Battery Guard

[irvine]

Hello I have enclosed a couple of photos showing the battery guard which I use on my spark.

I know there have been some situations where the battery has became detached from the drone causing the loss of the drone. At the cost of about £3.00 for the battery guard from eBay this is a life saver.

Attaches to the arms of the drone and stops the battery from becoming detached. Irvine (Portsmouth UK )

 

[twickers14]

Always better safe than sorry. I have one and although I stupidly don’t use every flight.

 

[irvine]

Always better safe than sorry. I have one and although I stupidly don’t use every flight.

Hi again it's automatic for me do you use props I do always. Regards

 

[twickers14]

Did you mean prop guards? If so yes always and with extendable legs to help landing in longer grass etc.

 

[Spark 317]

Always better safe than sorry. I have one and although I stupidly don’t use every flight.

I use the #141 rubber O ring trick I learned from this Forum.

It stays on the Spark and you roll it up out of the way when changing the battery.

Plus it frees up some surface area on the arms so that the prop guards can be used at the same time, which you can't do with a majority of the battery clips on the market as they clip on the same space on the arms.

 

[irvine]

Did you mean prop guards? If so yes always and with extendable legs to help landing in longer grass etc.

Hi yes props is a must a lot of damage can be caused to the drone. Hope you like the photos I bought the spring loaded legs which I don't use. What I do use is the landing cradle along with the props. It's brilliant keeps the gimble well away from the ground.

Again compliments from ebay

 

[mrtoast]

Do you notice a difference in battery life using prop guards and/or landing gear?

 

[twickers14]

Have to say I haven’t really checked. Can’t imagine it’s much if anything at all.

 

[irvine]

Do you notice a difference in battery life using prop guards and/or landing gear?

Not a great deal on both of these but as I said rather a battery drain than the loss and damage to the drone

 

[tomroth]

So for Christmas I got a 3D printer. BEST GIFT EVER!!! Anyway, I found a print for a Spark battery clip and printed it. Fits great. I live in Michigan, so I haven't used it yet (polar vortex type stuff!!), but I plan to. My point in all of this is to say that without the printer I probably wouldn't have spent the $3 plus shipping to get one, but for about $.17, I figured "why not?".