In case you are new to drones generally and have obtained a brand new Mini 3 Professional, there’s a lot to be taught concerning the Mini 3 Professional starting from charging the batteries to utilizing the digital camera to take stellar pictures and movies and every thing in between.
This text and the included YouTube video, will likely be a step-by-step tutorial displaying the way to cost the DJI Mini 3 Professional drone batteries individually and collectively inside the charging hub, in addition to charging each forms of DJI distant controllers: the DJI RC and DJI RC-N1.
Charging the DJI RC or RC-N1
After buying the Mini 3 Professional, you will need to cost all batteries earlier than utilizing them, whether or not the drone batteries or the distant controller batteries. Consider me, I completely perceive the urge to open the DJI field and fly instantly, nevertheless, charging the batteries first is essential.
Not like earlier DJI drones, the Mini 3 Professional doesn’t embrace an influence adaptor. For the quickest charging speeds, it’s endorsed you buy a 30-watt DJI Charger. With a 30-watt charger, it is possible for you to to cost a controller through the battery hub, in addition to the drone’s batteries.
Within the following steps, we stroll via charging the DJI RC and RC-N1 with a single charger. Additional on we are going to display charging particular person Mini 3 Professional batteries, in addition to the DJI distant controller together with the Mini 3 Professional batteries within the charging hub.
STEP 1: Utilizing the included DJI USB-C cable, connect the cable to a USB-C charger and plug the charger into your energy supply.
The USB-C charger doesn’t need to be a DJI 30-watt charger, any 30-watt charger would be the quickest charging gadget for the drone batteries and controller.
STEP 2: Plug the USB-C cable into both the DJI RC or DJI RC-N1 controller. The lights on the controller will blink, displaying that they’re charging.
Utilizing a 12-volt charger, the DJI RC and RC-N1 will take 2 hours to cost from zero %. Subsequently, if a 15-volt charger is used, the RC will absolutely cost from zero % in nearly one and a half hours.
STEP 3: After charging is accomplished, take away the USB-C cable from the distant controller.
In the event you’d wish to verify the quantity of energy the distant controller has at any given time, merely press the facility button as soon as, and the LEDs will warn you to the remaining battery stage.
Charging a Single Battery
In the event you bought the Mini 3 Professional & Controller-only combo, just one battery will likely be included.
To cost the only battery that got here with the Mini 3 Professional, it have to be accomplished so inside the Mini 3 Professional itself:
STEP 1: As with the RC, connect the included DJI USB-C cable to a USB-C charger and plug the charger into your outlet or energy strip.
STEP 2: Insert your Mini 3 Professional drone battery into the Mini 3 Professional.
STEP 3: Plug the USB-C cable into the Mini 3 Professional. The lights on the drone will blink, displaying that it’s charging.
STEP 4: After the Mini 3 Professional has accomplished absolutely charging, unplug it from the USB-C cable.
When charging the batteries, whereas inserted into the Mini 3, it would take 64 minutes to totally cost every normal battery, and 101 minutes to cost the Plus model batteries.
You would possibly discover that there isn’t a method to verify how a lot battery proportion is left on the battery when it’s not plugged into the Mini 3 Professional.
In the event you solely have one battery and never the charging hub, you’ll both need to 1) press the facility button as soon as on the Mini 3 Professional, with the battery inserted, or alternatively, 2) whereas in live-view in your distant controller, verify the higher right-hand facet of the display screen for the drones present battery proportion.
Charging by way of Two-Method Charging Hub
The 2-way charging hub within the Mini 3 Fly Extra Combo lets you cost three clever flight batteries, whether or not the Normal or Plus model of the batteries, alongside along with your DJI RC or RC-N1 controller.
The charging is finished sequentially, which means the drone battery with the very best battery stage will likely be charged first, adopted by the distant controller.
To cost 3 batteries and the Distant Controller:
STEP 1: Insert your Mini 3 batteries into the charging hub.
STEP 2: You must have 2 DJI USB-C cables. The one which got here with the Mini 3 Professional and the opposite that got here with the Fly Extra combo.
Plug one of many USB-C cables into your USB-C charger. Plug the opposite finish into your charging hub. After this, plug your charger into an outlet.
STEP 3: Take the 2nd USB-C cable and plug the USB cable, this time the USB-end, into the charging hub.
STEP 4: Take the 2nd cable after which plug it into your distant controller.
Your Mini 3 Professional batteries and the distant controller will all cost sequentially till all batteries have absolutely charged.
When all three batteries are charged via the charging hub utilizing a 30-watt USB-C charger, it would take 57 minutes to totally cost every normal battery, and 77 minutes to cost the plus model batteries.
To shortly verify how a lot battery life is left on the batteries within the charging hub, merely press the button on the facet of the charging hub and all of the LEDs underneath the batteries linked to the hub will mild up with their respective battery proportion.
One crucial tip is to keep away from over-discharging the Mini 3 Professional batteries. Over-discharging the batteries may cause injury to the battery and scale back its general capability. To stop over-discharging, it’s endorsed to maintain the battery stage above 20% when saved and never in use.