Can you recalibrate solo battery?

[SJCaley]

I remember when I first flew my solo I didn't charge the batteries all the way up. Now, I happened to read somewhere that if you didn't charge them up, it won't know exactly how much charge is in them. Can I recalibrate solo's batteries?

 

[SJCaley]

I forgot to say that I also read that smart devices like laptops can rcalibrate the batteries and that is why I was asking if solo could

 

[andrew.baker.142]

I had a couple of wonky batteries (only showed 85% after full charge on my LiPo charger. "Fixed" it by pushing and holding the battery power button and then plugging it into the charger.

 

[SJCaley]

I had a couple of wonky batteries (only showed 85% after full charge on my LiPo charger. "Fixed" it by pushing and holding the battery power button and then plugging it into the charger.

Thanks, I'll try it when I get home

 

[Pedals2Paddles]

Where did you hear about that? Is it documented somewhere. I tried it but I don't get any feedback that something happened

 

[andrew.baker.142]

Where did you hear about that? Is it documented somewhere. I tried it but I don't get any feedback that something happened

Totally pulled it out of my butt, but it seemed to work for me.
I'm assuming (if it was not a freak accident on 2 batteries) that it somehow resets the smart battery circuitry.
I'll admit that I didn't control all the parameters in my "experiment" and had also switched from my Hitec LiPo charger to the stock 3DR charger when I experienced my success.
I'm hoping for other stories of success or failure to see if I was just lucky.

 

[AussiePilot]

Where did you hear about that? Is it documented somewhere. I tried it but I don't get any feedback that something happened

Positive results from the "battery calibration" on this thread: https://3drpilots.com/threads/maybe-a-dead-battery-fix.7593 I did it without knowing that it's being referred to as a battery calibration, and it solved a huge battery issue for me. Others reporting similar results.