I have had my Anafi for 1.5 years of relatively light use. Three batteries are in excellent health at 95%/98%/100% according to the app. I charge only with USB-C; keep the bird, controller and batteries all at current firmware releases. Starting at 100% charge, I get 20-25 minutes of flight time, basically the same as when new. Everything seems healthy.
When newer, the batteries would stay 95+% charge for 10 days or so and then discharge to around 66%, as described in the user manual. Since earlier this year, in storage the batteries discharge very quickly. I typically see around 70-80% charge after 48 hours and maybe 50% after 5-7 days. The batteries are basically dead at 10% charge after 14 days or so.
What the heck? In addition to damage from batteries sitting at 10% charge for any extended period, my time to get flying has gone from 2 minutes to 2 minutes + 40 minutes to charge the batteries. That stinks.
Is there fix for this? Do others see something similar?
Edit: I am becoming super annoyed with this. No way did 3 batteries simultaneously degrade in the same way. No way does a LiPo battery go from 0% discharge/day to, now, 30%/day "coincidentally" and yet still have the ability to hold a full charge. That's not how a degraded battery behaves.
Parrot screwed up the battery firmware and now I need to plan to spend a couple hours recharging my batteries before I fly. Parrot has turned a drone with 74 flights and <8 hours of total flight time into a piece of cr*p. Rather than a photography tool sitting next to my other cameras, it is now pointless. Sunsets, birds, wildlife, and kids are not going to wait 2 hours while I recharge my batteries.
When newer, the batteries would stay 95+% charge for 10 days or so and then discharge to around 66%, as described in the user manual. Since earlier this year, in storage the batteries discharge very quickly. I typically see around 70-80% charge after 48 hours and maybe 50% after 5-7 days. The batteries are basically dead at 10% charge after 14 days or so.
What the heck? In addition to damage from batteries sitting at 10% charge for any extended period, my time to get flying has gone from 2 minutes to 2 minutes + 40 minutes to charge the batteries. That stinks.
Is there fix for this? Do others see something similar?
Edit: I am becoming super annoyed with this. No way did 3 batteries simultaneously degrade in the same way. No way does a LiPo battery go from 0% discharge/day to, now, 30%/day "coincidentally" and yet still have the ability to hold a full charge. That's not how a degraded battery behaves.
Parrot screwed up the battery firmware and now I need to plan to spend a couple hours recharging my batteries before I fly. Parrot has turned a drone with 74 flights and <8 hours of total flight time into a piece of cr*p. Rather than a photography tool sitting next to my other cameras, it is now pointless. Sunsets, birds, wildlife, and kids are not going to wait 2 hours while I recharge my batteries.
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