My 2nd SkyController 3 is lighter.

[StIwY]

Hello everyone. I selled my 1st Anafi as used one and bought a second one, and i just noticed that the SkyController 3 is lighter than the previous. That's weird. The only difference outside it's the sticker behind which reports "FW 1.0.3" while the previous one had "FW 1.0.2".

I still have to test che autonomy, but anyone noticed something like this ? Did they change the internal battery at some point of production maybe ? Thanks

 

[Liger 1956]

The original controller would have had weights inside to give it a heavier feel. I understand that leter ones did not have these installed.

Remove 100g from first versions of SkyController 3

In the first batch of FlightController 3 (our Anafi RC Controller), there was an extra 100g weight added to provide balance to the controller when ‘loaded’ with your smartphone. The RC weight was 385g. To remove this weight you don’t need when hiking in mountains and your back pack is already...

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[StIwY]

The original controller would have had weights inside to give it a heavier feel. I understand that leter ones did not have these installed.

Remove 100g from first versions of SkyController 3

In the first batch of FlightController 3 (our Anafi RC Controller), there was an extra 100g weight added to provide balance to the controller when ‘loaded’ with your smartphone. The RC weight was 385g. To remove this weight you don’t need when hiking in mountains and your back pack is already...

parrotpilots.com

I wasn't aware about these! Pretty useless imho. Thanks!

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

I wasn't aware about these! Pretty useless imho. Thanks!

The weights prevented the controller to topple over backwards with the smartphone standing on a flat surface. So the weights made sense . .