek out about this, is to use an app controlled smart plug that you can program with an accuracy on the minute, and where you can program it to start the charge now, to reach 40% just after use this day, and then continue charging up to 100% the next morning, just before you leave, to use your drones or whatever, minimizing the time, the batteries are left at 100% SOC. Remember - you prolong the battery life of any of your gadgets, with such timers, and look at drones more like a worst case, with cell phones, and flashlights, powerbanka, vacuum cleaners and everything else, you of course don’t need to be super precice. It’s still about beating the power, as companies makes many gadgets that aren’t made to you being easily able to change the built in battery. Still enjoying my Spark drone after all these years, btw. 😊
High Rick, just finished watching your very detailed and enjoyable video on DJI Spark batteries. I have seen a number of your videos on various drones etc. and must say that I do admire your fluent, informative and relaxed presentation style. I have just got a second hand Spark combo having had a Reiz Tello for a few months. I am simply blown away with the little drones abilities and now feel very comfortable that I understand Spark batteries. Keep on producing - I am certainly a fan. Best regards. Tony
Very informative Rick. I really appreciate the way you technically dig into things. There are a few bad practices that i wont be performing anymore. Youre my kind of nerd. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for taking the time to fully explain the batteries for the Spark. I’m late I’m the game and just purchased one recently. Your passion shines through the video and gives me that comfort knowing you know exactly what you’re talking about. Great information! I will make sure to take good care of my batteries after watching!
Great clip with useful information. I order my first drone (a Spark) and it will supposedly be delivered the end of this week. I'm sort of Obsessive in wanting to know everything I can when I find something to work on or enjoy doing and this really helped my understand more about the care and use of a Li battery and the battery controller. Thank you.
Thank you for the time you put into this. You have answered every question I have had to ask as I'm in the market to buy a spark. Your video has sealed the deal on my purchase of a spark, as it IS an investment that I want to keep for many years to come.
Thanks so much for the informative video. As opposed to other comments, the length of your presentation is great, very informative. I'm new to the DJI Spark and have only just started purchasing batteries, I have numbered them individually to make sure that I don't favor a single battery as I do not always use all the batteries at one time.
My Spark came yesterday, I will have my first flight today. Found your video before I went out. Very helpful thank you. I have subscribed to your channel, as love the way you deliver the information.
Best, comprehensive video I've seen yet. Excellent job, I learned a lot. Should have my Spark next week. It's my first Drone and I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you! Great video. Glad i found your channel. I do like how in-depth the information was. I truly appreciate your desire to "rip things open" to see how they work. Looking forward to seeing you open a battery.
Carlo, thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'll have more Spark content posting soon and I was actually out yesterday flying with a new Spark pilot for an afternoon. Best quad on the market in that price range.
Best part was when he explained that DJI builds these drones with quality that favors the customer not the bean counters! "the DJI engineers really do sweat the small stuff" Easy to get complacent at the marvel of technology today, this is a good detailed analysis, worth the 50 minutes. "team of wizards: redundancy, static eliminators etc, etc in a tiny package"
G'Day Rick. I watched the entire video as I am new to drones and want to make the most of the investment. I appreciated every single bit and learned an incredible amount. Thanks! I've subscribed and will go through more of your videos. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Cheers, Mike
Rick, great video. For those who think this video is to long you don't have to watch it from beginning to end at once. Come back as often as you need it doesn't self destruct. Maybe you covered it already but does it hurt a battery to leave it plugged in when not in use
Thanks Rick that was really educational. The only gripe I have is you said all of the tempature in celsius and not Fahrenheit. You made me have to think. Lmao. You changed my bad battery habits. I will do what you do. It makes allot of sense. .
Excellent informative video Rick!! I really like how you go in depth about the items you talk about especially with Lipo batteries. Really helps me to better understand about them
Alan, thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'm working on one now about some of the features I expect to see on the upcoming Phantom 5 so be sure to stop back. Rick
Thank you for an informative tutorial on looking after these batteries. I'm subscribing as you seem to know from experience as to how to maximise the pleasure from this hobby.
Randy, I'm happy to help. I was working on the background information for the clip when you asked for it so I bumped it up on the list of clips I was working on. Hope you enjoy the content and let me know if you have any other topics you'd like covered. Rick
Drone Valley Hope the next video your working on covers a bit on how to locate the spark when GPS and video connection is lost and it crashes somewhere. Seams like that happens to people frequently.
What an interesting and usefull review !!! Congratulations my friend !!!! I haven't seen another review as good as yours untill now !! Saludos desde Perú !!! ✌
When talking about the data pins you focused on the body receiving battery status information. However, DJI, being the wizards you so rightly pointed out, placed a key user interface on the back of the battery - the battery button, it connects to a small circuit board. And so you can send instructions to the motherboard via the battery button and battery circuit board. For example, you can reset the wifi password back to the default and temporarily lock the Spark in 2.4ghz by pushing and holding the battery button for certain numbers of seconds. So when I see battery mods that don't use the data pins, I know that they have dumbed down the drone in ways they might not have considered, over and above the loss of battery status during flights.
Thanks for the post and I know it was a longer one but I promise that the details will pay off in the long run for you by extending the life of your batteries. Thanks for watching and stay tuned, I have a lot more content posting this week. Rick
@@Dronevalley Hi, very useful tips, thanks. Now let me tell you I put my spark up fully charged in my closet for like a month and a couple of days ago I took it out and tried to charge it to full. so I can fly it but it wouldn't charge, there were 3 LEDs of charge showing on the battery as I pushed the button on the battery. I. turned it on and it came on but I didn't fly it. took the battery off and put it back on and still won't charge. Please help of you can advise something
@@Dronevalley (please help) so my spark battery has not been used in a long time, I plug it in via micro USB and it makes a fan noise then it blinks up to led 2 about 4 times then pauses a moment and repeats this process, I try turning on the battery while connected to the wall outlet and it lights up all four Leds sequentially one time then led 1 blinks 3 times and stops charging all together, if I take out the micro USB and put it back it repeats the whole process again, People said its hibernating so I leave it on charge but it only reduces the brightness of the led lights with time, plug it back in and they're bright again. I have another battery but this is something that I feel ALOT of people need help with, either I'm doing something wrong or I just need another battery.
Edwin, thanks for the post and if you want to support the channel, use this link with DJI for your Spark and we'll get a small credit - bit.ly/2U2iMuF. You might want to check out the "New Fliers Series" I just started posting to help you get comfortable with your quad. I'll have more clips posting this week so be sure to stop back. Rick
@@Dronevalley Hi, very useful tips, thanks. Hey I put my spark away in my closet for like a month, took it back out and there were 3 LEDs on the battery as I pushed the button on it. I tried to. charge it to a full battery but it won't charge. I turned it on and it came on, took the battery off and put it back on and still won't charge. please advise, thanks
Short note for 50min-complainers: Yes, this video could be shorter, but not much, maybe 35 mins, but not shorter than 30min for sure. Why? Because the guy explains WHY you should do one thing and shouldn't another. If you don't need any explanations -- just read the manual. If you would like to know WHY, to know HOW some things work and how to protect them (and you) -- proceed. I enjoyed the video, thanks man.
Georgy, thanks for the post and I appreciate the support. When I do a clip like this that covers something as important as the Lipo batteries, I like to make it as complete as possible. I know it seems long but I really wanted to take the time to explain what needs to be done to extend the life of the cells and fly safely. I hope you'll stop back soon and thanks again, Rick
Thanks a lot for the video, and just to make it absolutely clear -- I don't mind 50min long videos covering some topic in great detail. I usually watch things like this in background, so moderate speech pace and detailed explanations are things I was (and am) looking for :) Thanks for your videos, Rick!
i have 2 batteries and they wont take a charge plug them in and first 2 lights come on and nothing more when you connect it says battery is critically low what do i do to fix problem
Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'll have a lot more content posting soon so be sure and sop back so you don't miss anything. Rick
Thanks for the post but there is a lot of information packed into the clip to help you protect the most expensive accessory you'll purchase for the quad. You can skip forward as needed to get to the parts the interest you the most. I would love to have made a shorter clip but there was no way to cover the topic adequately. I hope you'll stop back soon, Rick
Watt you my also find interesting is that : while 11.4 volts x 1.48 amp hours = 16.872 watt hours -> That equals 1,012.32 watt minutes of power - that means it ( theoretically ) can supply 1 watt for 1,012.32 minutes or 1, 012.32 watts for one minute - : Now if you take those watt minutes and divide by the run time -> 1,012.32 / 16 = 63.27 watts per minute - : 63.27 watts is an approximate average on how much power the drone is using continuously for the 16 minute run time ... Sometimes math is fun :)
Thanks - fine info ! ;-) Thanks - i deleted my question (if i ruined my batteries, -by charching them fully - and leaving them (out of the charger , on my table , in my sommerhouse ;-) ) cause i found youre great info - gave me the answer , i had (franticly) hoped to get !! - and i really wanna thank you , for youre fine , and even for nontechnically inclined persons , info , on these - fantastic picture aquisition drones ,- ;-) I love the fact , that you give the engineers cadou, for great engineering ! ;-)
I'm waiting with my decision to buy my first drone until the battery life is better (40 minutes is a must). My dream drone would have photo and video quality of the Mavic Pro and the size of Spark with longer battery life and possibly folded arms. It would be very popular one among backpackers, motorcycle travellers and vloggers - as long as not too expensive. This is something I'm waiting for, this is my wish for 2018, DJI:-)
FYI the battery wont start charging whilst it is above its designated charge temp. If you stick it straight into the charger, it wont start taking a charge until it has cooled down. it's automatic. :) Of course if the charger is after market, all bets could be off.
Excellent explanation of batteries and battery care. Is there any harm to keeping the batteries for extended periods in the charger? I have the 3 battery charger that came with the "fly more" package. I assume this charger will not allow overcharging?
Randy, technically you won't have an issue since the cells turn off when full but the connectors are spring loaded with a slight curve to them to ensure a full contact and I worry that the "spring" in them might fatigue if left in the charger for long periods of time. I always leave them in the case, somewhat discharged and then charge them the morning I'm heading out for a flight. Thanks for the post and the support. Stay tuned for more content! Rick
Good info. Thank you for the time you put into it. What’s your opinion on storing the drone with a battery attached? I’m using the case it came with and have 3 batteries. I do not want to purchase a case for the 3rd or any excess accessories.
I'm not sure if you were kidding or not but there was a lot of content to cover and I wanted to make sure you could get the best use out of your batteries and wanted to be as complete as possible. Thanks for the post, Rick
When I saw this video on batteries was 50 minutes long I laughed. Then I started watching it, and 50 minutes later I "liked" the video and saved it under "favorites". Very informative! Thank you for your time and effort here.
sir., you just give me a serious amount of valuable information about how to take care of my spark batteries., am sersly so thankfull for u for making dis kind of huge helpfull information., and ur such a great person., ur talkings js felt like my father itself taking care about me.. hats off sir., dir might people who dislike your video or make negative comment on u., kindly dont bother am asking sorry for them, you are a truly great man with truly great ideas
listen to this guy ^^
@@rustypickle77 Did he mean to say "Die may people who dislike your video"? Not sure I can stand behind someone like that, lol.
I learned everything I know about the Spark and it’s accessories from you and one other You Tuber. I thank you for teaching me! And I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your “clips”. AND don’t pay attention to the haters...they are all over the place. Well, this is not exactly on point, but after flying my Spark for two months, I brought it to the Bahamas and have gotten some fabulous footage. Except for the first couple of days after I first got my Spark, I’ve experienced no anxiety. When I arrived here two weeks ago I went to the flats for my first over water (very shallow, maybe 2 inches) and the flight was awesome. Since then I’ve flown over water every day. I even flew from my island over to Eleuthera, at least a half mile away. YESTERDAY MY SPARK FELL OUT OF THE SKY AND PLOPPED INTO THE BAY!!! I was filming my wife and puppy dog swimming off shore and it crashed right in front of them. She immediately picked it up but it was a gonner! I bought the protection package so let’s see how that works. I just can’t figure out what happened. I did everything right. I flew with an excellent signal and otg cord, calibrated the compass...everything. What a disappointment! I never thought it would happen to me. I’m afraid I will be anxious for a long time because of this!
Thanks for all this information on the intelligent batteries. For the "know it alls" that complained about the length of this video, firstly, you did prologue the video by telling us you put a time code log in the description. I don't know how that could not appease anyone who has a problem with the length of the video. And the fact that DJI includes a separate manual just for the intelligent battery is reason enough for you to spend as much time as you do explaining it all to us. I for one greatly appreciate it.
Who read the manual?... Really. Is much easy to watch all this stuff and to be honest, I watch it all 50 minutes...Very good!
This guide is super in depth. Even though it’s long, at least watch this if you are serious
Thanks for the effort you put in making your videos. Yes, this one was long but well worth the time to watch. A cup of coffee, a pastry and your videos are a good start to a morning or the end of the day. I appreciate the conversational way in which you make your presentations, like talking with a friend. Don't change. There is a pause and fast forward button for those who prefer short and to the point.
thank you for posting this video. I recently got a Spark for Christmas and I haven't been storing them properly. I'm glad I watched this video before any permanent damage starts
Watched this video and immediately went online and purchased the covers for the batteries. Only just bought my Spark, I'd never had thought about any of this detail previous to watching this video. I'll ensure to follow all tips given. Thanks for a great video.
A wonderful and comprehensive look at the batteries I use for my Spark. Thanks for your very informative videos, Rick!
Sitting here and watching 50min vid about the batteries. Life is good. :-D
Thank's for all your great videos. I ruined 3 Phantom 2 vision batteries by storing them for a long time and not charging them at all. A very expensive lesson. Should have watched your videos sooner. Who are the 50 loosers who would dislike your videos!
...almost 2 years after you posted this and you are still helping your followers :-) I have a friend that is thinking about getting into flying and I wanted to point him towards some good information. Your channel was among the first I thought to share with him. He is looking at entry level drones and I was just looking for the average flight-time of a DJI Spark to give him some ballpark numbers...and ended up listening to your 50 minute video. Great information. Thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge.
Very informative video, I appreciate all the effort and research gone into this. I know a lot more now about the Sparks intelligent battery than I did a short 50 minutes ago, thank you.
And to the many who are commenting on the length of the video, if you are too busy (or suffer from a short attention span) just use the time codes included in the video description.
Simple, even for me.
Holy smokes, I can't believe all these people complaining about the running time of the video. (short attention span) Thank you very much for the must needed information.
Im new user of Spark, and this is a good video to watch at 2019 when u bought a new Spark ^^
do you still have the spark?
Amazing knowledge base. Very informative. For those complaining about how long it is take what you want out of it and skip past the "other" stuff you don't. Thanks for the in-depth explanation.
Outstanding video. Excellent detail. Despite others calling for a shorter review, I am seeking detailed information, not a quick review. Keep it up.
I just got a spark and had lots of questions on the batteries. This video answered them all. Thanks.
I have some "coffee timers", in lack of a better word, which is an easy timer that you plug in to the wall, where you click a button, for example 1-4 times, for powering the plug 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes or 1-4 hours aka charging a battery (or operating a water cooker) for a fixed amount of time. Some of these only has 30 minutes as a setting, and they often are used in public institutions or nursery homes, to ensure safety when using those water cookers.
The fine thing about these, is that they are extremely useful when charging batteries for your gadgets, like in case - drones, as you will easily be able to set such a timer to charge a battery you want to store, partially charged, for example at the ideal SOC which is around 40%. Do not forget that batteries self discharge, so depending on the storage time, you might want to go a little higher than 40%. If you don’t fly your drone in the winter, store the batteries cold, still being careful about condensation when bringing the batteries into a warmer environment, keep in airtight bags.
And if you are super precice about being gentle to your drone batteries, you will even want to charge them to just near full, during the night and just complete the charge next morning, when eating breakfast.
Your mileage may vary, depending on apparatuses and charging speed, there is an individual voltage vs SOC curve for different types of batteries and another option to really geek out about this, is to use an app controlled smart plug that you can program with an accuracy on the minute, and where you can program it to start the charge now, to reach 40% just after use this day, and then continue charging up to 100% the next morning, just before you leave, to use your drones or whatever, minimizing the time, the batteries are left at 100% SOC.
Remember - you prolong the battery life of any of your gadgets, with such timers, and look at drones more like a worst case, with cell phones, and flashlights, powerbanka, vacuum cleaners and everything else, you of course don’t need to be super precice. It’s still about beating the power, as companies makes many gadgets that aren’t made to you being easily able to change the built in battery.
Still enjoying my Spark drone after all these years, btw. 😊
High Rick, just finished watching your very detailed and enjoyable video on DJI Spark batteries. I have seen a number of your videos on various drones etc. and must say that I do admire your fluent, informative and relaxed presentation style. I have just got a second hand Spark combo having had a Reiz Tello for a few months. I am simply blown away with the little drones abilities and now feel very comfortable that I understand Spark batteries. Keep on producing - I am certainly a fan. Best regards. Tony
Very informative Rick. I really appreciate the way you technically dig into things. There are a few bad practices that i wont be performing anymore. Youre my kind of nerd. Keep up the good work.
I just spent 1/8th of my day at work listening to EVERYTHING about the SPARK Battery :) LOL
Thanks for taking the time to fully explain the batteries for the Spark. I’m late I’m the game and just purchased one recently. Your passion shines through the video and gives me that comfort knowing you know exactly what you’re talking about. Great information! I will make sure to take good care of my batteries after watching!
I'm new into drones, have to thank you for making it easy to understand the little Spark and everything i have to know about it. Thanks!
I realise it's an old video, but my fly-more just arrived today, so i'm binge watching, (storms today) so belatedly Thanks.
Great clip with useful information. I order my first drone (a Spark) and it will supposedly be delivered the end of this week. I'm sort of Obsessive in wanting to know everything I can when I find something to work on or enjoy doing and this really helped my understand more about the care and use of a Li battery and the battery controller. Thank you.
Excellent Info Thank you for being so Thorough.
Thank you for the time you put into this. You have answered every question I have had to ask as I'm in the market to buy a spark. Your video has sealed the deal on my purchase of a spark, as it IS an investment that I want to keep for many years to come.
Thanks so much for the informative video. As opposed to other comments, the length of your presentation is great, very informative. I'm new to the DJI Spark and have only just started purchasing batteries, I have numbered them individually to make sure that I don't favor a single battery as I do not always use all the batteries at one time.
So sorry Rick just posted and sent before applauding you for your outstanding in depth vid.
No problem, I really appreciate the support! Rick
Thankyou Drone Valley!It is so useful!Thankyou!He can take as much time as he need.The information are all useful to me.
Alex, thanks for the post and I'm glad you're enjoying the clips. Be sure to sub the channel as I'll have a lot more content posting this week. Rick
Drone Valley I will.
My Spark came yesterday, I will have my first flight today. Found your video before I went out. Very helpful thank you. I have subscribed to your channel, as love the way you deliver the information.
Best, comprehensive video I've seen yet. Excellent job, I learned a lot. Should have my Spark next week. It's my first Drone and I'm looking forward to it.
This is a lot of great info, even if the video is long. Appreciate what is given to you.
Thank you! Great video. Glad i found your channel. I do like how in-depth the information was. I truly appreciate your desire to "rip things open" to see how they work. Looking forward to seeing you open a battery.
Excellent product review, tricks and tips for the dji spark battery. Thank you very much.
I have just bought a spark. Great information for us nubes. Thnks Rick keep up the great work.
Really informative: now I know a lot more about my Spark's batteries and how to handle them properly. Thank you!
Carlo, thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'll have more Spark content posting soon and I was actually out yesterday flying with a new Spark pilot for an afternoon. Best quad on the market in that price range.
Best part was when he explained that DJI builds these drones with quality that favors the customer not the bean counters! "the DJI engineers really do sweat the small stuff" Easy to get complacent at the marvel of technology today, this is a good detailed analysis, worth the 50 minutes. "team of wizards: redundancy, static eliminators etc, etc in a tiny package"
Excelent guide greetings from Poland.
Great & educational video, Thanks. I just got my first drone (spark) last week and all your videos have really helped me out. Keep up the great work.
G'Day Rick.
I watched the entire video as I am new to drones and want to make the most of the investment. I appreciated every single bit and learned an incredible amount. Thanks!
I've subscribed and will go through more of your videos. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Cheers,
Mike
Great discussion, very complete. Thanks for taking the time to avoid the TLDR trap. Some people prefer the whole story.
Rick, great video. For those who think this video is to long you don't have to watch it from beginning to end at once. Come back as often as you need it doesn't self destruct. Maybe you covered it already but does it hurt a battery to leave it plugged in when not in use
Thanks Rick that was really educational. The only gripe I have is you said all of the tempature in celsius and not Fahrenheit. You made me have to think. Lmao. You changed my bad battery habits. I will do what you do. It makes allot of sense. .
Excellent informative video Rick!! I really like how you go in depth about the items you talk about especially with Lipo batteries. Really helps me to better understand about them
Alan, thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'm working on one now about some of the features I expect to see on the upcoming Phantom 5 so be sure to stop back. Rick
Yes, kudos to the battery designers around 44:45. Awesome stuff.
Thank you for an informative tutorial on looking after these batteries. I'm subscribing as you seem to know from experience as to how to maximise the pleasure from this hobby.
Awesome, i asked for you to do a video on the spark batteries and you listened and came through. Thank you.
Randy, I'm happy to help. I was working on the background information for the clip when you asked for it so I bumped it up on the list of clips I was working on. Hope you enjoy the content and let me know if you have any other topics you'd like covered. Rick
Drone Valley
Hope the next video your working on covers a bit on how to locate the spark when GPS and video connection is lost and it crashes somewhere. Seams like that happens to people frequently.
Dude: 'Im a cheap guy'
Me:
Great vid! Thanks!
What an interesting and usefull review !!! Congratulations my friend !!!! I haven't seen another review as good as yours untill now !! Saludos desde Perú !!! ✌
When talking about the data pins you focused on the body receiving battery status information. However, DJI, being the wizards you so rightly pointed out, placed a key user interface on the back of the battery - the battery button, it connects to a small circuit board. And so you can send instructions to the motherboard via the battery button and battery circuit board. For example, you can reset the wifi password back to the default and temporarily lock the Spark in 2.4ghz by pushing and holding the battery button for certain numbers of seconds. So when I see battery mods that don't use the data pins, I know that they have dumbed down the drone in ways they might not have considered, over and above the loss of battery status during flights.
I made it through the whole video! Thank you Rick for making this, I took a lot of notes.
Thanks for the post and I know it was a longer one but I promise that the details will pay off in the long run for you by extending the life of your batteries. Thanks for watching and stay tuned, I have a lot more content posting this week. Rick
@@Dronevalley Hi, very useful tips, thanks. Now let me tell you I put my spark up fully charged in my closet for like a month and a couple of days ago I took it out and tried to charge it to full. so I can fly it but it wouldn't charge, there were 3 LEDs of charge showing on the battery as I pushed the button on the battery. I. turned it on and it came on but I didn't fly it. took the battery off and put it back on and still won't charge. Please help of you can advise something
@@Dronevalley (please help) so my spark battery has not been used in a long time, I plug it in via micro USB and it makes a fan noise then it blinks up to led 2 about 4 times then pauses a moment and repeats this process, I try turning on the battery while connected to the wall outlet and it lights up all four Leds sequentially one time then led 1 blinks 3 times and stops charging all together, if I take out the micro USB and put it back it repeats the whole process again, People said its hibernating so I leave it on charge but it only reduces the brightness of the led lights with time, plug it back in and they're bright again. I have another battery but this is something that I feel ALOT of people need help with, either I'm doing something wrong or I just need another battery.
Who knew I could sit through 50 minutes of battery talk....50 minutes later I was like, "glad I watched that".
Wow, thank you for your research and affording us the opportunity to learn how to care for our drones and accessories. Wonderful very informative.
Thank you so much. I am new to this so I find these clips very helpful. Again keep up the good work and happy flying to you too!
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Great information,Rick! Appreciate it!
Very informative. Watched the entire video, time well spent. Thank you.
Very useful info you can never stop learning worth subscribing
Thanks bro. Another quality vid
thank you for these tips on the Lipo batteries. I am looking forward to purchasing my spark and will keep this video for future reference.
Edwin, thanks for the post and if you want to support the channel, use this link with DJI for your Spark and we'll get a small credit - bit.ly/2U2iMuF. You might want to check out the "New Fliers Series" I just started posting to help you get comfortable with your quad. I'll have more clips posting this week so be sure to stop back. Rick
@@Dronevalley Hi, very useful tips, thanks. Hey I put my spark away in my closet for like a month, took it back out and there were 3 LEDs on the battery as I pushed the button on it. I tried to. charge it to a full battery but it won't charge. I turned it on and it came on, took the battery off and put it back on and still won't charge. please advise, thanks
Short note for 50min-complainers:
Yes, this video could be shorter, but not much, maybe 35 mins, but not shorter than 30min for sure.
Why? Because the guy explains WHY you should do one thing and shouldn't another.
If you don't need any explanations -- just read the manual. If you would like to know WHY, to know HOW some things work and how to protect them (and you) -- proceed.
I enjoyed the video, thanks man.
Georgy, thanks for the post and I appreciate the support. When I do a clip like this that covers something as important as the Lipo batteries, I like to make it as complete as possible. I know it seems long but I really wanted to take the time to explain what needs to be done to extend the life of the cells and fly safely. I hope you'll stop back soon and thanks again, Rick
Thanks a lot for the video, and just to make it absolutely clear -- I don't mind 50min long videos covering some topic in great detail. I usually watch things like this in background, so moderate speech pace and detailed explanations are things I was (and am) looking for :)
Thanks for your videos, Rick!
i have 2 batteries and they wont take a charge plug them in and first 2 lights come on and nothing more when you connect it says battery is critically low what do i do to fix problem
I am glad that I watched this whole video. Thanks sir for your informations.
Wow, very informative video. Thank you.
That was really good stuff I learned so much
Very good video on battery
Awesome and pretty good derailed explanation. Thanks for your time.
Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I'll have a lot more content posting soon so be sure and sop back so you don't miss anything. Rick
Very nice n detailed information
Great video, lots of really useful info. I just didn’t appreciate the amount of design and thought that went into these!
Thank you for so much effort!!! Very interesting video!
Wow, I thought it was just a battery. Very cool video, thanks
Did you make a 50mins video to talk about the Spark’s batteries? Can’t wait for the 2 hours video on the propellers!
Thanks for the post but there is a lot of information packed into the clip to help you protect the most expensive accessory you'll purchase for the quad. You can skip forward as needed to get to the parts the interest you the most. I would love to have made a shorter clip but there was no way to cover the topic adequately. I hope you'll stop back soon, Rick
Watt you my also find interesting is that : while 11.4 volts x 1.48 amp hours = 16.872 watt hours ->
That equals 1,012.32 watt minutes of power - that means it ( theoretically ) can supply 1 watt for 1,012.32 minutes or
1, 012.32 watts for one minute - :
Now if you take those watt minutes and divide by the run time -> 1,012.32 / 16 = 63.27 watts per minute - :
63.27 watts is an approximate average on how much power the drone is using continuously for the 16 minute run time ...
Sometimes math is fun :)
spinfowars ????????????????????????????????Get a LIFE
So this quad uses about 5 amps in flight, or 1.25 per motor.
@@rogerthat9174 ? you dumb? its only simple math
Excellent informative video! Please keep up the good work.
Battery guide in 5 lines:
1. recharge when use it
2. press one to check level
3. press one and hold to turn on
4. press one and hold to turn off
Great video! Probably save me a lot of money knowing all that.
Thanks - fine info ! ;-) Thanks - i deleted my question (if i ruined my batteries, -by charching them fully - and leaving them (out of the charger , on my table , in my sommerhouse ;-) ) cause i found youre great info - gave me the answer , i had (franticly) hoped to get !! - and i really wanna thank you , for youre fine , and even for nontechnically inclined persons , info , on these - fantastic picture aquisition drones ,- ;-) I love the fact , that you give the engineers cadou, for great engineering ! ;-)
Thanks Rick, very informative. Good Job !
Excellent video. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge with this most informative video. Great stuff!
Paul, thanks for the post and I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. Stop back soon for more content I'll be posting. Rick
I'm waiting with my decision to buy my first drone until the battery life is better (40 minutes is a must). My dream drone would have photo and video quality of the Mavic Pro and the size of Spark with longer battery life and possibly folded arms. It would be very popular one among backpackers, motorcycle travellers and vloggers - as long as not too expensive. This is something I'm waiting for, this is my wish for 2018, DJI:-)
Very good information! Thank you for your time!
Excellent video. Thank you Rick
Great professional video with good information.
Dan, thanks a lot for the post and the compliment. I have a lot more content posting this week so please stop back soon. Rick
Thanks for such a great video on the spark battery's I have learnt a lot and understand much more off what is happening with our intelligent lipo,s.
Outstanding video and info! Thank you sir!
Great intelligent tutorial. Thank you
FYI the battery wont start charging whilst it is above its designated charge temp. If you stick it straight into the charger, it wont start taking a charge until it has cooled down.
it's automatic. :) Of course if the charger is after market, all bets could be off.
Fun fact: hold down the power button for 5-6 seconds and you can see the condition of the battery displayed on the leds
Excellent explanation of batteries and battery care. Is there any harm to keeping the batteries for extended periods in the charger? I have the 3 battery charger that came with the "fly more" package. I assume this charger will not allow overcharging?
Randy, technically you won't have an issue since the cells turn off when full but the connectors are spring loaded with a slight curve to them to ensure a full contact and I worry that the "spring" in them might fatigue if left in the charger for long periods of time. I always leave them in the case, somewhat discharged and then charge them the morning I'm heading out for a flight. Thanks for the post and the support. Stay tuned for more content! Rick
very interesting.learnt a lot
thank you very much
Thanks for all the great info!
This Video is a blessing! Thanks a lot it helped for sure
i relisten to it. excellent.clever guy
I just ordered the multi charger you liked
Good info. Thank you for the time you put into it. What’s your opinion on storing the drone with a battery attached? I’m using the case it came with and have 3 batteries. I do not want to purchase a case for the 3rd or any excess accessories.
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10 minute battery back 50 minuite Video. Brrrillllliant
I'm not sure if you were kidding or not but there was a lot of content to cover and I wanted to make sure you could get the best use out of your batteries and wanted to be as complete as possible. Thanks for the post, Rick
very exhaustive guide!!!