Recent content by fmweyer

I did the "hold the power button for 30 seconds" method. I wish there was some info available about how exactly the battery control firmware works.

Even though the battery packs I am using stick way out the back of the battery compartment, the flight controls seem to keep everything pretty stable, have not noticed any significant difference from the original battery pack. I have the same issue re: battery capacity readings - of my two...

Your set up looks a lot like mine! I see you wired up an extra (5th) balance wire from the neg terminal of the battery. I did that at first as well, because the battery packs I used had five balance wires vs the 4 used by the Autel battery controller (it gets the neg value from the main neg...

Yes, the battery levels are recognized, capacity seems to be a bit underreported, flight times seem to be correct based on the reported capacity. I have only made 3 flights so far, so am still experimenting.

I have been experimenting with using the control board from a bad x star battery with other batteries, and just got it to work with a generic $35 14.8 v battery from Amazon. Here are pics of the first test flight. The battery is longer and hangs out a bit, but does not seem to impact flight...