[emoji106]Yes, he emailed me back and is sending a replacement out Monday. Awesome fella, that Andre!
I've had one for several weeks. Works great and service was excellent. I have 16 batteries and view this tool as essential for anyone doing frequent flights for clients. I now use a label maker to place a number on each battery, with the "Abs Chg %" when last "fully charged". I use the lower-percentage batteries for bench and short field tests.Some others have mentioned this tool on the Solo forum (can't find the thread right now), but I wanted to give you my initial impressions.
The tool can be found here: 3DR Solo Battery charging adapter and diagnostics tool. – Madhacker.org
I believe in addition to the $45 price, the seller charges $4 shipping to the USA. Item was shipped the following business day, and a notification was sent to my PayPal email address what the package will look like - impressive!
The tool arrived today, about a week later. I've included several photos of the install, and the data screens. Sounds like the item also has the ability to update the firmware in the future if needed. So far it looks great!
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I've had one for several weeks. Works great and service was excellent. I have 16 batteries and view this tool as essential for anyone doing frequent flights for clients. I now use a label maker to place a number on each battery, with the "Abs Chg %" when last "fully charged". I use the lower-percentage batteries for bench and short field tests.
"Actual capacity is shows the actual capacity as the pack ages." from madhacker.org. Another clue for me: Some of my batteries would only charge to a % less than 100% (and flight times were less). I have no information about the calculation that results in a % value when the Solo charger stops charging a battery.I now have both the madhacker.org and solotool.org—both really nice.
Where does the actual capacity figure come from?
I didn’t realize that on an older battery 100% doesn’t mean 100% of 5200mAh...
Yes I have the same observation with one of my batteries. Issue is that the BMS for whatever reason "forgot" the remaining capacity of the pack and requires recalibration."Actual capacity is shows the actual capacity as the pack ages." from madhacker.org. Another clue for me: Some of my batteries would only charge to a % less than 100% (and flight times were less). I have no information about the calculation that results in a % value when the Solo charger stops charging a battery.
if anyone is interested in a group buy from madhacker, there are some left on his site:
Mine was in the batch that was delayed due to a lack of displays so I just got mine yesterday... Andre's communication was great and it works perfectly. One note is the display and text is very small for my 50 year old eyes (about the size of a postage stamp). I think the most useful item is the cycle count, however I am curious to know what exactly constitutes "a cycle"?
Well mine was delivered today. Totally smashed, cracked screen and all. Maybe b/c there was no packing material in the plastic shipping bag. It was't even wrapped in bubble wrap...
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