Recent content by Paul Cartwright

It's been a long time since i have had a play around with an Imax, does it have a build in discharge function? You could individually discharge the surrounding cells until they match ;)

Nicey done :) Mine are pretty much identical, i do have the part numbers somewhere though, i'll try and find them tomorrow :)

I made my own... Cost very little really... I'll order the bits to make another one and document it along the way...

Something i didn't even think of covering when i wrote the original, but a technique i have also used several times and works exactly as diablo2112 has said :)

Absolutely, essentially the packs when the 'smart' circuit is taken out of the equation is just the same as any other lipo and can be balanced and cycled as such, it's only the 'smart' circuitry that isn't actually that smart and causes the bulk or Inspire pack problems, having had other...

Yes ;) The pack MUST be flat when reconnecting the DJI circuit, it measures the mah put in to the pack, i wrongly connected the circuit to a fully charged pack (it doesn't do any damage), the DJI GO app shows full voltage, but 0 mah available for flight so it wont light the led's or allow...

From what i can recall i don't think you can change the finishing voltage on the B6, but charging that cell from flat will be fine, you need the complete pack fully discharged before reconnecting the DJI circuit and fully charging on the DJI charger or the voltages, may and LED's will read wrong...

Most good chargers will allow you to adjust the finishing voltage to some degree... Failing that, if that battery is still operational? Then fly it to flatten it, then leave it a while to stabilise, then bring up the cell voltage of the individual cell when all the cells are discharged, it wont...

It was custom made... Parts available from DigiKey and RS Components

Hi, I wrote that article... If anyone is in the UK, and not a million miles away (i'm on the Herts/Essex border or if you can find a courier), i'll happily plug your pack up to my setup and see what state it is in... It'll have to be a "leave it with me and wait" kind of offer but i'll get...

Google says approx 2lb per foot of pool noodle, I'd want to test the weight myself before trying it though... Now if I fit a big loop to the top of my I1, I have to wonder if my x8 could carry the weight and break the water tension for a rescue scenario...

There is a YouTube video of the waterbouy failing to lift a phantom from a couple of meters... The water pressure collapsed the balloon so much it just had no real lift... I'm interested in the pool noodle idea, it doesn't take much in the way of length on these things to keep a person afloat...