Hey folks, I'm Natalie with Autel Robotics.
Today, we'll be looking at the X-Star series
drone charger, battery, and battery settings
through Starlink app. Let's get started.
The X-Star drone's intelligent battery is
a 4900mAh, 14.8v LiPo4s battery that can provide
up to 25 minutes maximum flight time.
If this is your first time taking the battery
of the box, you'll notice that it comes to
you half-charged. It's not a mistake – discharging
the battery to 50% for storage is part of
the best practices for maintaining these lithium
polymer batteries.
Let's go ahead and put this battery on the
charger.
Your X-star drone comes with an A/C cable
and charger for both the battery and remote
controller. You can plug the charger in to
any standard wall outlet in the U.S.
You'll see two plugs attached to the adapter
block. The wider plug with the cooling fan
is the one that goes with the battery. The
fan will automatically turn on and off as
needed during the charging cycle. Now, remove
the plastic cap, and plug it in to the side
of the smart battery.
As the drone's battery charges, you can see
the progress by looking at the LED lights.
Once the battery is fully charged, all 4 LED
lights will turn off. Although smart battery
will protect itself from overcharging, it's
always good practice to take it and the remote
controller off the charger when they're fully
charged.
If you want, you can also charge your remote
controller at the same time as the battery
by plugging the smaller plug into the bottom
of the controller. You can see the controller's
battery life on its LCD screen when you power
the controller on or off. Keep in mind that
it takes longer to fully charge your controller,
but it'll also last you several flights.
And here is a little pro tip about your charger.
If you find yourself out in the field and
your controller's battery is low, you can
actually use a fully-charged X-Star drone
battery to charge the controller. All you
need to do is disconnect the AC cable from
the brick and connect the battery and controller
to their respective plugs, and you'll see
from the controller's LCD screen that it's
charging. Be careful when doing this, though,
because it drains the drone's battery, and
you never want to discharge your drone's battery
below 5%. Doing so can damage or shorten the
life of your battery, so just make sure to
keep an eye on the drone battery's level.
I'd recommend taking both off the charger
before the battery reaches that last LED light.
Now that we've gone over the charger, lets
explore the battery settings available in
the Starlink app.
Go ahead and launch the Starlink app, tap
"Start," and then tap the gear icon at the
bottom of the screen. Navigate to the aircraft
battery settings menu by selecting the battery
icon in the top navigation bar.
Here, you'll access settings and information
for your battery.
First, you'll see two sliders. To keep you
and your aircraft safe, your X-Star drones
will automatically fly back its home point
and land when the battery is low. These two
slider bars allow you to adjust these settings.
The one on the left sets the battery percentage
for the Low Battery Warning, which triggers
the X-Star drone's Go Home feature. Based
on your comfort level and flying conditions,
you can set this warning to activate at anywhere
between 25-50 percent battery level. The one
on the right lets you adjust the battery percentage
for your Critical Battery Warning, which triggers
the auto land function. You can set this warning
to activate between 10 and 25 percent battery
level. By default, these are set at 25 percent
and 10 percent.
You choose to override the Go Home function
from the Low Battery Warning. If you do, the
Critical Battery Warning will automatically
land the drone at whatever location it's at
when the Critical battery level is reached.
To keep you and your drone from falling out
of the sky, you can't override the automatic
landing in this mode. You can, however, move
the aircraft horizontally while it's landing.
Moving down, you'll see some advanced information
to help you understand your battery. While
you're flying, you can always see your battery's
charge level on the controller's built-in
LCD screen or in the main screen of your Starlink
App. But in this menu, you can see the battery's
voltage, current, remaining power, total capacity,
temperature, battery life, and number of times
it's been charged.
We don't recommend flying your X-Star drone
in environments where the temperature is below
freezing. If you are flying in colder conditions,
try to keep your battery warm until you're
ready to fly. You might get Battery temperature
low message. If you get this message, let
the X-Star hover over your home point to warm
the battery up. The warning should go away
when the battery reaches a safe temperature.
There's also a cell voltage monitor that lets
you see if each cell of the battery is properly
balanced. If you see a severely unbalanced
cell in your battery, stop using the battery
and give Autel Robotics customer support a
call at 1-844-MY-AUTEL.
Now at the bottom left of the aircraft battery
settings menu, you find the "Time to Discharge"
option. Part of the reason these batteries
are "smart" batteries is that they have a
self-discharge cycle to help maintain safety
and longevity. The "Time to Discharge is set
to 6 days by default. This means if the battery
is inactive for 10 days, it will automatically
start to discharge down to 50%. If you only
fly occasionally, you might want to shorten
this cycle, for example. If you're storing
your batteries for an extended period of time,
we recommend charging the battery up at least
once every 3 months.
If your battery becomes swollen or puffy discontinue
use immediately.
If you have recently completed a flight you
will need to let your battery cool down before
putting back on the charger.
Your X-Star Smart battery if cared for properly
will give you 100's of hours of flight time.
To learn more about your Smart battery check
out your user manual. and if you have any
other questions give us a call at 1-844-MY-AUTEL
or email us at Support@AutelRobotics.com.
Thanks for tuning in
