New inspire 1 accessory page

[Luis Morales]

there is a new page for dji accessories for the inspire 1

http://www.dji.com/topics/inspire-1-accessories

including the new charging hub http://store.dji.com/product/inspire1-battery-charging-hub

and sunshades http://store.dji.com/product/inspire1-phantom-3-remote-controller-monitor-hood-tablets

 

[sirnikolas]

I wouldn't take that sunshade even if it were for free.
And the charging hub is a joke. Whose going to sit there and supervise the 4 batteries to charge one after the other...

A HUGE PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

 

[Luis Morales]

I wouldn't take that sunshade even if it were for free.
And the charging hub is a joke. Whose going to sit there and supervise the 4 batteries to charge one after the other...

A HUGE PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

the charging hub is a joke

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31908563&postcount=37193

440/300 minutes to charge 4 batteries

 

[sirnikolas]

the charging hub is a joke

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31908563&postcount=37193

440/300 minutes to charge 4 batteries

Make some room! I'm gonna back flip on my previous comment.
Now that I think about it, the battery hub ain't such a bad idea.
Or is it

 

[Luis Morales]

Make some room! I'm gonna back flip on my previous comment.
Now that I think about it, the battery hub ain't such a bad idea.
Or is it

the charging hub its basically a nice plastic box doing the same as the parallell charging pcbs you find on eBay.

 

[sirnikolas]

This is the way to go ~

http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Parallel-Batteries-Charging-Quadcopter/dp/B00YP9SPGI/

At least this charges all 3 at the same time.

 

[Glen]

I wouldn't take that sunshade even if it were for free.
And the charging hub is a joke. Whose going to sit there and supervise the 4 batteries to charge one after the other...

A HUGE PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

I'm looking for a White Sunshade which one do you use?

 

[Luis Morales]

This is the way to go ~

http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Parallel-Batteries-Charging-Quadcopter/dp/B00YP9SPGI/

At least this charges all 3 at the same time.

you are 100% correct, thats what i been using for a while.

 

[sirnikolas]

I'm looking for a White Sunshade which one do you use?

I use this one ~

http://www.hoodivision.com/#!h-ome/c1u1c


The above photos are prior to me modding my RC and the pic below is what my RC looks like now.

you are 100% correct, thats what i been using for a while.

Can you please tell me more about it?
Thanks.

 

[Luis Morales]

I use this one ~

http://www.hoodivision.com/#!h-ome/c1u1c

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The above photos are prior to me modding my RC and the pic below is what my RC looks like now.
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Can you please tell me more about it?
Thanks.

what do you want to know?

i use a 300W one and adjust the voltage output to 26.3V and thats pretty much it. you just plug your batteries and charge, takes about an hour to charge 3 bats.

 

[sirnikolas]

Ahhh ok! Sorry I thought you had this one ~

http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Parallel-Batteries-Charging-Quadcopter/dp/B00YP9SPGI/

That's why I asked.
I wanted to know how long it would take to charge 3 48's on the one I'm getting.

EDIT: 3 x 47's I don't have 48's!

 

[Luis Morales]

Ahhh ok! Sorry I thought you had this one ~

http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Parallel-Batteries-Charging-Quadcopter/dp/B00YP9SPGI/

That's why I asked.
I wanted to know how long it would take to charge 3 48's on the one I'm getting.

yes that is exactly what i have , my power source is slightly different but its the same principle, the parallel board is the same 100%.

it takes about 1 hour to charge 2 48's and 1 47

 

[sirnikolas]

Can't bloody wait!

 

[JimPA]

About the only good thing about this Hub is that if lets say you go fly and run down your 4 batteries, but are done for the night. You can place them all on the hub with your single charger and in the morning they will all be charged. You wouldn't have to baby sit them.

But then again, it says in the manual never to leave them charging alone..... Yet DJI comes out with a device that allows and it's only purpose is to do just that. ;-)

 

[amkorp]

I don't know if you guys noticed but the charging hub also has an integrated data port.

This is useful for firmware updates without the aircraft (if I read the specs correctly).

 

[JimPA]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that is for updating the firmware for the hub itself, not the actual batteries. from the looks of the connectors, there is only ground and power to the batteries. The extra 4 data pins are not on the connectors. Those would be needed to upgrade the firmware of the batteries.

I don't know if you guys noticed but the charging hub also has an integrated data port.

This is useful for firmware updates without the aircraft (if I read the specs correctly).

 

[amkorp]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that is for updating the firmware for the hub itself, not the actual batteries. from the looks of the connectors, there is only ground and power to the batteries. The extra 4 data pins are not on the connectors. Those would be needed to upgrade the firmware of the batteries.

You're right, each of the 4 battery connectors only have power connections, no data pins.

 

[pops52]

I think the DJI hub has a little merit. At least you can charge the batteries sequentially unattended.

I don't think I trust lipos enough to go to sleep while this process is ongoing though.

And @ $90.00, I don't think so.