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I am getting about 8-9 minutes of flight for each battery set before I land at about 50% battery (I will explain why I do that at the end). That is a far cry from the 13.5 minutes (half of 27 minutes) that is advertised, so I am curious as to where I am getting my penalties from ...
I am also wondering if I should replace all the flight batteries. I currently have two reasons for doing so and one reason against doing so:
- Payload: Zenmuse X5S (346g) and Panasonic Lumix 15mm/1.7 lens (115g), for a total of 461g. This is 82.2% more than the Zenmuse X4S (253g)
- Batteries (age/cycles): I got a grab bag of eight batteries. Their date of manufactures range from late 2016 to early 2019; and they have anywhere between 22 to 38 cycles.
I am also wondering if I should replace all the flight batteries. I currently have two reasons for doing so and one reason against doing so:
- Against - Cell deviation for each pack is no more than 0.02 Volts.
- For - Uneven wear between batteries.
- For - Suspect battery packs are swelling: If I were to place the outward-facing side of the batteries on a flat surface and gently rocked them, they are definitely not flat.